SEXUAL PREDATOR'S FATE Howard Dotson's Victims Speak Out At His Sentencing
Reported by: Kennie Bass
Videographer: Troy Morgan
Web Producer: Kennie Bass
Reported: Feb. 15, 2012 6:04 PM EST
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Madison
, Boone County
, West Virginia
Jerri Trent says Howard Dotson raped and sexually abused her for two decades...starting when she was just three years old.
Trent, who agreed to be identified, minced no words during Dotson's sentencing on 89 counts of child sex crimes.
Trent's sister Anna Ruth Gore...who also agreed to be identified...was raped and abused along with two other siblings by Dotson. She echoed Trent's sentiments.
Boone County Circuit Judge William Thompson gave Dotson the maximum on each of the 89 counts...and ordered them served consecutively. Dotson was hit with between 719 and 1495 years.
Dotson was captured in Colorado after more than a decade on the loose...but his days of running are over.
Dotson's lawyer says he's appealing the conviction.
Dotson will get credit for the two years he's already served behind bars, which means he'll be eligible for parole in the year 2729.
In the unlikely event he is ever released from prison here, he's facing charges in Colorado for allegedly sexually abusing his biological daughter.
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Kennie Bass
