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Jury Convicts Indiana Teen of Raping 7-Year-Old on School Bus

The verdict followed jurors’ review of bus surveillance video kept from public view during the trial.

Overview

  • Landon Doty, 16, was found guilty Wednesday on all counts after a two-day trial in Jennings County.
  • Prosecutors relied on school bus camera footage that only jurors were allowed to watch in court.
  • An Indiana State Police forensic biologist testified that Doty’s DNA was not found on the child.
  • Doty took the stand and said his contact was a calming technique rather than sexual touching.
  • Sentencing has not been scheduled, with the most serious charges carrying up to 16 years, as the family also pursues a negligence suit against the school district.