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A Vanderburgh County judge has sentenced a man to 50 years in prison, the maximum allowable sentence, for two felony child molesting convictions.
Judge Les Shively of the Vanderburgh Superior Court sentenced Oscar Rax Xi last week to the maximum allowable sentence for his conviction of a Level 1 felony child molesting charge and an additional concurrent 11 years for his conviction on a Level 4 felony child molesting charge.
A jury found Xi guilty of two counts of child molesting, a Level 1 and Level 4 Felony, in July.
In July 2023, Holly’s House conducted a forensic interview and uncovered the sexual abuse of an 8-year-old child. Holly’s House forensic interviewers were able to determine from the victim’s disclosure that Xi regularly sexually abused the child and used tape to keep the victim from screaming, according to the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office.
Throughout the investigation, Xi made comments about fleeing back to Guatemala.
At the sentencing hearing, the judge heard details that the abuse spanned the child’s lifetime and included continuous sexual and physical abuse while the child was kept inside the house and away from society.
The child has remaining mental and physical scars, according to the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office.
In a news release, Prosecutor Diana Moers said, “I personally handled this sentencing hearing and requested the maximum possible sentence allowable by law (noting that consecutive sentencing was not permissible in this case based on the facts and caselaw) to ensure that the community knows child molestation and abuse cases are a top priority; in my office all child abuse and molestation cases are considered high-profile matters and given the utmost consideration and resources.”
Xi will also be a credit-restricted felon and have a lifetime designation as a sexually violent predator.
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