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Last updated on Saturday, March 30, 2013
(ANDERSON) - An Indiana man sentenced to 253 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to 19 counts of child molesting has lost his bid to have his sentence shortened.
The Indiana Court of Appeals this week upheld the sentence given to William Everage Jr., 39, in July 2012 by a Madison County judge.
The Herald Bulletin reported (http://bit.ly/14AUyaS ) that Appeals Court Judge Cale Bradford wrote the sentence was appropriate because the evidence against Everage was overwhelming.
The victims' families said Everage manipulated them so he could get close to their children, one of whom is autistic.
One woman said she helped Everage molest her own 11-year-old daughter.
Everage told an investigator he started molesting children when he was 17 years old.
Everage had been released from prison in 2010 after serving two previous child molesting convictions. He told a judge he has an addiction and needs treatment.
"I don't know why I can't keep my hands to myself," Everage said.
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