Parents Outraged After Child Sex Assault Case Dismissed Under Colorado Competency Law

By: Natalie Chuck, Joe Vaccarelli | Denver7

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — A 71-year-old man is walking free after he was found incompetent to stand trial and not restorable, forcing a Jefferson County judge to drop charges of sexual assault on a child that had been pending for several years.

Robert Dixson was accused of sexually assaulting a child, who was his relative, over the course of three years when the child was between the ages of 7 and 10. Dixson was in his 60s at the time of the alleged crime and faced multiple felony charges.

After his arrest, he was evaluated six times and hundreds of attempts were made to improve his mental health, according to the judge. Ultimately, the judge says a doctor determined he had a minor neurocognitive disorder, typically found in people diagnosed with dementia. He was found permanently unfit to stand trial.

The charges were dropped during a final hearing last week. He had spent the majority of the case out of custody, on bond.

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