A jury convicted Valentine Torrez, 50, in March for blindfolding a 12-year-old girl, forcing her into her bedroom and sexually assaulting her on Nov. 13, 2021.
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Izaiah Horde will serve seven years for the robbery and five years for reckless homicide. Two other murder charges and one robbery charge were dropped.
Izaiah Horde, now 18, pleaded down to reckless homicide and armed robbery in connection with the 2021 death of 18-year-old Emmanuel Hall in East Chicago.