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12-year-old girl gives birth to child after being sexually assaulted for months by 37-year-old man

37-year-old Roli Lopez was sentenced to more than half-a-century in prison without the possibility of parole for continuous sexual abuse of a child younger than 14
UPDATED FEB 11, 2020
(Source : Police Department)
(Source : Police Department)

A Texas man who was found guilty of impregnating an 11-year-old girl while being in the country illegally will serve more than half a century behind bars. Prosecutors announced that because of the nature of his crime, he will not be eligible for parole at any point of his incarceration and that he will not receive good time credit.

According to The Plano Tribune, 37-year-old Roli Lopez-Sanchez, of Plano, Texas was found guilty of continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14 years of age by a jury on Friday, February 1. Judge James Fry, who presided over the case, assessed the verdict and sentenced him to 60 years in prison.

Law enforcement was notified about the abuse of the victim after she went to medical professionals who found that she was 19-weeks pregnant. She told the medical professionals that Lopez-Sanchez sexually assaulted her.

Eli Molina of the Children's Advocacy Center of Collin County then interviewed the 11-year-old, who went on to describe the horrific abuse she suffered at the hands of Lopez-Sanchez. Other evidence similarly seemed to point towards the Plano man as the culprit.

Lopez-Sanchez was sentenced to 60 years in prison without the possibility (Source: Collin County District Attorney)

A subsequent investigation by Child Protective Services revealed that the 37-year-old had ongoing access to the child at the time, and the victim, as well as her siblings, were removed from the home at which they were in residence. 

Authorities said the girl was 12 years old when she gave birth to her child over last summer. Plano Police detective Kristin Nichols obtained DNA samples of the baby, and analysis confirmed that Lopez-Sanchez was the father.

The 60-year sentence could very well mean that Lopez-Sanchez dies behind bars, and following the verdict, Collin County District Attorney took time to praise the bravery of the victim for reporting the 37-year-old's crimes. "This innocent child showed remarkable courage by naming the monster who assaulted her," he was quoted saying. "He will never harm another child again."

Lopez-Sanchez, who has been jailed since his February 2018 arrest, was also reportedly placed on an immigration detainer by officers from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations for being in the country illegally.

Unsurprisingly, netizens did little to hide what they thought of the 37-year-old after the sentencing. "Burn in hell," one wrote, while another commenter was a little more graphic about what they wanted for him posting, "That's so f****** disgusting he only gets 60 years. Castrate him." A third commented, "How can anyone do this to a child? It's sick and disgusting! 60 years isn't enough for what he did. Evil bastard."

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