The husband and wife convicted of keeping their three daughters imprisoned in their house were sentenced to 58 years and 20 years, respectively, in prison on Thursday afternoon.
Fernando and Sophia Richter had been found guilty in December of three counts each of kidnapping and child abuse. Fernando Richter was also convicted of two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
The two were sentenced by Pima County Superior Court Judge Paul Tang after a morning of hearing statements from the couple's daughters.
Fernando Richter was given 58 years in prison and credited with 835 days of time served in jail awaiting trial; Sophia Richter was sentenced to 20 years in prison and three years probation. She was also credited with 835 days of time served.
The girls testified to having been physically abused, taken out of school and held captive for several months before the two younger girls escaped through a window in November 2013. Police rescued the oldest girl, who was held in a different room.They were 12, 13 and 17 at the time.
Fernando Richter
