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   FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — A Virginia man will spend the rest of his life in   
   prison after being convicted of sexually abusing children at a Fairfax daycare   
   for years.   
      
   The investigation into Elwood Thomas began in 2019 when a victim told police   
   they were abused by Thomas between 2008 and 2009. The then 35-year-old already   
   had a record, having previously been convicted in 2013 for a similar sexual   
   assault incident that    
   occurred in 2002.   
      
   For the 2002 assault, Thomas was sentenced to eight years in prison with seven   
   suspended and 20 years probation. He was on active probation and listed as a   
   registered sex offender when he began abusing more victims at Happyland   
   Daycare in Fairfax County.   
      
   Fairfax County Police told WUSA9 in 2019 that the in-home daycare was run by a   
   family member. The daycare watched over children between 8 weeks and 12 years   
   old.   
      
   RELATED: Man arrested on alleged sex assault of children at daycare, Fairfax   
   County police say   
      
   While investigating the 2019 abuse claim, detectives also reopened the 2012   
   case. While re-interviewing people, police identified two more victims.   
      
   Thomas is believed to have abused at least three children between 2006 and   
   2012.   
      
   Thomas was arrested and convicted on two counts of rape, four counts of   
   aggravated sexual battery and two counts of object sexual penetration in 2021.   
   On Friday, Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano announced that Thomas was   
   sentenced to four life    
   sentences plus 36 years in prison.   
      
   “We asked that Mr. Thomas be sentenced to life in prison because of his   
   abhorrent history of sexually abusing children,” Descano said. “My   
   thoughts are with these children and their families as they begin the journey   
   of healing.”   
      
   This story starts in the summer of 2020. Fairfax County Public Schools hires   
   50-year-old Darren Lamar Thornton to work as a counselor at Glasgow Middle   
   School.   
      
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