HIV positive sex offender may have infected others

HOUSTON -- Houston police asked Friday that people who believe they may have had sexual contact with David Richard Wilson, or fear their children may have encountered him, to call HPD child sex abuse division.

By Monday, the calls were said to have been coming in. An HPD spokesperson says each call will be followed up, but did not know how many calls have been received.

Wilson is HIV positive, and, police say, claimed he had sex with "numerous other people."

He is charged now with two counts of sexual assault of a child, including one involving his then-23-month-old niece last year. Her young age made it a "super-aggravated" charge, which carries up to a life sentence if convicted. The other alleged victim is 14 years old and says she is pregnant with his child. Both children are said to be HIV positive.

Wilson was already a registered sex offender when he went to live with his mother at a northwest Houston apartment. There, he lived with the 14-year-old girl, his girlfriend, and his toddler niece.

The youngest girl was taken to a doctor last year for an infection. There a medical test showed she was HIV positive and had two other sexually transmitted diseases. She was immediately removed from the home. It was then Wilson learned he was also HIV positive. Because the child was too young to describe her injuries, a lack of DNA and witnesses, police say Wilson was not arrested at the time.

When the 14-year-old became pregnant and spoke out, she allegedly identified Wilson, and learned she was pregnant and HIV positive as well.

Today, neighbors at the apartment complex where he lived until last week describe him as quiet, often seen with the children from his apartment. One woman said she was shocked by the charges. Another said she had a feeling about him, because he seemed nervous whenever she said hello.

Ten years ago, he wrote a letter to his trial judge, when he was first convicted of sexual assault. He was first given deferred adjudication, which amounts to probation if the defendant abides by the rules the court sets out. Wilson did not. He was sentenced instead to four years in prison.

He wrote a letter to the trial judge in which he said, "This was my first and last mistake."