Utah AG asks potential rape victims of 22-year-old Logan man to come forward

LOGAN — The Office of the Utah Attorney General has filed documents of evidence alleging Cameron Michael Dahle, 22, raped a 17-year-old girl around March 2021. The AG’s office requested that anyone who believes they might be a victim of Dahle’s come forward — a somewhat rare move in a case involving sexual assault.

It also requested a warrant for Dahle’s arrest and a subsequent filing of a first-degree felony charge. Both actions have yet to be carried out.

According to the warrant request, Dahle had allegedly raped at least one girl, but law enforcement obtained the testimonies of three others who alleged Dahle had similarly raped or sexually assaulted them. One of them was 17 at the time of the alleged assault, and the other two were between the ages of 15 and 13 years old.

The request stated that the timeframe in which the string of alleged assaults occurred spanned over 5 years, with the first being in 2016.

“The defendant currently faces one first-degree felony rape count, punishable by an indeterminate prison sentence of 5 years to life,” the AG’s office wrote. “The allegations of the other female complainants may result in additional first-degree felony charges, which could run consecutively.”

The AG’s office said even if no other charges are filed, it will likely seek to hear testimony from all four of the alleged victims.

The 17-year-old victim, who is at the center of the AG’s case, reportedly told police Dahle raped her in a bedroom at a party in a Cache County home. The victim said that parties were common at this residence, where an adult parent would often supply kids with alcohol.

The victim told police that she was highly intoxicated at the time of the incident. She said her female friend, who was her designated driver at the party, found her and Dahle in the room together, witnessing the last moments of the incident.

After helping the victim out of the room, feeding her some bread and water and cleaning her up, the friend took her to her home, where the victim spent the night.

At the time of the incident, the victim said Dahle was approximately a year older than her and had already graduated from high school.

“The (AG’s) investigation into Mr. Dahle began in March of 2022 after a referral under Utah law, which grants the (AG) jurisdiction to review requests for a second review of first-degree felonies,” the press release read.

According to KSL legal analyst Greg Skordas, the AG’s office is not bound by a statute of limitations due to the nature of the case.

“You’d think every crime has a statute of limitations, and for some period that was true,” Skordas said. “But the Utah Legislature has stated that certain crimes do not. So, for example, homicides — murder could be prosecuted at any time, there is no statute of limitations.”

Sex crimes are the same, Skordas said, and prosecutors could go back years to find victims who were underage at the time of the crime.

“I think we recognize the long-term implications of being a victim of a sex crime — and being a victim of almost any crime — but children who are victimized can have problems for the rest of their lives,” he said. “Because of that, we have decided that they can be prosecuted at any time and so the statute of limitations doesn’t apply.”

The AG’s office advised anyone who believes they might be a victim of Dahle to contact its investigations division at (801) 281-1200, or aginvestcomplaints@agutah.gov.

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Contributing: Adam Small, KSL NewsRadio

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