This undated booking photo provided by the Liberty County Sheriff's Department in Liberty, Texas, shows Eric McGowen. McGowan, 20, the first defendant to face trial among a group of men and boys accused of repeatedly raping a young Texas girl, vanished Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 during a break in the proceedings in Liberty, Texas, following emotionally charged testimony from the alleged victim. McGowen, is among 14 adults charged in the case. Prosecutors and defense attorneys huddled briefly with Judge Mark Morefield after McGowen failed to return to the courtroom following an afternoon break. The judge then told jurors the trial will go on without him. Morefield later said a bench warrant had been issued, and McGowen's bail was increased from $35,000 to $250,000. The judge denied a defense motion for a continuance in the case and said the trial will resume Thursday morning. (AP Photo/Courtesy the Liberty County Sheriff's Department)?
LIBERTY, Texas ? Justice is on hold for a young Texas girl as one of her abusers remains a fugitive after being convicted and sentenced to 99 years in prison for sexually assaulting her during a series of attacks in 2010.Eric McGowen was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child and later sentenced Thursday.
But the 20-year-old, who had been free on bail, was not hauled off to prison after the jury's verdicts as he had fled the courthouse in Liberty during a break in testimony Wednesday. He remains on the run.
McGowen's fugitive status has upset the girl's mother.
Prosecutors say he was among 20 men and boys who took part in sexually assaulting the girl on at least five occasions in late 2010, when she was 11.
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