Man Convicted of 13 Counts Including Rape and Sexual Battery of Child He Raised

Clermont County Prosecutor Mark J. Tekulve announces that yesterday, March 19, 2025 at the conclusion of a 3-day trial, a Clermont County jury convicted Hector Burchell of 13 counts, which included Rape, Sexual Battery and Gross Sexual Imposition.

During the time period of January 1, 2018 through November 5, 2023, Hector Burchell engaged in a sustained pattern of sexual abuse against his victim who he had raised since she was 18 months old. When the victim was just 10 years old Burchell began sexually abusing his victim by grinding his penis against the her buttocks. The abuse escalated when Burchell began forcing the victim to preform fellatio on him inside the family home. Mr. Burchell continuously forced the victim to preform fellatio on him every few weeks from March 22, 2019 to the time his abuse was discovered in November of 2023.

The Pierce Township Police Department began investigating Mr. Burchell after the victim’s mother found a journal entry written by the victim. This journal entry disclosed the abuse the victim endured at the hands of Mr. Burchell. During the investigation it was discovered that Mr. Burchell engaged in various grooming techniques such as purchasing gifts, making threats and making promises in order to both facilitate and hide his continued pattern of abuse.

Hector Burchell faces a mandatory prison sentence of 25 years to life with a potential maximum sentence of 128 years to life in prison and will be a registered sex offender. He will be sentenced April 29, 2025.

“Hector Burchell used his relationship with the victim to facilitate these heinous crimes and deserves to spend the rest of his life in prison.” – Mark J. Tekulve, Clermont County Prosecuting Attorney

Hector Burchell, DOB: 8/28/1964

*Mugshot courtesy of the Clermont County Sheriff’s Office*