The jury continues deliberations Wednesday in a case involving a Graysville man charged with allegedly sexually molesting a five-year-old girl 13 years ago.
Richard Dewayne Jordan, 34, was indicted on charges of aggravated rape, incest and two counts of aggravated sexual battery last year.
The case was scheduled for trial Jan. 31, 2002, but a conflict with the dates written on the Grand Jury indictments were conflicting with dates Jordan was in a penitentiary in Bledsoe County.
Jordan has three felony convictions, two of which involved family members of the victim.
Testimony was heard from the victim who was five years old when she was first sexually assaulted.
Now 19, the victim testified that the incidents with Jordan made her feel, "nasty, ashamed, humiliated and dirty."
The first time Jordan touched her was in Oct. of 1989, in her former home located in Graysville, she testified.
The victim lived in a one-bedroom trailer with her four other sisters. Jordan and his wife, who lived about 100 yards away in another trailer, were watching over the children while the children's mother was in the hospital waiting to give birth to a son.
A couple of days before her baby brother was born, the victim testified that a family member needed something from her trailer, located several yards away, while watching the other children. Jordan took the victim with him to the house and sexually assaulted her.
"I was afraid to tell anybody, I didn't know what my family would think," the victim said. "I was scared."
The victim's new baby brother was born, Oct. 3, 1989, the victim said Jordan came into her bedroom during the night.
"He came in ... I slept with my blankets tight around me," the victim said.
She said the blankets did not protect her from Jordan and he molested her while her sisters seemed to sleep. However, her oldest sister was not sleeping and saw what happened.
While trying to recollect the horrific events, the victim paused several times to try and regain composure during testimony.
Between July 1, 1992 and Aug. 31, 1994, the victim testified that Jordan sexually assaulted her.
"We were sleeping in the living room - all together. I was in the floor by [my sister]. It was about 5:30 or 6 a.m. Ricky came in the house ... and I was laying in the floor," the victim said.
As Jordan began to sexually assault her, now 10-years-old, the victim told Jordan to leave her alone and he stopped. She then told him to leave the house and he left, the victim testified. The victim said Jordan was on work release from the Rhea County Jail during the incident and came to her house before working that day.
The victim said the last time the she was molested by Jordan she was going to do laundry for her mother.
She said her mother's dryer was broken and was asked to go to a family member's house to dry the clothes. Jordan was there and began to sexually assault the victim. One of the victim's sisters saw what Jordan was doing and threatened to tell their mother.
The victim told her sister not to tell and as she walked to her home, crying, she told her mother she fell down.
"I didn't say anything because he told me no one would believe me," the victim said.
The incidents were finally told by the victim's sister in Dec. 1999.
"I couldn't live with it anymore. I told my mom and my mom asked my sister," the victim's sister said.

"I have memories of Ricky coming and molesting me," the victim said. "I would always freak out when someone said something about being abused. I really didn't know what a childhood was like," she said.
Assistant District Attorney Will Dunn said the girls were traumatized and hurt by the events of her childhood.
"Why did this happen? Why is she saying these thing? She is saying these things because they are the truth," Dunn said.
During testimony from Jordan, he told the jury he never touched the victim.
Jordan testified that he did not live near the victim when the molesting happened. He said he
He testified that on Oct. 1, the first time the victim said she could remember being molested by him, Jordan said he was on hurricane damage in South Carolina with a brother.
"I have no idea what she's [the victim] is talking about," Jordan said.
He said the next day he was in Rhea County to visit his sister-in-law (the victim's mother) who was having a child at the time.
After the birth of Jordan's new nephew, he testified that he and his brother (the victim's father) went on a trip. The victim's father drove a tractor trailer truck.
Jordan said he never molested the victim and believed she and her family were good people and never had problems with any of them.
Jordan's attorney, Larry Roddy said the dates the victim said Jordan molested her were changed during the last trial. He said the indictment originally read that instead of July 1, 1992 to Aug. 31, 1994, the dates read Oct. 1994 to March 1995.
When asked about the incident that occurred in the early morning hours at the victim's home, Jordan said he was not there because he was on work release at the jail and was not allowed to leave the jail until about 6:45 a.m.
During the cross examination by Dunn, Jordan continually denied any involvement with the victim.
"If you look at the facts and details do the facts support it? This case is a mess," Roddy said.
"The state is changing the facts to meet the case. It's like hitting a moving target. It was impossible for [Jordan] to do it. He was locked up. There isn't enough to convict beyond a reasonable doubt.
"The only way to connect this case is to accept the girls' testimony as it is," he said.
Sarah B. Hodge can be reached at shodge@xtn.net.
The Herald-News does not identify victims of sexual crimes.

