Man who was accused of rape in Audrain County sentenced to probation

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A man who was accused of raping someone in 2008-09 was sentenced this week.

Roger Allen Curtis, of Mexico, Missouri, was initially charged in 2024 in Audrain County with first-degree rape. He pleaded guilty on Nov. 10 to incest and was sentenced on Monday to five years of probation, along with a seven-year suspended sentence.

According to court documents in previous reporting, the victim told law enforcement that she was raped by Curtis several times. She allegedly told law enforcement that the first sexual assault occurred after Curtis threatened to shoot her, court documents say. He allegedly told the victim that if she told anyone of the assault, he would kill her, court documents say.

Law enforcement talked to several witnesses who were told about the sexual assault by the victim, and they stated details that were consistent with what the victim told law enforcement, according to the probable cause statement.