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CEDAR RAPIDS — A Linn County jury convicted an 18-year-old Des Moines man Friday for repeatedly sexually abusing three children, threatening to kill them if they told anyone, between 2021 and 2023 in Cedar Rapids.

The jury deliberated over two hours, following the two-day trial, before finding Titus James Kloster, 18, guilty of three charges of second-degree sexual abuse — child under 12.

Kloster faces up to 75 years in prison. He also will have to serve a special sentence of lifetime parole for each conviction. Sentencing hasn’t been set at this time.

The children — three sisters — were between ages 6-9 and 7-10 during the time period when Kloster sexually abused them, according to testimon

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