Child molester gets 30-year sentence

A convicted child molester on Tuesday was sentenced to 30 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections by Judge Benjamin Lewis.

Lewis sentenced John Henry Harris II, 33, of Cape Girardeau to 15 years to be served consecutively on counts of first-degree child molestation and statutory sodomy.

Harris was convicted by a Cape Girardeau County jury March 29.

Harris was found to have sexually abused 10- and 12-year-old girls in 2014 in the 900 block of Benton Street in Cape Girardeau. The victims testified in the case, as did forensic interviewer Jana Weiny. The case was investigated by Cape Girardeau police and Beacon Health Center.

Harris will be required to serve 85 percent of the sentence for statutory sodomy before he would be eligible for parole, according to Missouri statute.

Pertinent address:

100 Court St., Jackson, Mo.