A black man has been found guilty of sexually abusing his step-granddaughter for nearly eight years

Fifty-one-year old Michael McVay was found guilty of the rape of a child, rape, aggravated sexual battery, and sexual battery by an authority figure. Prosecutors with the Shelby County District Attorney's office stated that McVay started sexually abusing the child in the year 2000, when she came to live in his home at age 8. The sexual abuse continued and escalated until the child was 15 years old. The child and her mother lived at McVay’s home in Memphis off and on from 2000-2008. During this period, McVay abused the child several times and the instances of abuse often occurred while McVay kept the child in the afternoon, while her mother and grandmother worked. McVay faces 25-55 years in prison, and will be listed on the state of Tennessee Sex Offender Registry following his sentence and ordered to Community Supervision for life.