Elmer Ray Spradlin v. State of Indiana

── Elmer Ray Spradlin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02984 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 16, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur Spradlin is the surrogate grandfather of two sisters: Victim 1 (born in 2006) and Victim 2 (born in 2003).1 Beginning in 2007, when Victim 2 was about four years old, Spradlin touched and rubbed Victim 2’s vagina several times during her visits to his home. Spradlin similarly touched Victim 2 again during her visits when she was six. The molestations continued for the next five years until Victim 2 was 11 years old and started locking her room at night. 1 Victims 1 and 2 are the daughters of S.B., the younger sister of Spradlin’s wife.