A recent conviction Kansas shows that Jessica’s law is working. A Bonner resident was sentenced to life for rape and aggravated indecent liberties with a child who was a relative.

Gregory Lopez age 52 was sentenced in Wyandotte County District Court with a minimum of 25 years under Jessica’s Law for one count of rape and an additional 272 months to run consecutively to the first sentence for one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. The two females he raped were Lopez’s relatives ages 17 and 6 years old.

These incidents occurred over a 10 year span between 2000 and 2010. Finally, one of the victims told a family member of the abuse and that’s when Lopez was caught and jailed.

It’s sad that it took these young girls that long to tell a family member, but that is what happens with young girls who are afraid and ashamed of what is happening. At least another dirt bag child rapist is in jail for the rest of his life. He won’t be hurting these girls or any other girls for the rest of his life.