Life Sentence for Child Abuser | Texas News

Texas News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 21, 2026 · 1m

A Texas jury sentenced 36-year-old Darrell Eugene Read to life in prison without parole for a six-year pattern of child sexual abuse that began when the victim was just nine months old. The abuse occurred across Texas and Arkansas, and Read was also ordered to pay a $50,000 fine. This is not his first conviction—he previously served four years for injuring a child in 2012. During trial, Read offered no defense, and the jury swiftly convicted him after just two hours of deliberation. District Attorney Jeff Swain called the sentence a final, unyielding statement: a repeat offender will never…