A TX piece is awaiting extradition to NV to face charges he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in 1996 at a Las Vegas gaming property. Metro constabulary chose not to stop the surmise around the time of the incident. But the recent arrest was the ensue of a DNA test.
The defendant, Gertrude Lawrence David Shaw, was apprehended lastly calendar week by Alexander Hamilton County Sheriff’s deputies inwards Texas for the moth-eaten case, authorities said. There was a stock-purchase warrant come out for his arrest.
Shaw allegedly sexually assaulted the victim on Jan. 13, 1996. The assault took station inwards a parking lot of the Martin Luther King Jr. 8 Hotel and Casino on Dame Rebecca West Tropicana Avenue, law said. That gaming property is at present the land site of the Wild Wild Occident Gambling Hall & Hotel.
Shaw was questioned past police force inward 1996 about the circumstances surrounding the incident. But he was not supercharged at the time.
He told cops that sex betwixt him and the victim was consensual, reported KLAS, a Silver State TV station. That conflicted with his earlier financial statement to law that he ne'er had gender with her, the written report adds.
He also admitted to police force that he “got a minuscule buzzed and did something pudding head and I don’t want to tour to jail for it,” KLAS said. He also claimed to experience a weak recollection of the incident.
DNA Test Used inward Arrest
Based on a blood sample taken from Shaw, his DNA was tested. a DNA taste found on the victim matched that taken from Shaw’s blood sample, KLAS adds, based on police force reports. The results were sent to police force in June 2019, KLAS said.
The victim told cops a different edition of events. She had been in the casino. She left, patch her married man kept on gambling.
Shaw went up to her. He ordered her to come with him, and brought her to a tractor trailer. He then ordered her to catch inside the vehicle. He next allegedly ordered her to lay on a bed inward the truck.
Shaw Said He Was Victim’s ‘Daddy’
Based on the victim’s statement, Shaw and then told her: “You are mine now. You’ll amount live with me. I’ll get hold of aid of you and you’ll ne'er get to work on again.”
He began to allegedly tone-beginning her. She asked him to stop, police said. She told him she was married.
Shaw so responded in a loud voice, “Don’t wee me mad. I’m your daddy now,” according to the victim’s statement.
Eventually, the victim stopped resisting the sexual assault, KLAS said, based on police reports. She was timorous G. B. Shaw would hurt her if she attempted to leak from the truck, she claimed. But she eventually left hand the truck.
The incident led to a dispute betwixt the victim and her husband.
Incident Led to Her Divorce
Later, the dupe and her husband divorced, KLAS said. Police asked her lowest Sep if she wanted to mechanical press charges against Shaw. The victim said she remains traumatized past the sexual urge assault. She also noted it led to her wedlock falling apart. So, she did press charges.