On Tuesday, August 27th, 2019,  Joshua David Gayde, age 36 of Columbia, appeared in Adair Circuit Court and was sentenced after entering  a guilty plea to nine charges involving sex crimes against a minor child that occurred between January 2014 and December 2017.  Gayde pled guilty to four counts of First-Degree Rape involving a child under 12 years old and five counts of First-Degree Sexual Abuse involving a child under 12 years old. 

Pursuant to the plea agreement Gayde will serve a total of 23 ½ years in the state penitentiary.   Upon his release from prison Gayde will be required to register as a lifetime sex offender on the Kentucky State Sex Offender Registry.

The investigation in this case was led by Kentucky State Police Detective Nick Davis.