Leonard Wayne Palmer, Louisiana Jail Escapee, Arrested In Connection To Sexual Assault Of 12-Year-Old Colo. Springs Girl (VIDEO)

Leonard Wayne Palmer, a 23-year-old Louisiana jail escapee, has been arrested in connection to the rape of a 12-year-old girl while she walking to a school-bus stop near her Colorado Springs home, The Denver Post reports.

The 12-year-old victim was walking to the bus stop around 9 a.m. on Oct. 25 on the 400 block of E. Brookside St. in Colorado Springs, according to the Gazette. She was pulled into an alley by her assailant, beaten and then raped.

KKTV reports that after the attack, the little girl blamed herself because she could not understand what had happened to her.

Palmer was captured by the police the day after the attack, after capturing a second Louisiana jail escape in the same area the day before. Police suspected that Palmer had only spent one or two hours in the Colorado Springs neighborhood before the attack of the 12-year-old girl occurred.

7News reports that police initially arrested Palmer just for escaping from jail, they had not yet linked him to the assault. Palmer has been held in a Louisiana jail since October and was previously serving time for burglary and forgery. Mike Velasquez, a Colorado Springs police spokesman, said that although Palmer matched the description of the rapist, they had to wait for DNA test results before formally charging him. Palmer now faces possible charges of kidnapping and sexual assault on a child.

According to KRDO, the neighborhood still remains affected by the crime, but that there is some relief that a suspect has been named.

Comments

[KC45]

05:44 PM on 11/21/2011

Castration would be a good start.

[mary321]

12:22 PM on 11/26/2011

Also, a slow death...
I hope the baby gets counseling.
PRAY FOR THE BABIES

[naturevideo]

11:32 AM on 11/19/2011

MORE great writing from the "journalists" at HuffPo
"Palmer was captured by the police the day after the attack, after capturing a second Louisiana jail escape in the same area the day before."
A) I believe this sentence structure is actually saying that PALMER captured someone on the second day, when obviously they are trying to say that POLICE did.
B) No Grammar check run, so, it says "a second Lousiana ESCAPE" instead of the correct word, ESCAPEE.

[Intentionally Left Blank]

10:35 AM on 11/19/2011

Put him in one of those restraining chairs they use in jail and leave him alone with the girl's parents.

[mary321]

12:24 PM on 11/26/2011

I WOULD DO IT FOR THEM! I WISH HIM MANY BEATINGS IN PRISON AND EVENTUALLY DEATH!

[paul macleod]

08:23 AM on 11/19/2011

kill that SOB .. today

[ewaynee]

08:04 AM on 11/19/2011

This guy sounds ike a really bad person. Make sure he gets the same in jail.

[bigdog82644]

07:58 AM on 11/19/2011

animal

[sweetlady576]

07:38 AM on 11/19/2011

This story broke my heart, especially where the article states that the girl blamed herself. Thoughts and prayers to this girl and here's to hoping this awful man gets what he deserves.

[laceysuarez]

08:57 AM on 11/19/2011

I see perfectly fine, I just don't see things as you do.

[Hillrick]

05:40 PM on 11/19/2011

You make no sense at all

[aliciay360]

05:20 AM on 11/20/2011

um ok...... what are you even talking about?

[Cynthia McClain Spencer]

07:29 AM on 11/19/2011

My heart breaks for this little girl and her family. The family should be allowed to beat the living SH** out of him.

[porkexpress2127]

07:26 AM on 11/19/2011

i think that any man who rapes a woman or girl or boy,the law needs to be cut everything off leave him with nothing,then put him away forever.just to give him life is not enough,he will not suffer enough. harsh,no those who are raped suffer the rest of their life.

[RefinedGentleman]

07:53 AM on 11/19/2011

Bury him up to his neck and pour honey over his head so the ants will eat him

[MNKen]

11:54 AM on 11/22/2011

I would start with honey poured over his other "head" and let the ants start eating there.

[melissab1208]

07:25 AM on 11/19/2011

They need to tattoo "Child Rapist" on his forehead once everything is confirmed, then put him in general population. I'm sure he would be "real" popular then (dripping with sarcasm).

[ozloekog]

07:41 AM on 11/19/2011

The inmates know and are just waiting for his return.

[Ashley WisemanClevenger]

12:15 PM on 11/19/2011

I agree. We have the right to know and be able to protect our children from these monsters. They cannot be rehabilitated.

[1differentdrummer]

07:16 AM on 11/19/2011

Sorry devil. He needs hard time.

[Bryan DeCheubel]

07:15 AM on 11/19/2011

they need gto cut off his manhood for that

[ultraclen2]

07:12 AM on 11/19/2011

decapitate

[onesleepinluv]

06:42 AM on 11/19/2011

put him back in jail and throw away the key......just a bad seed

[Christine Key]

06:16 AM on 11/19/2011

The girl was 12 , WHAT THE H - - L . this man need sto go to jail and let the others take care of him and believe me God is going to step in also

[laceysuarez]

07:09 AM on 11/19/2011

Really? Where was God when that little girl needed someone to protect her?