Burglar who broke into family home to abduct and rape six-year-old girl jailed

Justin Christian, 35, staked out houses in Cleveland, Ohio, and planned kidnappings

Justin Christian (Cuyahoga County Jail)

An Ohio man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison without the chance of parole for breaking into two homes and abducting and raping a six-year-old girl and attempting to abduct a 10-year-old girl.

Thirty-year-old Justin Christian pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges including rape, kidnapping and burglary. He declined to say anything before a judge sentenced him.

Prosecutors say Christian carefully planned the abduction attempts and scouted the homes.

Investigators say he tried to take the 10-year-old from her bedroom in Elyria in February 2016, but she fought him off.

They say a few months later he abducted the six-year-old from her Cleveland home and raped her while holding her for 17 hours elsewhere.

Christian's attorney didn't immediately return a message seeking comment.

AP