FORT WORTH -- A Forth Worth man with a history of raping and abusing women has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for stomping his girlfriend, raping her and then dragging her through a cactus field in 2010.
Eddie Dorris II, 53, was sentenced by jurors last week to 20 years after he was found guilty of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the May 19, 2010, beating.On Thursday, state District Judge George Gallagher stacked on another 10 years after he revoked Dorris' probation for twice beating up another girlfriend in 2009."When you rape and beat a woman until she is unrecognizable, and leave her out in the country for coyotes, you deserve to sit in prison for 30 years," said Tarrant County Assistant District Attorney Bill Vassar in a news release.During the trial last week, jurors heard that Dorris had befriended the victim when she was homeless and living in a storage unit in 2010.On May 19, 2010, Dorris, who had allowed the woman to live at his home, became enraged and drove her to a remote area near Benbrook, got high on methamphetamine and raped her in his vehicle, the news release stated.The woman ran away after telling him she needed to use the bathroom.But Dorris caught up with her, dragged her across Interstate 20 and into the field where he repeatedly hit, kicked and stomped her, according to evidence in the trial.Prosecutors said that Dorris left her there but vowed to return to kill her.The woman managed to get up and was rescued by passing motorists.During the punishment phase of the trial, the judge heard from two of Dorris' former girlfriends who testified that he also raped and abused them.Dorris was on probation for assaulting one of those women when he was convicted by the jury last week.Domingo Ramirez Jr., 817-390-7763Twitter: @stcrimeHave more to add? News tip? Tell us
