Man arrested after 13-year-old gives birth to his child, police say

ABBEVILLE, S.C. (WHNS/Gray News) — A South Carolina man was arrested after police said a 13-year-old girl gave birth to his child.

The Abbeville City Police Department said investigators were contacted on Dec. 18, 2025, about the 13-year-old girl who had given birth at Self Regional Hospital in Greenwood.

Police said both the teen and the newborn tested positive for THC.

Investigators identified the father as Torren Simmons, 28.

Police said Simmons also created child sexual abuse material involving the victim and sent obscene material to the victim.

Simmons was charged with second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor, second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor, dissemination of obscene material to a minor and criminal solicitation of a minor.