HOUSTON (KTRK) -- There's yet another guilty plea in the repeated rape of an 11-year-old Cleveland girl. That makes four guilty pleas in the past 24 hours. Rayford Ellis Jr. pleaded guilty in court Friday. He follows three other men -- Kelvin King, 23, Jared McPherson, 20, and Tim Ellis, 20 -- who accepted plea bargains on Thursday.
All four men will be sentenced September 21.
In all, 20 adults and juveniles were originally charged in the case for allegedly sexually assaulting a then 11-year-old girl on multiple occasions in 2010. Most have accepted plea bargains including all of the juveniles.
The only person to go to trial so far has been Eric McGowen. Last week, he was convicted and sentenced to 99 years in prison, but he walked out of the trial and hasn't been seen since.
We worked on this story with our Houston Community Newspaper partners. You can read more about the plea deals in The Cleveland Advocate.
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