Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced Tuesday that the Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) Unit has secured the civil commitment of 68-year old Larry Goosey following trial in Shelby County.

A jury unanimously determined that Goosey meets the legal criteria to be classified as a sexually violent predator under Missouri law, resulting in his indefinite commitment to the Missouri Department of Mental Health.

Goosey was previously found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect for multiple offenses against a six-year-old Macon County girl in 1999, including first-degree statutory rape, first-degree statutory sodomy, sexual abuse, first-degree child molestation, and endangering the welfare of a child.

In 2000, he was committed to the Missouri Department of Mental Health. While institutionalized, Goosey engaged in sexually inappropriate behavior toward staff and patients, exhibited violent conduct, and repeatedly refused to attend sex offender treatment. He was also convicted of assaulting a guard and a peer, and Goosey was investigated for threatening to kill the Chief Operating Officer of a Department facility in Farmington, Missouri. The evidence also revealed that Goosey admitted to victimizing a second girl.

At trial, an expert psychologist diagnosed Goosey with multiple mental disorders, including Antisocial Personality Disorder, other Specified Paraphilic Disorder, and Pedophilic Disorder. The expert testified that Goosey was unable to control his behavior and was highly likely to continue to commit predatory, sexual, and violent offenses.

After just 26 minutes of deliberation, the Shelby County jury unanimously found that Goosey qualified as a sexually violent predator under Missouri law. As a result, he will be committed to the Missouri Department of Mental Health for care, control, and treatment as a result of the Court’s Judgment.