A 22-year-old jogger was attacked and sexual assaulted whereas she was working on a Florida path Monday evening — simply weeks after Tennessee mom Eliza Fletcher was kidnapped and murdered by a stranger whereas out for a run.
The younger girl was jogging in Wekiwa Springs close to West Wekiva Path and Harrogate Place round 8:40 p.m. on Monday evening when 19-year-old William Paul Stamper allegedly approached her from behind and knocked her to the bottom, police mentioned.
“He was shifting his physique in a sexual movement. She had indicated that he was aroused,” Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma advised WESH.
After Stamper tossed the girl to the bottom, she screamed, “who’re you? Get off of me!” in accordance with the arrest report, obtained by the outlet.
Stamper coldly advised her to “shut the [expletive] up, [expletive],” in response, the report says.
An individual close by heard the 2 struggling, and the sufferer advised them to name 911, police mentioned.
“They had been screaming, and I mentioned, are you okay? Are you okay? They usually mentioned no, please name 911,” a 911 caller advised dispatchers, officers mentioned.
Stamper fled earlier than he was later taken into custody in a single day Tuesday. He was recognized as an individual of curiosity within the case after police obtained surveillance footage of him from a 911 caller.
“It captures the man following the girl, and it captures the man hauling [expletive] afterwards,” the 911 caller advised authorities, WESH reported.
At one level he was seen within the footage carrying a hat that led police to Stamper’s employers who recognized him.
He was charged with sexual battery and booked at John E. Polk Correctional Facility. He is because of seem in court docket on Oct. 25, jail data present.
The assault has reportedly shaken the area people, with the reminiscence of Fletcher’s brutal kidnapping and killing nonetheless contemporary on the nation’s thoughts.
Fletcher was allegedly compelled right into a automotive by 38-year-old profession prison Cleotha Abston whereas she was out working in Memphis round 4 a.m. She was discovered useless days later behind a vacant constructing.
Linzie Arnett, a younger mom who lives within the space, advised WESH that she goes for runs in the course of the day.
“On high of what occurred in Tennessee, that’s terrifying to me, particularly as a feminine,” Arnett mentioned.
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