Woman to serve 90 years in prison for raping, sexually assaulting child in Fauquier County

FAUQUIER COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — A 28-year-old woman will sit behind bars for decades after she raped and sexually assaulted a child in Fauquier County.

On Sept. 15, the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office announced that a judge sentenced Anna Grace Layher, of Bealeton, to life for the rape of a child under 13 years old and object sexual penetration of a child under 13 years old. However, some of her sentence was suspended.

Despite this, Layher will serve 50 years, consecutive to a 40-year federal sentence.

“The suspended life sentence will stay in place for the remainder of her life. She will register as a sex offender and be on lifetime supervised probation, should she ever be released,” said the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office in a release.

The decades-long sentence comes after Layher pleaded guilty to the charges on June 5.

In 2023 and 2024, Layher took sexually explicit videos and pictures of two children she knew. She then sent the videos to her boyfriend at the time, Davey Jonathan Sisk, 29, who lived in Culpeper, Va.

Sisk was also sentenced to 40 years on the federal case in October 2024.

The sheriff’s office added that a life protective order was also put in place, so Layher can not have contact with her victims.