Police have a person of interest in custody whom they believe is the Queens park rape suspect who sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl last week in a heinous
The NYPD released these images of the alleged Queens park rapist who attacked a 13-year-old girl on June 13, 2024. Queens park rape suspect who sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl last weekimages of the suspect riding a bike on a nearby street. Up until this point, the NYPD had only a composite sketch of the perpetrator.
At around 1 a.m. Tuesday, the person of interest was physically assaulted by other shelter residents who recognized him from the images police released, the sources said. Cops across the city had been engaged in an extensive manhunt for the suspect since the aftermath of the assault, which occurred at about 3 p.m. on June 13 inside Kissena Corridor Park, near the corner of Kalmia Avenue and Colden Street in Flushing.Law enforcement officials said the rapist approached the 13-year-old girl as she played on a field with her 13-year-old male friend, and then ordered them in Spanish to follow him into the nearby wooded area.
“The children were forced at knifepoint to follow him into a secluded area of the park, where he tied the boy and girl’s wrists together with a shoelace,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said at a June 14 press conference at the park. “The perpetrator then sexually assaulted the 13-year-old girl. When the assault was concluded, the perpetrator told both victims to stay at the location for 20 minutes while he fled on foot after robbing both children of their cell phones.
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