Ohio ‘serial rapist’ found guilty on felony charges, faces 70 years in prison
By Daisy Kershaw
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KENTON COUNTY, Ohio (WLWT) — Sentencing for a serial rapist convicted on 28 felonies took place Wednesday in Kenton County.
Prosecutors say he manipulated women, sometimes even promising them jobs, luring them to his house to sexually abuse them.
Paul Snow was found guilty on all 28 counts for charges including sodomy, rape, human trafficking and kidnapping.
Nine women testified against him in court.
“These nine women were incredibly brave,” said Kenton County Prosecutor Rob Sanders.
He says Snow has a long history of victimizing women, which they helped put a stop to.
“Mr. Snow was really a predator in the truest sense of the word,” says Sanders.
He says the investigations into Snow span years, the earliest reports from 2014.
“The case had been handed down over the course of about ten years, from one detective to another,” said Sanders, “There were a number of different investigations, some of which resulted in charges, some of which did not. However, none of those charges ever resulted in a conviction.”
That all changed, he says, with a single post online.
“A woman down in Gallatin County took to Facebook to make public the allegations of being assaulted by Mr. Snow,” said Sanders.
He says several other women started chiming in.
This prompted a Kenton County Police sergeant to reopen the investigation into Snow.
This time, he wouldn’t get away.
“In Kenton County over the years, this is the largest number of adult victims I’ve ever seen in one case,” says Sanders.
Prosecutors say Snow used technology to lure in his victims, manipulate them, then silence them.
“Tricking women into giving him personal information so he could get into their computers… Tricking them into installing spyware on their phone so he could get a hold of embarrassing information on those women to basically use it as leverage,” says Sanders.
A jury sentenced Snow to 356 years in prison, but because of Kentucky law, the maximum time Snow can serve is 70 years. He’ll be eligible for parole after serving 20.
Prosecutor Sanders said his team pulled out all the stops to make sure he serves the full seven decades.
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