'9-Year-Old' That Gives Birth In Mexico Is Actually 12: Baby's Father Is Girl's Step Dad, Not Her Teenage Boyfriend [PHOTO]

The "9-year old" who gave birth in Zapopan, Mexico two weeks ago is actually 12 or 13, according to state officials.

The fact that the "9-year-old" who gave birth two weeks ago, who has only been identified as Daphne, is actually 12 or 13 means that the international media was duped by two details of the case as news swept across the Internet.

The father of 12-year-old's child, initially reported to be the girl's 17-year-old boyfriend, was actually her 44-year-old stepfather, according to the Daily Mail.

Yet it took an anthropological study of the girl who was believed to be 9-years-old for state prosecutors conclude that she is between 12 and 13 years old.

The legal age of consent is 14 in Mexico.

According to the MailOnline, several sources said it was 'highly likely' that Dafne's mother gave the wrong age for her daughter while the girl was going into the hospital to give birth.

Why the mother would say give her 12-year-old pregnant daughter's age as 9 years old is not immediately clear, however some sources told the Daily Mail it could be to get the 12-year-old Daphne into school for the first time.

But neighbors of the 12-year-old whose pregnancy created an international uproar, believe Daphne's mother claimed her daughter was 9 years old because she is a prostitute who wants to pull her daughter into the sex trade.

Customers allegedly give more money up for a 9-year-old prostitute than a 12-year-old prostitute in Mexico, according to the Daily Mail.

Lina Ginzalez Corona, head spokesman for the local prosecutor's office, said no arrests have been made and no charges have been filed.

Despite the results of the 12-year-old girl's paternity test revealing that her 44-year-old stepdad is the father of her baby, she refuses to admit it.

"The girl is still insisting that it is her boyfriend who got her pregnant," Corona said. The problem is that we don't know where the guy is so we are looking for him.

See the 12-year-old girl's photo right here

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