Warrant issued for man convicted of severe physical abuse of 3-year-old daughter

Nathan Ginter
Courtesy: Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– A bench warrant has been issued for a man who is accused of physically abusing his 3-year-old daughter, after he failed to show up to court for his trial, says the solicitor’s office.

43-year-old Nathan Ginter was convicted on Wednesday, June 12, by a Richland County jury after a three day trial.

Ginter was convicted on four counts of unlawful conduct towards a child for the chronic physical abuse of his three-year-old daughter. 

Since he failed to appear for his trial, a bench warrant was issued for his arrest. As a result, his sentence has been sealed by the court until he is arrested on the bench warrant, says the Fifth Judicial Circuit Solicitor’s Office.

Ginter is accused of abusing his daughter as a form of punishment which then escalated into torture between January 2022 and March 2022.

Investigators say he began caning the child by using a bamboo stick and leaving bruises on her body.

The torture then became more pronounced over time as he first gave her cold baths and showers in the form of waterboarding, says the solicitor’s office.

He is also accused of using a drive stun gun on her buttocks over the duration of several weeks which left second degree burns.

Authorities say all of the incidents happened in front of the child’s 9-year-old sister who was called to testify about the abuse the child had to endure.

The abuse was reported by the victim’s grandfather with the help of his daughter, who is the child’s aunt after they noticed the burns on the child’s buttocks.

During the investigation, digital forensics were used to extract information from the phones of both the child’s mother’s and the defendant, resulting in numerous text messages and images documenting the abuse over those three months.

There was also video evidence of the waterboarding incidents, say officials.