A Kansas Man Gets Life Without Parole for Raping a 7-Year-Old Girl

A Kansas man has been sentenced to life in prison for raping a 7-year-old girl in a stranger’s apartment six weeks after he was freed from prison for another rape.

24-year-old Corbin Breitenbach will not be eligible for parole under the sentence ordered Tuesday for attempted capital murder, rape, aggravated criminal sodomy and aggravated burglary.

The attack happened in June 2017 while the victim was spending the night at a friend’s condo in west Wichita. Prosecutors say Breitenbach quietly sneaked in, choked her into unconsciousness and sexually assaulted her.

The girl, now 9, described the attack as “scary” in a video that was played before the sentence was imposed. District Attorney Marc Bennett gave her a fist bump before she left the courtroom surrounded by family