Convicted Rapist Found Guilty For Trying To Kill Victim
DENVER (CBS4)- A convicted rapist was found guilty of trying to kill his victim before she could testify against him.
Tony Dotson was found guilty of solicitation to commit murder on Wednesday morning.
In January 2014, Dotson was sentenced to 96 years in prison in the brutal rape case of a woman.
Prosecutors say Dotson raped a woman he was friends with and had dinner with hours before the assault, knowing she was home alone.
Prosecutors said Dotson then hired a prison gang to try to kill his victim while he awaited trial for the rape.
Prosecutors say in 2009 Dotson's business partner was also found dead in her car and Dotson profited $300,000 from life insurance policy. He was never indicted in that case.
Dotson's sister, a single mother named Nonni, went missing in 2006. Dotson was the last person to see her.
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said that Dotson was on a list with other family members to see if he was connected. No one was ever cleared from that list.