A Needville man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after he was convicted of sexual assaulting a young girl.

Edward Contreras Torres, 44, began abusing the girl when she was in preschool and continued into her teenage years, Fort Bend County officials said.

Police started the investigation resulting in Wednesday's guilty verdict after school officials notified them of the allegations against Torres.

When the attacks were reported to police, two women came forward to say they also were sexually abused by Torres for several years.

DNA evidence also showed he had fathered children with each of them while they were minors and he was an adult, officials aid.

Torres was convicted under the Continuous Sexual Assault of a Child law that was enacted in September 2007. The punishment ranges from 25 years to life in prison.

Fort Bend County officials said it was the first such case tried in that county.