Richard Dewayne Jordan, 34, was indicted on charges of aggravated rape, incest and two counts of aggravated sexual battery last year.
The case was scheduled for trial Jan. 31, 2002, but a conflict with the dates written on the Grand Jury indictments were conflicting with dates Jordan was in a penitentiary in Bledsoe County.
Jordan has three felony convictions, two of which involved family members of the victim.
Testimony was heard from the victim who was five years old when she was first sexually assaulted.
Now 19, the victim testified that the incidents with Jordan made her feel, "nasty, ashamed, humiliated and dirty."
The first time Jordan touched her was in Oct. of 1989, in her former home located in Graysville, she testified.
The victim lived in a one-bedroom trailer with her four other sisters. Jordan and his wife, who lived about 100 yards away in another trailer, were watching over the children while the children's mother was in the hospital waiting to give birth to a son.
A couple of days before her baby brother was born, the victim testified that a family member needed something from her trailer, located several yards away, while watching the other children. Jordan took the victim with him to the house and sexually assaulted her.
"I was afraid to tell anybody, I didn't know what my family would think," the victim said. "I was scared."
The victim's new baby brother was born, Oct. 3, 1989, the victim said Jordan came into her bedroom during the night.
"He came in ... I slept with my blankets tight around me," the victim said.
She said the blankets did not protect her from Jordan and he molested her while her sisters seemed to sleep. However, her oldest sister was not sleeping and saw what happened.
While trying to recollect the horrific events, the victim paused several times to try and regain composure during testimony.
Between July 1, 1992 and Aug. 31, 1994, the victim testified that Jordan sexually assaulted her.
"We were sleeping in the living room - all together. I was in the floor by [my sister]. It was about 5:30 or 6 a.m. Ricky came in the house ... and I was laying in the floor," the victim said.
As Jordan began to sexually assault her, now 10-years-old, the victim told Jordan to leave her alone and he stopped. She then told him to leave the house and he left, the victim testified. The victim said Jordan was on work release from the Rhea County Jail during the incident and came to her house before working that day.
The victim said the last time the she was molested by Jordan she was going to do laundry for her mother.
She said her mother's dryer was broken and was asked to go to a family member's house to dry the clothes. Jordan was there and began to sexually assault the victim. One of the victim's sisters saw what Jordan was doing and threatened to tell their mother.
The victim told her sister not to tell and as she walked to her home, crying, she told her mother she fell down.
"I didn't say anything because he told me no one would believe me," the victim said.
The incidents were finally told by the victim's sister in Dec. 1999.
"I couldn't live with it anymore. I told my mom and my mom asked my sister," the victim's sister said.

"I have memories of Ricky coming and molesting me," the victim said. "I would always freak out when someone said something about being abused. I really didn't know what a childhood was like," she said.
Assistant District Attorney Will Dunn said the girls were traumatized and hurt by the events of her childhood.
"Why did this happen? Why is she saying these thing? She is saying these things because they are the truth," Dunn said.
During testimony from Jordan, he told the jury he never touched the victim.
Jordan testified that he did not live near the victim when the molesting happened. He said he
He testified that on Oct. 1, the first time the victim said she could remember being molested by him, Jordan said he was on hurricane damage in South Carolina with a brother.
"I have no idea what she's [the victim] is talking about," Jordan said.
He said the next day he was in Rhea County to visit his sister-in-law (the victim's mother) who was having a child at the time.
After the birth of Jordan's new nephew, he testified that he and his brother (the victim's father) went on a trip. The victim's father drove a tractor trailer truck.
Jordan said he never molested the victim and believed she and her family were good people and never had problems with any of them.
Jordan's attorney, Larry Roddy said the dates the victim said Jordan molested her were changed during the last trial. He said the indictment originally read that instead of July 1, 1992 to Aug. 31, 1994, the dates read Oct. 1994 to March 1995.
When asked about the incident that occurred in the early morning hours at the victim's home, Jordan said he was not there because he was on work release at the jail and was not allowed to leave the jail until about 6:45 a.m.
During the cross examination by Dunn, Jordan continually denied any involvement with the victim.
"If you look at the facts and details do the facts support it? This case is a mess," Roddy said.
"The state is changing the facts to meet the case. It's like hitting a moving target. It was impossible for [Jordan] to do it. He was locked up. There isn't enough to convict beyond a reasonable doubt.
"The only way to connect this case is to accept the girls' testimony as it is," he said.
Sarah B. Hodge can be reached at shodge@xtn.net.
The Herald-News does not identify victims of sexual crimes.