Audrain County man pleads guilty to several child sex crime cases
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
An Audrain County man who previously sentenced to 50 years in prison in federal court and five years in Missouri for statutory rape and child–porn-related charges took several more plea deals on Monday.
In four separate cases involving five victims, William Dahl, 41, pleaded guilty on Monday to promoting child porn, two counts of child enticement and two counts of sexual assault. A fifth case in Audrain County was dropped. He will be sentenced at 1:15 p.m. Monday, March 9.
Dahl was previously charged with: Forcible sodomy, forcible rape, attempted forcible rape, first-degree child sex trafficking, sexually exploiting a minor, first-degree promoting child pornography, two counts of possessing child porn, a count of first-degree statutory rape, first-degree statutory sodomy, first-degree child molestation, promoting a sexual performance of a child, using a child in a sexual performance, two counts of second-degree statutory sodomy, one count of fourth-degree child molestation, child kidnapping, third-degree child molestation, three counts of child enticement and two counts of misdemeanor giving porn to a minor.
He was sentenced to five years last year after he entered an Alford plea for first-degree statutory rape in Randolph County. He was previously sentenced 50 years in federal court in December 2023 for producing and two counts of receiving child pornography.
