Versailles, In. — Thirty-two-year-old Versal Strunk has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for one count of child molesting according to Ripley County prosecutor Ric Hertel. The sentence was handed down following a 90-day delay following his guilty plea.
Hertel used testimony from an Indiana State police detective to detail the aggravating factors and the judge agreed to the maximum sentence.
Hertel commented after the hearing that many of the 8-year-old victim’s family were present in the courtroom and had to hear many of the terrible details of the sex acts perpetrated against the child. Hertel said that it was extremely difficult and emotional for many of them. The victim’s parents chose not to address the court but asked that Hertel represent their interests.
Strunk was arrested in October of 2017 for molesting the 8-year-old boy that was in the care of his wife.
