ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — A St. Louis County man has been sentenced for sex crimes against four children that spanned more than 10 years.
Haverley Bracy, 59, was sentenced to eight consecutive life sentences in St. Louis County Circuit Court Thursday. The court set eligibility for parole at 25 years for each life sentence, making him eligible for parole in 200 years.
In June, a jury convicted Bracy on eight counts of sex crimes against children. The court ruled in favor of the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office’s motion to charge Bracy as a predatory sexual offender, which resulted in mandatory life sentences.
Bracy was convicted of four counts of first-degree child molestation, three counts of first-degree statutory sodomy and one count of attempted statutory sodomy.
The victims were three girls and one boy who knew Bracy well. The crimes happened from 1998-2010.
At his sentencing hearing, Bracy threatened the lives of two assistant prosecuting attorneys and called for his supporters who attended the hearing to “take care of that,” according to a news release.
When the judge said Bracy left a trail of victims, Bracy said he “should have left a trail of bodies.”
The sentence issued by the court was the maximum possible sentence. Bracy must also register as a sex offender in Missouri.
"Our staff faces risks in trying to hold dangerous offenders accountable for the damage they do to other people, and I thank our dedicated trial team for their courageous service to St. Louis County and the state of Missouri," said St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell.
