NewsJuly 18, 2005
Minister found guilty of abusing stepdaughter
MIDLAND, Texas -- A 48-year-old Missouri minister convicted of sexually assaulting his stepdaughter faces more than 50 years in prison. Jurors deliberated late into the night Friday to first reach a verdict and then suggest a punishment for the Rev. Eddie Wells of Matthews, Mo. They settled on a sentence of 50 years in prison for each of the four counts for which he was convicted...
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MIDLAND, Texas -- A 48-year-old Missouri minister convicted of sexually assaulting his stepdaughter faces more than 50 years in prison.
Jurors deliberated late into the night Friday to first reach a verdict and then suggest a punishment for the Rev. Eddie Wells of Matthews, Mo. They settled on a sentence of 50 years in prison for each of the four counts for which he was convicted.
A judge will decide how Wells will serve the sentences during a hearing scheduled for Wednesday.
The victim, now 26 and living in Tyler, said the abuse began in 1989 when she was 9 years old and continued until 1992. Her mother was Wells' second wife and the family lived in Midland at the time.
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Wells' defense countered that the accusations surfaced last year as retaliation because the minister had fallen behind on child support payments to his ex-wife, the accuser's mother.
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Information from: Midland Reporter-Telegram, http://www.mrt.com
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Information from: Midland Reporter-Telegram, http://www.mrt.com
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