{"id":1407542,"date":"2025-04-25T22:09:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T03:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1407542"},"modified":"2025-04-27T08:16:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T13:16:01","slug":"longview-man-gets-life-in-prison-for-child-sexual-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1407542","title":{"rendered":"Longview man gets life in prison for child sexual assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/04\/2025-04-25_220928-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1407543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/04\/2025-04-25_220928-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/04\/2025-04-25_220928.jpg 269w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>RUSK COUNTY \u2013 A 62-year-old man from Longview has been convicted of two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child after DNA evidence connected him to a case from 1992, according to our news partner KETK. <\/p>\n<p>David Roy Mundt, 62 of Longview, was arrested for two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child on Aug. 9, 2024 by the Rusk County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Rusk County Jail records show. Mundt\u2019s arrest came after the Texas Department of Public Safety Laboratory in Garland obtained a DNA profile from a rape kit taken in a 1992 child sexual assault case involving a seven-year-old, according to Rusk County District Attorney Micheal E. Jimerson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis case involved recent DNA advancements that permit us to unmask the monsters and serial child rapist hiding among us,\u201d Jimerson said.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Jimerson said the jury in Mundt\u2019s trial also heard evidence about DNA taken from a 1986 case involving the sexual assault of a three-year-old in Phoenix, Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>Mudnt was convicted and then sentenced to serve two back-to-back life sentences in state prison on Thursday. Rusk County jail records show that Mundt has also been charged with sexual conduct with a minor, kidnapping and burglary in connection to a Maricopa County, Arizona case.<\/p>\n<p>Jimerson\u2019s office extended their gratitude to all the individuals and organizations involved in this case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUSK COUNTY \u2013 A 62-year-old man from Longview has been convicted of two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child after DNA evidence connected him to a case from 1992, according to our news partner KETK. 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