CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - A Cape Girardeau man could spend nearly a century behind bars after a jury found him guilty of child sex crimes on Tuesday.

According to the Office of Prosecuting Attorney Mark J. Welker, a Cape Girardeau County jury returned guilty verdicts against 44-year-old Brandon Demarcus Tipler on November 18 for two counts of first-degree statutory rape and one count of first-degree statutory sodomy.

The case was tried in a two-day jury trial with Circuit Judge Frank E. Miller presiding.

Tipler’s sentencing is set for December 23. He is facing a maximum of 90 years in the Department of Corrections.

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