COVINGTON, La. (AP) — A 61-year-old Louisiana man has been convicted of raping a 6-year-old girl and using her in pornography.
St. Tammany Parish District Attorney Warren Montgomery says in a news release Wednesday that Jack Conklin of Slidell was convicted Friday on charges of aggravated rape, sexual battery of a victim under age 13, and producing child pornography.
He says a family friend heard the girl tell another child that Conklin wanted to marry her and kissed her as if she were a woman.
Montgomery says her father went to the sheriff’s office, but the child didn’t disclose any abuse.
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He says officers got a search warrant after a neighbor complained that Conklin was acting suspiciously, and Conklin acknowledged having marijuana.
Montgomery says crime lab technicians recovered 5,000 pornographic images, including 2,000 of the girl, and a video showing Conklin performing sexual acts on her.