- Criminal case: Convicted, Overturned/reversed,
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Homer Lewis Van Matre was a mormon in Salt Lake County, Utah. Van Matre reportedly removed the child from school multiple times to sexually abuse her. Van Matre was found guilty in 1984 and was found guilty of sexual abuse of a child and sodomy on a child. Van Matre later appealed and the child recanted her story. Though many expert witnesses said the graphic nature of the victims account as well as physical examination by doctors of the child felt that these were enough to confirm the abuse. In the court appeal the charges were ultimately reversed.
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Born: 1947
Died: 2017
- LDS mission: no
- Lived in: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- During alleged crime, lived in: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- When accused, lived in: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
- Latest update: Died 2017; Guilty charges of sexual abuse of child and sodomy on a child were reversed from the original court hearing in 1984
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