A Welda man will spend the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced to 16 separate life terms in connection with the rape and molestation of a number of his family members and other young girls at his home between 2009 and 2022. Isidro Madrid was arrested in 2022 and found guilty in January of this year after a four-day jury trial. The 80-year-old was convicted on all 16 felony offenses charged, including multiple counts of rape, aggravated indecent liberties with a child and aggravated criminal sodomy. All the victims were under 14 years of age at the time they were assaulted.
Anderson County Attorney Elizabeth Oliver asked the court for a life sentences on each of the 16 counts and requested that those sentences run consecutively. Madrid will not be eligible for parole for 75 years. Madrid’s only comment to the court prior to sentencing was that no one would listen to him.
Oliver commended the work of the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department for the investigation as well as the victims for their courage in testifying in the case
