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Years After The First Report Against Him, Army Officer Finally Convicted Of Serial Rape
U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Randall S. Hughes raped multiple women including his own teenage daughter over a ten year period, authorities said. Photo: Getty Images
U.S. Army staff sergeant Randall S. Hughes violently raped the wife of a young soldier at a Super Bowl party in 2017, dragging her by the hair into the home and raping her after the other guests had gone home.
The victim, Leah Ramirez, cowered in the bathroom after the vicious attack until Hughes left the house.
She reported the attack the next day to Army officials at Texas’ Fort Bliss, but Hughes wasn’t charged at the time and would go on to rape a series of other women including his own teenage daughter before he was ultimately convicted of multiple charges including two counts of rape and sentenced to 13 years behind bars, according to a new report from Army Times.
Staff Sergeant Randall S. Hughes has been sentenced to 13 years in prison
He pleaded guilty to eight counts including sexual abuse of a child
Hughes first known rape was of his then-wife at Fort Carson, Colorado, in 2006
He attacked two in 2017 - one his then-girlfriend, another the wife of a soldier
At the end of 2017 his estranged 14-year-old daughter moved in with him
Her mother had no idea about his plea deals or the rape investigations
In 2020 Hughes raped his own daughter in Fort Dix, New Jersey, Army Times said
She went to authorities, who finally dug through his files and found his history
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