An assistant state attorney called the girl brave for reporting the crime to her stepmother. The attorney says Skipper threatened to kill the child and her mother if she told anyone.
A St. Johns County man will spend the rest of his life in prison after receiving two life terms for sexually abusing a child.
41-year-old Robert Lee Skipper has been found guilty of sexual battery on a person less than twelve years of age and lewd or lascivious battery sex with a person under twelve.