Alabama man sentenced to 40 years after murdering man who sexually abused his daughter

Jay Maynor was sentenced to 40 years in prison after murdering the man who sexually abused his daughter. Jay Maynor was sentenced to 40 years in prison after murdering the man who sexually abused his daughter. Photo: Courtesy Photo: Courtesy Image 1 of / 6 Caption Close Alabama man sentenced to 40 years after murdering man who sexually abused his daughter 1 / 6 Back to Gallery

Jay Maynor was sentenced to 40 years in prison after fatally shooting a man who sexually abused his daughter, Julia Maynor, 24.

Between the ages of 4 and 9, Julia Maynor was abused by her maternal grandfather, Raymond Brooks. Brooks pleaded guilty and served 27 months of a five-year sentence.

"Raymond molested me for either four or five years," Julia Maynor told Alabama News. "I don't remember when it started happening but I know it was for a very long time. It was long enough for me to think it was completely normal and made me to feel that he actually loves me in a different kind of way than my mother and father loves me."

In 2014, Julia Maynor said something to her father which prompted him to drive to Brooks' house and murder him. She says she can't remember what she said that spurred Jay Maynor to drive to Brooks' house that day, but that it had something to do with the abuse she sustained as a child.

On his way to Brooks' home, Jay Maynor also fired shots into a convenience store where he saw a man who'd reportedly been abusive to his stepdaughter.

Monday, Jay Maynor accepted a plea deal at a Cullman County, Alabama court in which he would plead guilty and his daughter would not have to testify in court.

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"Basically he took it so that I didn't have to relive the molestation and also be on the stand in front of a bunch of people talking about and bringing back memories of the molestation," Julia Maynor told WVTM. "My father was protecting me, like a father should do. He is an amazing father — actually the best. He loves us so much."

Julia Maynor waived her right to anonymity following her father's sentencing. She says that the sentence is unfair.

"I'm going through hell," Julia Maynor told Alabama News. "Everything comes back to me as to why this has happened. I feel like it's my fault. I'm sad but yet mad."

She is currently considering a divorce from her husband.

"Me and my husband are now going through a divorce because of it. I have completely pushed him out of my life," she told the outlet. "I am back in the same mindstate that it is wrong, even though we are married and have three kids, it's wrong. I keep making him miserable with my miserable life."

Julia says that the current circumstances have made her revisit her tormented childhood.

"I can still remember his smell, which is awful to me. I overcame my PTSD, but now I have had to relive it all over again," she said.