Ladis O. Saavedra-Alvarez v. State of Indiana

── Ladis O. Saavedra-Alvarez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01761 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 23, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Cass Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur H.J.S.V., born on August 12, 2002, is Saavedra’s granddaughter and lived with her mother in Guatemala in 2017. H.J.S.V. had frequent contact with Saavedra via video calls, and, around the time she turned fifteen years old in August of 2017, the character of the calls changed, with Saavedra telling her to “show him things about [her] body” and commenting that she “already had a better body.” Tr. Vol. II. pp. 138, 139. Around May of 2018, Saavedra’s wife died, and, when H.J.S.V.