An Elkhart County man accused of molesting a relative left in his care in 2005 has been found guilty. Jurors arrived at their verdicts after approximately one hour of deliberation, and upon hearing testimony from the victim, who recounted instances of sexual abuse at the hands of 46 year-old Lino Rocha. The abuse occurred when the victim, who was 5 years old at the time, was in the care of Rocha and his wife, who babysat her while her parents were at work. Rocha’s victim told the jury she lived with what Rocha did to her for years, in part because at her age when she did not know it was abuse. Rocha will be sentenced in mid-August.
