Mistrial declared in child sex-abuse case

BOERNE — A state district judge Friday night declared a mistrial for a 67-year-old Mexican national accused of sexually assaulting a minor child. 

A seven-woman, five-man Kendall County jury seated in the weeklong case deliberated 14 hours over two days but failed to reach a verdict in the 451st state District Court, leading visiting Judge Kaycee Jones to rule a mistrial. 

Adrian Santillian was booked into the county jail March 17 on a charge of sex abuse of a child continuous, with the victim being under the age of 14, according to court records.