P. v. Diaz CA2/6
Jacob Michael Diaz sexually abused his biological daughter Ka.D. from 1991 to 1994. Following remarriage, he and his second wife Linda Diaz adopted a daughter, N.D., and became guardians of N.D.’s older sister, Ki.D. From 2005 to 2012, Diaz continuously sexually abused Ki.D. Ki.D. told Linda of the abuse, but was assured that the acts were only those of a loving father. Unable to endure the increasingly aggressive abuse, Ki.D. reported Diaz’s conduct to a school counselor in 2012.
Ka.D. and Ki.D. did not know each other until after Diaz was arrested in 2013, yet they described parallel experiences while living in his home. He was convicted by jury of continuous sexual abuse, lewd acts, and sexual battery. (Penal Code, §§ 288.5, subd. (a), 288, subd. (c)(1), 243.4, subd. (e)(1).) He was sentenced to a prison term of 47 years to life plus 4 months.
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