James Walter was sentenced to prison Aug. 14 in El Paso County District Court after being convicted of four different charges including sexual assault on a child, according to a news release Monday from the Manitou Springs Police Department. 

Walter was sentenced to 30 years to life in the Colorado Department of Corrections and an additional 20 years to life of parole, the release stated.

In March, Walter, of Manitou Springs, was found guilty of three counts of sexual assault on a child while in a position of trust, sexual assault with submission by force, sexual assault on a child and aggravated incest. 

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According to previous reporting by The Gazette, the investigation took two years and began after a 15-year-old said in 2023 that Walter, who had moved in with the teen and her mom in 2019, had sexually assaulted her three to four times per week for six months. 

Court documents stated that Walter also sexually abused the girl’s sister and brother, according to previous reporting. The mother, Ira Frost, was sentenced to four years to life after pleading guilty to solicitation to commit felony aggravated incest in February 2024.

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