KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A convicted sex criminal will spend the rest of his life in prison for a series of child sex crimes that lasted more than a decade.
A Jackson County judge Friday sentenced Stephen D. Turner, 56, of Nevada, Missouri, to 16 counts of life in prison, with those sentences to run concurrently, according to a news release from the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office.
In addition, Turner was sentenced to 107 years for other convictions in crimes against the victims.
Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker stated in a tweet Friday the crimes stretched over 14 years.
This life sentence, plus 107 years is for multiple sexual abuse-related convictions involving children over a 14-year period in Jackson County residences. https://t.co/i0sDdwe4nA
— Jean Peters Baker (@jeanpetersbaker) October 15, 2021
Turner abused the girls in houses in Kansas City, Missouri, and Independence, Missouri.
The crimes included sex acts and other illegal behavior.
