Investigators look for additional victims in sex abuse case

Published: Thursday, March 26 2009 3:39 p.m. MDT

Investigators believe there may be more victims in the case of a woman charged with having sex with a minor.

Catherine Cates, 30, was charged earlier this month with four counts of rape of a child, sodomy on a child and sexual abuse of a child.

She is accused of having sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old boy in her house at least four times between December 2008 and January 2009. The boy was not related to her, said Salt Lake County Sheriff's Lt. Don Hutson.

Now, sheriff's detectives are interviewing a 14-year-old boy who also may have been a victim, said Hutson. Investigators fear there are more boys who may be involved.

"We believe there are other boys out there," he said.

Cates' next court appearance is scheduled for March 31.

— Pat Reavy

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