An Ogle County jury has found Ray Gough, 72, to still be a sexually dangerous person in 2025.

This is a rare charge that requires him to be held in prison until a psychiatric exam determines that he is no longer dangerous.

In 1999, Gough was accused of molesting two boys, according to court records. Three more victims came forward since then, claiming Gough molested them at his horse farm when they were children.

Gough also had a 1991 conviction for aggravated criminal sexual abuse involving a 6-year-old boy.

He requested a retrial and was granted one in 2004 after a Supreme Court ruling on his claim that he did not receive a speedy trial, due to the unavailability of several witnesses.

Gough was found guilty of the charge of being a Sexually Dangerous Person in November 2014, after r

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