Man sentenced to life without parole in Hays County child sexual abuse case

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man was found guilty Thursday and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole related to the sexual assault of a child in Hays County.

According to the Hays County District Attorney’s Office, 36-year-old Christopher Lee Head, formerly of San Marcos, was found 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 DA’s office said. "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."

During the trial, the DA’s office said the victim testified as to how they were impacted by the abuse and how they “feared that the defendant would continue to abuse other children in the future should he be given the opportunity.”