A statutory rape case against a 42-year-old charged as a man took on a different look after a jail shower revealed the defendant is actually a woman.

The female victim and several prisoners at the Hamilton County Jail were among those surprised to discover that the person booked in the case as Alexander David Cross is a woman also known as Elaine Ann Cross.

Cross had been in jail awaiting a court appearance Wednesday, where she pleaded guilty to an aggravated statutory rape charge as part of a deal with prosecutors. The charge stems from a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl.

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"We have eaten at Chili's, Quizno's," she said. "We just didn't realize how big it was, the city and the campus."

Ball said they had been staying at the DoubleTree hotel on Old Fort Parkway, eating at places like Ruby Tuesday's and Carrabas.

"We've been all over," he said.

"Murfreesboro has grown so much," she said.