A teenage boy whose father is an investigator for a state solicitor avoided jail for an alleged sex attack due to a plea deal that saw his crimes downgraded to assault and battery.
19-year-old Bowen Gray Turner had been charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct for dragging a lady identified as Chloe Bess behind a truck at a party in 2019, pulling off her clothes and sexually attacking her, according to reports.
Turner was also accused of raping a second victim, 18-year-old Dallas Stoller, who died unexpectedly in November 2021.
That charge against the teenage serial rapist was subsequently dropped. And Turner was accused of a third rape in a different county, although those charges were dropped too.
Dallas Hayer Stoller Cause Of Death
A graduate of Charleston College, Dallas Hayes Stoller made the allegations against Turner on October 7, 2018.
Stoller died on November 24, 2021.
However, the cause of Dallas’s death is unknown.
Prior to Friday’s hearing, Miller told The T&D that the Bamberg County charge is being dismissed because Stoller is no longer alive.
Dallas Stoller’s family felt like her case didn’t matter to the 2nd Circuit Solicitor’s Office.
The late Dallas’ father, Karl Stoller, told the court on Friday, April 8 that “Dallas attended a party in Bamberg County. She was brought home from the party heavily intoxicated and would ultimately be found to be sexually assaulted later that night” after she reported to the Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg.
He further said his daughter, “made the difficult decision to move forward with the case, all the while knowing because of who her alleged attacker was, she would be a target of personal attacks and insults in the community.”
“Today’s events are nothing more than a public show with the intent for the defendant to not spend one moment in jail; seemingly fully supported by the (Second Circuit) Solicitor’s Office – the one agency who was tasked to be the voice of the victims and to do the very best they could to find justice for them,” he said.
“I could fully accept whatever outcome was decided if I felt and fully believed all families were well-represented by the solicitor’s office and they truly did the best job they could,” he said.
“This is indeed a very sad day for victims in our state.”