Landon Doty, 16, was convicted as an adult on multiple charges including rape and child molestation
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- An Indiana teenager has been convicted of raping a non-verbal boy with autism while on a school bus
- Landon Doty, 16, was convicted as an adult on multiple charges including rape and child molestation
- Doty testified in his defense, denying the allegations and claiming he was using “calming techniques” on the child
An Indiana teenager has been convicted of raping a non-verbal boy with autism while on a school bus.
Landon Doty, 16, who was tried as an adult, was convicted on all counts Thursday, April 2, including rape, child molestation, sexual battery, criminal confinement and public indecency, according to WXIN, WTHR and WDRB.
Prosecutors said Doty was seen on Jennings County school bus surveillance video raping the 7-year-old child, with court documents alleging that the incidents occurred over several weeks last year, WDRB reported…