Juan Lopez v. State of Indiana

── Juan Lopez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02282 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 11, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur At all times relevant to this case, I.P. and her family lived in an apartment above a store in South Bend, Indiana, and Lopez worked at that store. Lopez began sexually abusing I.P. when she was 6 years old and did not stop until she was 11 years old. Lopez was between 44 and 50 during this time. The first time Lopez molested I.P., Lopez took her into a room in the back of the store while no one else was around, “pulled [I.P.’s] pants down,” and “used his tongue on [I.P.’s] vagina.” Tr. Vol. II at 73.