District Attorney Erleigh Norville Wiley announced today that 65-year-old Randy Doyle Crow of Kaufman, Texas has been sentenced to 20 years in the Texas penitentiary for the offense of Indecency with a Child by Sexual Contact after a week-long trial before Honorable Judge Casey Blair in the 86th District Court of Kaufman County. Judge Blair granted the State’s motion to stack the sentences after a Kaufman County jury found Crow guilty of two counts of Indecency with a Child by Sexual Contact and assessed punishment for the two counts at 16 years and 4 years, respectively.
Evidence in trial showed that Crow, a lifelong Kaufman County resident, repeatedly touched his granddaughter in a sexual manner for “the majority of her childhood.” Testimony revealed that the older man gave the granddaughter marijuana and vape pens when he would commit acts of abuse. The State brought witnesses in to testify that the defendant had referred to his granddaughter as “sexy” to other adults who reported the concerning comments to family members. Testimony also showed that the defendant had inappropriately commented on the appearance of his grandchildren’s young female friends. The victim, now 15 years old, testified about the ripple effects of these events on the entire family. The prosecution was led by Assistant Criminal District Attorneys Ashley Holman, Taylor McConnell and Hillary Heisel; paralegals Kristen Tucker and Amanda Morris; Investigator Sandra Ortiz; and Victim Assistance Coordinators Shirley Bruner and Kylie Connor. The District Attorney’s Office would like to thank the Kaufman County Sheriff’s Department, especially Investigator Danny Howard, and the Kaufman County Children’s Advocacy Center for their tireless and dedicated work in this case.
“We know that child abuse cases create a wake of trauma that touches everyone around them – from the family members to the community members who knew the family, to the jury that has to hear the delicate facts and render a verdict. Thank you to the jurors in this case for being willing to endure an uncomfortable task for the furtherance of justice” says District Attorney Erleigh Wiley.