BENTON, Ill. (WJPF) – A Christopher man will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars for sexually assaulting a child.
According to Franklin County State’s Attorney Abby Dinn, Douglas Carpenter, 73, had sexual contact with a 10 year-old family member.
Carpenter was sentenced Thursday to 41 years in state prison on a single charge of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child.
