Louisiana Man Pleads Guilty in 25 Year Old Rape Case, Faces 20 Years in Prison
Published June 01, 2022
Louisiana Man Pleads Guilty in 25 Year Old Rape Case, Faces 20 Years in Prison
Louisiana – On May 31, 2022, the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office announced that Lorenzo D. Watson, 45, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, had pled guilty to one count of Forcible Rape. Watson was sentenced to twenty years in prison at hard labor by Judge Derrick Kee, with no possibility of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. Watson is also required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
Watson broke into the victim’s home in 1997, tied her up, and raped her at knifepoint. The victim had no idea who the perpetrator was for more than two decades until DNA from the crime was run in 2017.
The case was prosecuted by Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office First Assistant District Attorney Jacob Johnson and Assistant District Attorney Hope Buford.
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