Jane man charged with sexual abuse, domestic assault, child endangerment

Austin David Outt (DOB 1998), Jane, is being held without bond in the McDonald County Detention Center after being charged with sexual abuse, endangering the welfare of a child and two counts of domestic assault.

Outt, a former Webb City resident, allegedly sexually abused the woman, then took their child and drove away through a fence, then phoned her and told her he was going to end it all by wrecking the car and "good luck seeing me or your kid again."

From the probable cause statement:

On 04/08/2026 at approximately 0926 hours I was dispatched to the address of (redacted) in reference to a domestic physical past where the male suspect had fled the scene through a fence with his child in the vehicle. 

Upon my arrival to the dispatched location I made contact with a white female who identified herself as (Victim 1), who stated her boyfriend Austin Outt (Suspect) just physically assaulted her, after refusing to have sexual intercourse with him.

Victim 1 stated the suspect grabbed her by her arm and slung her into the couch in the adjacent room before climbing on top of her and placing both hand around her neck and squeezing to the point she felt like she was going to lose consciousness.

The victim then went on to say the suspect began forcibly taking her shorts off and forcing her legs into the air while attempting to insert his penis into her vagina while he continued to masturbate, eventually ejaculating onto her stomach.

The suspect then walked outside the residence continuing to scream at her while the victim got her clothes back on and then continued outside in attempts to get her juvenile child victim 2 which had been placed into the suspect's vehicle, by the suspect. 

As the two continued to verbally argue the suspect then rapidly accelerated towards the victim nearly striking her with his vehicle before then fleeing in the vehicle with the child in the back seat, running through a fence into a field then what was described as ramping through a ditch back onto the road at a high rate of speed.

Victim 1 stated she received phone calls from the suspect stating he was going to end it all by wrecking his car and, "good luck seeing me or your kid again." I was also notified by the suspect's father who later arrived on scene after the altercation, the suspect had called him and stated he was going to drop the child off at Newton County and tell them he didn't want the child.

Contact was later made with the suspect who reluctantly agreed to return to the residence with the child and was read his Miranda rights, the suspect stated he understood his rights and wished to speak to law enforcement.

Jasper County Circuit Court records indicate Outt pleaded guilty to second degree kidnapping in 2025. Under a plea agreement, Outt received a suspended sentence and was placed on supervised probation for five years.

According to the probable cause statement in that case, the child was able to call Webb City Police from inside a vehicle and said Outt had a gun and wouldn't let her go. He was later involved in a vehicle pursuit in Coffeyville, Kansas.

At the time of the kidnapping, a protection order was in effect, according to the probable cause statement.