MEMPHIS, TN (WMC) A Memphis, Tennessee man is in custody after allegedly hitting an 11-year-old girl with his car, sexually assaulting her, then leaving her in a roadside ditch.
The assault occurred as the girl was walking to school Monday morning.
“That broke my heart to imagine that a little innocent 11-year-old girl on the way to school was brutally attacked by anyone,” MPD Director Mike Rallings said. “I’m glad that we worked again to bring that family some closure.”
A man, on his way to work, stopped to talk to the little girl after the assault. He said the look on her face was heartbreaking.
“As I stopped to ask her what happened, first thing she said was, ‘I just got raped,'” Cameron Fifer said. “She was like, ‘I was hit by a truck, a blue truck and the guy proceeded to rape me.'”
Larry Ward, 20, was arrested Monday evening.