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Authorities say 31-year-old Matthew Louis Reese knew he had HIV when he started a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl nearly two years ago, but he didn’t tell her about it.
The girl, who said she was a virgin when she met Reese, eventually became sick. She was in a coma for two weeks and spent 40 days in the hospital. During a phone call with Reese while she was in the hospital, he mentioned “the symptoms of HIV,” but she didn’t think she had the disease because Reese told her that he was “clean.” She was later diagnosed with the disease and eventually talked to police.
Reese pleaded guilty Tuesday to three charges: aggravated sexual assault of a child with a deadly weapon, in exchange for 55 years; aggravated sexual assault with serious bodily injury, in exchange for 20 years; and sexual assault of a child, in exchange for 20 years.
Dallas County prosecutors asked visiting Judge Pat McDowell to order Reese to serve his sentences consecutively, which could result in a 95-year sentence. McDowell will render a decision after hearing testimony in the case, which continues Wednesday.
