Evansville Man Sentenced To 60 Years On Child Molestation Charges

Evansville IN

28 February, 2022

12:52 PM

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By John Gibson, WNIN February 28, 2022 An Evansville man convicted of multiple child molestation charges has been sentenced to 60 years in prison. WNIN's has more: The Vanderburgh County Prosecutor's Office says 51-year-old Elmer Demoss Jr. received a sentence of 30 years in prison for each victim in the case, with the terms to be run consecutively. Demoss was convicted of nine counts of Child Molesting. Prosecutor Nick Hermann said it took an "immense amount of courage" for the victims to speak out about the abuse they endured. Hermann praised Deputy Prosecutor Emily Hall and Jeremy Kemper for prosecuting the case. WNIN is the NPR/PBS affiliate in Evansville, Indiana. We serve Southwestern Indiana, Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois from our multimedia facility located on the Ohio River in downtown Evansville. For the past several years, the recognized quality of our local news has placed us among the best small market radio news organizations in the nation.