BAY MINETTE, Alabama -- Wendy Holland, the 35-year-old woman accused of multiple sex crimes involving a child, has been convicted of guilty of sex abuse of a child, sodomy, endangering welfare of a child and sexual torture.

The Baldwin County District Attorney's Office presented its case on Tuesday, which was highlighted with testimony from the child victim. The emotional statements were backed with similar testimony from participants in the family sex ring. Authorities have arrested 11 people total, eight of whom are related.

Holland faces up to 50 years in prison -- the equivalent of a "life sentence," according to her attorney - on charges of sodomy, child sexual abuse, sexual torture and endangering child welfare as part of an alleged circle of family members and friends who shared children for sex.

Family supporters of Brittney Wood have been present during the court proceedings. While Wood's name hasn't been mentioned much during the proceedings, family members claim that Holland knows what happened to the missing teen whose 2012 disappearance triggered a string of arrests.

Follow along to the live updates from the trial:

3:56 p.m. - Sentencing will be at 9 a.m. Jan. 15 in Baldwin County.

3:53 p.m. - Holland is guilty of sex abuse of a child, sodomy, endangering welfare of a child and sexual torture. More soon at al.com/mobile

3:50 p.m. - The jury is ready. A verdict will be announced real soon.

2:59 p.m. - The jury is requesting the journal of the victim, which will be given to them. They are now more than an hour into deliberations.

2:20 p.m. - Bishop read the definition to jurors -- sodomy of the 1st degree involves an adult with a minor under age 12. It also involves sexual acts to the mouth or anus.

2:17 p.m. - The jury is returning to the courtroom because they want the definition of sodomy in the 1st degree re-read to them.

2:12 p.m. - I will post the verdict immediately on here once the jury returns from its deliberations. In October, it took a jury 20 minutes in Mobile County to return guilty verdicts of family friend, William Brownlee, on sodomy and sexual abuse.

2:02 p.m. - The jurors officially begin their deliberations at 1:57 p.m.

1:55 p.m. - The jurors, 12 of them, have to come back with an unanimous decision. There are two alternative jurors.

1:29 p.m. - Bishop is back in the courtroom and we're awaiting the jury's arrival before they head off into deliberations.

12:23 p.m. - Lunch break now for 1 hour. The jury will return at 1:30 p.m.

12:20 p.m. - Heinz on the defense witnesses: "Who wants to be involved in this. No one wants to be involved with this."

12:18 p.m. - Heinz said that she doesn't have any physical evidence. Regarding pictures and videos, Yvonne Hall said that Holland erased it.

12:16 p.m. - Heinz tells the jury to use their common sense when thinking about the child's testimony: "They don't lie to get into trouble. They lie to get out of trouble."

12:13 p.m. - Assistant D.A. in Baldwin County Teresa Heinz is now speaking. She said that someone's job doesn't define them.

12:10 p.m. - Defense attorney Mitzi Johnson-Theodoro on Holland:

"Wendy worked. She took care of her veterans. That is who she was. She changed bed pans, cared for them and washed and bathed them. She cared for her elderly. They want you to believe that a woman who cared for the elderly abused children?"

12:05 p.m. - Johnson-Theodoro said that if the jury believes the victim, then they have to also believe some of the false accusations the victim has made in the past.

12:03 p.m. - Johnson-Theodoro has brought props to her closing statements. She purchased red flags from the hardware store to illustrate why some people who took the stand might have testified in this case. For instance, with Kent, she said he's looking at a life sentence -- a "red flag," she said.

11:57 a.m. - Johnson-Theodoro is beginning her closing statements. She said there has been no evidence presented in the case.

"Almost all of the state's witnesses had huge reasons to lie. It's easy to get up on the witness stand and say whatever the government wants you to say for leniency."

11:55 a.m. - The only hope, Patterson said, is that the jury believe that the victim, Dustin Kent, Derek Wood and others are lying.

11:50 a.m. - Patterson: "How many generations will this go on?" She said that the victim had the courage to stand up and say this can't go on any longer.

11:44 a.m. - Patterson said the sex crimes were something that went on and on and on: "There are so many different configurations of people that over and over again, this was their life. It was a life created in large part by this woman."

11:40 a.m. - Patterson: "It's the ultimate betrayal."

11:35 a.m. - Patterson: "What (Holland) told that child is if you tell you anyone, the family will be broken up."

11:33 a.m. - Mobile County Assistant District Attorney Nicki Patterson is giving the closing statements for the state.

11:24 a.m. - Getting ready for closing statements before lunch.

11:05 a.m. - There will be no more witnesses for the defense. Prosecutors have left the court room to preparing their closing statements.

10:54 a.m. - Johnson-Theodoro is asking the judge to acquit Holland, saying the state has failed to establish much of a case. Bishop denied the motion.

10:52 a.m. - Johnson-Theodoro is asking for Judge Jody Bishop to continue the case because Kay Howard is not present. Bishop denied the motion.

10:45 a.m. - Johnson-Theodoro wants to have Kay Howard to testify, but she is recovering from a kidney transplant. Howard is a DHR investigator involved in this case.

10:31 a.m. - We are still in recess, but I'm going to add a quick editorial note to this -- there really is a lot I cannot report due to the sensitivity of revealing the victim and victims in this case. However, it's evident that the sexual abuses involving family members span at least three generations and, perhaps more.

10:23 a.m - The trial has been recessed for 20 minutes.

10:18 a.m. - The victim claimed that Wheeler was trying to starve her, but it was something that was told at school. Wheeler said the victim, who was living with her in January 2012, lost some weight and was eating healthier at the time.

10:03 a.m. - The victim's journal has been submitted into the case. Wheeler said there was nothing in there linking abuse to the victim by Holland.

9:57 a.m. - Wheeler said she was concerned about some of the false allegations that the victim made against some people, including the investigator in the case.

9:55 a.m. - Wheeler said she confronted the victim on more than one occasion about some the crimes. She also said that victim lied to her as well.

9:49 a.m. - Krystina Wheeler, 25, Wendy Holland's stepdaughter -- Donnie Holland's daughter, is on the stand.

9:46 a.m. - The friend said that the victim never told her about any of the 11 people who was charged in the case.

9:44 a.m. - The victim's friend never confided in her about any harm that was done to her.

9:37 a.m. - The friend said that victim made untruthful statements about her while she was interviewed by a DHR investigator.

9:33 a.m. - A 16-year-old friend of the victim is now speaking.

9:29 a.m. - On cross-examination, Congo said the revelations about the criminal sex ring has been stressful on her daughter. She has had seizures and has trouble in school. Congo also said she doesn't want to deal with the "drama" of the crimes.

9:25 p.m. - Congo said she simply doesn't believe the victim and her concerns about lying while her daughter and the victim were friends for about 10 years. The victim is no longer allowed over at their house: "I just don't want to deal with the drama."

9:15 a.m. - Congo said her daughter quit talking to the victim after 2012.

9:13 a.m. - Congo said her only problem with the victim, over the years, was with lying.

9:12 a.m. - Trial resumes with Sherri Lynn Congo testifying. Congo's daughter was good friends with the victim in this case.