[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] A Mississippi man who faked his own death to avoid the legal consequences of allegedly sexually assaulting his 14-year-old stepdaughter has finally been sentenced — and no wonder he was worried about the verdict! Jacob Blair Scott, a 45-year-old Purple Heart recipient for his service in Iraq, was found guilty of child exploitation, four counts of touching a child for lustful purposes, and nine counts of sexual battery earlier this week.
He has now been ordered to spend 85 years in prison and pay $10,000 in fines! Jackson County Circuit Judge Kathy King Jackson said he’d practically be serving a life sentence.
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At the time, Jacob was out on bond but failed to show up to a scheduled court hearing. Investigators then found Scott’s small boat off the coast of Orange Beach, Alabama.
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