Jessie Harrison

'A little girl is supposed to be able to trust her father': Gilker receives 19-year sentence for sexual assault, sexual exploitation of child

July 7, 2022 | By David Adam, MRN Editor

QUINCY — The voice of assistant state’s attorney Laura Keck trembled as she read aloud the seven-word victim impact statement of Bruce Gilker Jr.’s daughter during his sentencing hearing Wednesday afternoon in Adams County Circuit Court. “Bud makes me nervous, scared and sad,” she wrote. An Adams County jury found Gilker guilty May 11 of…