Jacob Blair Scott guilty on 14 counts of sex crimes against a child, sentenced to 85 years in prison. Let’s find out in detail about the fake death charge of the military veteran from Jackson County, MS.
A man who allegedly faked his own death in 2018 to avoid rape charges in Jackson County has been handed his sentence.
Jacob Blair Scott has been on trial this week facing 14 counts of child sex crimes involving a 14-year-old girl he eventually impregnated. Today, a jury found him guilty on all 14 counts. He has been sentenced to 85 years in prison without the possibility of parole.
Getting Scott to trial has been a long, winding road. In 2018, just days before he was set to plead guilty, Scott vanished. Authorities say Scott – who previously went by the alias Lucas Marty Walding – tried to make it look like he committed suicide.
According to wapt.com, Jacob Blair Scott was sentenced to 85 years in jail for faking his suicide to avoid the criminal charges of raping his 14-year-old stepdaughter.
Scott’s stepdaughter said Scott sexually assaulted her at least 30 times before she became pregnant in 2016. Between March 2016 and February 2017, she said the alleged sexual assaults happened a few times a week.
Who Is Jacob Blair Scott From Jackson County MS?
As per the US Marshals Service, Scott of Moss Point, Mississippi, was awarded a Purple Heart in 2011 for injuries he sustained while serving in Iraq.
When defense attorneys Tangi Carter and Victor Carmody Jr. called Scott to testify, he blamed the victim for the first sex act between them, claiming she initiated it.
While on the stand on Wednesday, Scott repeatedly blamed the victim for the several sexual assaults he suffered. Scott revealed that he had a mental breakdown and was forced to leave his job at Chevron.
Jacob Blair Scott Assault Victim Today
The victim, now 20, testified in Scott’s sex crimes trial in Jackson County before Circuit Judge Kathy King Jackson through tears on Wednesday.
While the victim’s mother was disabled, highly medicated, and sleeping a lot, Scott began sexually assaulting his stepdaughter.
Scott’s stepdaughter claimed she was lying in bed when Jacob walked in and began scratching her back before touching her breasts, sticking his hands down her pants, and fondling her for the first time.
Jacob threatened to hurt her loved ones if she informed anybody about the abuse, so she kept it to herself. She claimed that Jacob then made her wash the linens and gave her morning-after pills to try to avoid pregnancy.
Jacob Blair Scott Fake Death Charges
On July 30, 2018, investigators found his abandoned dinghy floating off the coast of Orange Beach, Ala. They searched it and found a gun and suicide note with contact information for Scott’s family, according to U.S. Marshals.
Only a very small amount of blood was found in the dinghy and investigators said no evidence indicated it was a true suicide.
Later, authorities learned that Scott – a military veteran who once received a Purple Heart – had withdrawn $45,000 from a bank account before he disappeared.
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If a jury convicts Scott on nine charges of sexual battery, four counts of touching a minor for lustful reasons, and one act of child exploitation, Jacob Blair Scott may face life in prison.
District Attorney Angel Myers McIlrath and Assistant District Attorney Justin Lovorn rested their case after the girl, and another witness testified.
Later in the day on Wednesday, Scott testified, admitting to having intercourse with the girl and fathering her child.
