Jury convicts man on 2014 rape charges

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man was found guilty by a jury Monday, 11 years after a violent attack on a woman in 2014.

Dontel Morgan, 38, was found guilty of two counts of Aggravated Rape and two counts of Aggravated Kidnapping, the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office said.

It took the jury less than an hour of deliberation after a three-day trial.

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“Investigators say Morgan approached an unknown woman with a knife, dragged her while threatening to harm her, and when she screamed for help, he rubbed the knife across her back. He then forced her into a secluded area, pulled out a handgun, and demanded she perform sexual acts before raping her,” the D.A.’s office said…

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