"According to the State of California Megan's Law website, a database of registered sex offenders, Westerman was convicted in 1994 of lewd acts with a child under age 14 and released from prison in 2015. Court records did not make clear how many counts he was convicted on, how many children were involved, or where the abuse took place. Because the case was so long ago, full records were not immediately available for inspection at the Santa Cruz County courthouse."
"However, according to coverage in the Santa Cruz Sentinel newspaper, Westerman in 1994 was sentenced at age 34 to 188 years in prison after confessing to molesting his two step-daughters, aged 10 and 13, for three to four years, starting in 1989. The girls said the abuse occurred several times a week, the Sentinel reported. Westerman pled guilty to all 92 charges against him, which were based on the number of assaults on the girls, according to the newspaper."
A 65-year-old man died after driving a van off the Santa Cruz Wharf on Sunday morning. The man was William Thomas Westerman of Scotts Valley. He was arrested in 1990 and charged in 1994 with 92 counts of lewd acts against a child under 14. He was convicted in 1994 of lewd acts with a child under age 14 and released from prison in 2015. In 1994 he was sentenced at age 34 to 188 years in prison after confessing to molesting his two step-daughters, aged 10 and 13, for three to four years beginning in 1989. Family testimony alleged additional childhood sexual abuse and animal cruelty. His partner said he had become a full-time caregiver for his mother.
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