State v. VanVlack

Thomas VanVlack appeals his judgment and sentence for the crime of indecent liberties.

The victim, K.D., is severely retarded and has functioned at half her chronological age because of cerebral meningitis that she contracted at 9 years of age. In August of 1985, at age 18, she entered the Service Alternative Program and started living in an apartment complex with other program participants, counselors, and people who were not associated with the program. Her neighbors included VanVlack, his wife, and children.

On previous occasions K.D. and some of her friends had visited the VanVlack…