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Hays County Criminal District Attorney Kelly Higgins announced today that 36-year-old Christopher Lee Head, formerly of San Marcos, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole by visiting Judge Glenn Devlin on Oct. 4, 2024.
On Oct. 3, 2024, a Hays County jury found Head guilty of continuous sexual abuse of a child younger than 14 years of age. The evidence showed that the defendant had sexually abused his victim from the age of five years old until the age of eight. The evidence also showed that the defendant would show the victim pornography, including videos of himself and another family member, and he would ask the victim to “copy” the sexual acts portrayed in them. One of the witnesses, formerly the best friend of the defendant, testified that the defendant made admissions to him shortly after the victim outcried.
Head was released on bond before the trial. Following his conviction, Head’s bond was revoked, and he was taken into custody for a sentencing hearing in front of the judge. During the sentencing phase of the trial, evidence was presented that the defendant was a drug dealer, inappropriately touched another child in 2014 and that he physically abused romantic partners. The victim testified again as the last witness for the State as to how she has been affected by the ongoing abuse and how she feared that the defendant would continue to abuse other children in the future should he be given the opportunity. One of the jurors returned to the courthouse to hear the defendant’s sentence, and he later embraced the victim, commending her for her bravery.
This case was investigated by Hays County Sheriff ’s Office Sgt. Mike Andrews and Det. Nelson Wray and prosecuted by Assistant Criminal District Attorneys Cassidy Story and Daniel Sakaida. “We would like to thank the victim and her family and friends for their courage and for putting their faith in Hays County jurors,” Story said. “The judge’s sentence ensured that no other child will be victimized by Head during his lifetime.”
