Man who faked his death to avoid child sex charges will serve 85 years in prison

Jacob Blair Scott, convicted of 14 child crimes after the military veteran admitted that he repeatedly sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl in Jackson County, will serve 85 years day for day in prison, a judge decided late Thursday.

Circuit Judge Kathy King Jackson also decided that Scott should pay $10,000 in fines.

Scott, now 48 and dressed in a blue suit, was emotionless when, earlier in the day Thursday, a jury found him guilty of nine counts of sexual battery, 4 counts of touching a child for lustful purposes and one count of child exploitation.