Crime

Man sentenced for committing 32 counts of child sex abuse in Sacramento County, DA says

A Sacramento County judge has sentenced a 47-year-old man to 57 years and four months in prison for sexually abusing two girls over several years before a school social worker found out and told police, prosecutors said.

Edward Avalos Marin on Friday remained in custody at the Sacramento County Jail awaiting transfer to a state prison.

A jury on May 20 found Marin guilty of 32 counts of child sexual assault charges with enhancements for committing substantial sexual abuse on more than one victim.

Sacramento Superior Court Judge Sharon Lueras sentenced Marin on July 2, according to a news release from the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office. Deputy District Attorney Dinah Mielke of the office’s Special Assault and Child Abuse Unit prosecuted the case.

Prosecutors said Marin sexually assaulted one of the victims from when she was 8 years old until she was 14. They said Marin sexually assaulted the other victim from when she was 11 years old until she was 17.

Marin committed numerous acts of sexual abuse with the two girls multiple times a week over those years, according to the District Attorney’s Office.

One of the victims was a junior in high school when she told a friend about the sexual abuse. That friend later wrote a note to the social worker the following school year, reporting the girl was being abused. Prosecutors said the social worker then reported the crimes to police.

Rosalio Ahumada
The Sacramento Bee
Rosalio Ahumada writes breaking news stories related to crime and public safety for The Sacramento Bee. He speaks Spanish fluently and has worked as a news reporter in the Central Valley since 2004.
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