“How sad for her,” Meyer said, commenting on the grandmother's comments.Īfter assuring the grandmother that everything is going to be OK, the monster returned to his home at 714 Park Ave. That sparkle in her eyes it’s gone,’” Meyer said, reading a portion of the grandmother's letter to the court. "He goes to the grandmother, consoles her, rubs her shoulder and tells her it's going to be OK," Starbuck said.
The monster stopped his sexual assault, locked the girl in his basement and went outside, where he saw the girl's grandmother hollering for the girl. “You let her into your house and almost immediately savagely attacked her.” “I am struck by the overall seriousness," Meyer said. "It began with a little girl coming to Mr. "This case is every parent's worst nightmare," Tippecanoe County Deputy Prosecutor Jackie Starbuck said in her arguments for a lengthy sentence. He carried the child to the basement where she regained consciousness to find herself naked and in pain, and then Chadwell began sexually assaulting her. If he lives that long, Chadwell will be 113 years old and the year will be 2092.Ĭhadwell will never see freedom again and can never hurt another little girl, like he did on April 19 when he attacked the girl until she was unconscious. The self-confessed 42-year-old child molester and attempted murderer must serve 71 years of that 90-year-sentence before he is eligible for release. The monster nodded his head slightly and glanced down. How can you be trusted to live peacefully in any community?” Meyer rhetorically said. "Everyone is afraid what monster might be living next door, and it turns out to be you," Meyer said.
LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Tippecanoe Superior 2 Judge Steven Meyer described James Brian Chadwell II as a monster, then sentenced the monster to a 90-year prison sentence.