Inset left: Taton Dorfman (Pima County Sheriff”s Department). Inset right: Hannah Rogers (GoFundMe). Background: The crime scene on the 5400 block of West Mosquito Drive in Marana, Arizona, on July 28, 2024 (KGUN).
An Arizona man has learned where he will be spending the coming years of his life for murdering his girlfriend and her dog and then calling his ex to gloat about it.
Taton Dorfman, 30, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison, according to local news outlets including NBC affiliate KVOA. He was found guilty last month of second-degree murder for the killing of 30-year-old Hannah Rogers, as Law&Crime previously reported.
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It was July 28, 2024, and Rogers was home with her dog. Dorfman was there, too, authorities said, and at some point, he turned violent. The boyfriend shot Rogers in the head, killing her, and then also shot and killed her dog.
Then he called his ex-girlfriend.
“I killed her! I did it!” he reportedly exclaimed to his ex while on FaceTime, displaying himself lying next to Rogers’ body, with blood visible around her head.
According to Tucson-based ABC affiliate KGUN, the ex took screenshots and reported the incident to police.
The Marana Police Department was asked to do a welfare check on Rogers, the agency said in a press release the next day. Officers arrived at the crime scene on the 5400 block of West Mosquito Drive at about 10:30 p.m. and tried to speak with Dorfman, but he “barricaded himself in the residence for several hours.”
Roughly five hours after officers showed up, Dorfman was taken into custody. He reportedly had blood on his face and hands but no injuries when he was arrested.
Rogers and her dog were found dead inside the home. Officers are said to have also discovered a large amount of drug paraphernalia and alcohol inside.
Dorfman was originally charged with first-degree murder. The charge was later changed to second-degree murder, and the judge said because of the circumstances of the case, the maximum sentence he was able to give was 16 years, local CBS affiliate KOLD reported.
Dorfman was also reportedly sentenced for time served on the cruelty to animals charge.
Marana is about 20 miles northwest of Tucson.
