Woman sentenced to 18 years for repeatedly taking girl from school to be raped in motel

AUSTIN, Texas (KEYE) - On Friday, a jury in Travis County convicted a woman on two counts of trafficking a person and one count of indecency with a child following an outcry of child sex abuse.

In April of 2018, an 11-year-old child said Maria Miranda-Aguirre, a trusted family friend, would remove her from her school and take her to a motel where she was repeatedly sexually abused by Miranda-Aguirre's boyfriend.

The multiple incidents of abuse happened in front Miranda-Aguirre's young children while she encouraged the sexual acts and, on at least one occasion, participated in the rape.

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Miranda-Aguirre was sentenced to a total of 18 years in prison.