Within a few weeks after he left the Army in Germany for his home in Orange County, Texas, in 1998, investigators say, the little girls in Marlon James Winters’ neighborhood knew the thin, bald-headed man liked to play “games.” Winters would take them on bike rides, give them presents and teach them to play his drum set. As he gained their confidence, according to investigators, the “games” grew into molestation and rape. He told two of his alleged victims, sisters ages 9 and 6, that their mother — who had recently suffered a stroke — would die if they told...