A 45-year-old military veteran has been sentenced to 85 years in jail after he impregnated his 14-year-old stepdaughter before faking his own death to avoid criminal charges.
Jacob Blair Scott showed little emotion when the verdict was read for the crimes, according to The Sun Herald.
According to reports, he was supposed to turn himself in to face criminal charges but staged his own death in 2018.
Authorities found Scott’s boat off the coast of Orange Beach in Alabama and also discovered a gun and a suicide note.
Officers searched for his body in the Gulf of Mexico for over a week but nothing was found. He was finally captured in early 2020 at an RV Park in Oklahoma.
On Thursday, Jackson County Circuit Judge Kathy King Jackson sentenced Scott to 85 years in prison as she described the evidence as ‘overwhelming.’
The military veteran was also ordered to pay $10,000 fine.
“It’s more evidence that I’ve probably ever seen,” Jackson said.
During the trial, the young victim broke down in tears as she recalled the terror she experienced every day at the hands of her stepfather.
She told the courtroom how Scott assaulted her at least 30 times between 2016 and 2017. The attack only ended after she found out that she was pregnant.
The teen told the jury and the judge that she gave birth to a baby.
Before sentencing, Scott pleaded with the judge to review his medical records, which show that he was using medications that affected his judgment negatively.
“I was a good man. This ain’t who I am,” he said.
“This is the first time in my 18 years I have ever seen anything so brazen and so vile,” the judge said.
“This is about blaming the 14-year-old. This whole trial was about humiliating the 14-year-old who had no choice.”
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