New victim discovered in Holmes case

A second victim has been revealed in the case against a man now charged with having sex with two young boys.

The defendant, Daniel James Holmes, 44, faces what could amount to life in prison from the mountain of sex charges he now faces. He allegedly has a fetish for child porn involving boys based on the hundreds of images reportedly found on his home computer.

Holmes, who has been behind bars for over a year on $750,000 bond, was hit with his newest charges recently as he was served with indictments in his jail cell. The indictments charge four counts of rape and two counts of statutory rape for his sexual encounters with a 16-year-old boy between January and May 2006.

Holmes already faced 13 felony counts, some including the charges of child rape which carry 15 to 25 years, for having sex with a 12-year-old boy around the same time he is accused of having sexual relations with the older teen. It was the investigation into allegations he was molesting the 12-year-old which led lawmen to discover the sexual relations Holmes allegedly had with the 16-year-old.

Holmes and his live-in boyfriend, Peter Murray Gipson, 41, were arrested during a raid of their home when lawmen found child pornography on a number of disks near their home computer. Prosecution of Holmes for molesting the 12-year-old was slowed by the boy’s mental state as he was unable to testify shortly following Holmes arrests.

In the interim, Gipson took a plea bargain deal and was freed on 143 days served. He will remain on probation for the next 10 years.

In taking the deal, Gipson insisted his only involvement was downloading porn for his boyfriend, the disks of which he said were kept in a locked case near the computer. In addition to his rape charges, Holmes also faces exploitation charges for his possession of the child porn. Holmes is set to go to trial July 15.