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a serial child rapist behind bars for nearly three decades might soon be released from prison.
the story of a real -life boogeyman who preyed on little girls innocently walking the streets of california .
lawrence joseph brown
brown’s been convicted of the most henious crimes imaginable.
his victims innocent little girls , second graders.
brown has spent more than 25 years behind these prison walls.
in chino california and that’s where law enforcement wants him to stay.now this rapist could be releast any day and could be living right next door to children.it’s the kind of nightmare that any parent fears could happen to their children .
nimol san was just seven years old when her innocence was violently stripped away by lawrence brown.
Nimol’s family had already lived a life of hell by the time they arrived in southern california. cambodia refugees , dirt poor and spoke little english
but for the shy second grader it was s till the american dream . she was very happy and love going to school in fact nimol had never missed a single day until that one terrible october morning.the tiny 34 pound girl was walking alone when just a few blocks from school she noticed an unusual van .
she spotted a red van .
but by the time little nimol heard the passenger side door creak open , it was to late to run. tragically no one hears her cries for help .
after hours of torture browns tells nimol to get dressed then uses his shoe to kick her out of the red van.
finally a store clerk spots nimol and calls the santa ana police.
nimol was to young to understand the beastly things brown had done to her .
so the detectives used anatomically correct dolls to find out the gut -wrenching details.
a rape kit taken immediately after nimol’s attack confirms everything she told the detectives.
nimol was so precise in describing the vicious attack
detectives began to wonder if this tiny seven year old could actually help them catch the animal who did this to her .
Nimol San stun detectives she remembered every single sickening detail.
her description actually of the van is what what made the case for the detectives .
and it’s one particular detail that leads cops right to the rapist.
nimol san has experienced more horn than anyone should ever have to in a lifetime as a small child she was one of the victims of a dangerous predator who trolled the streets of california looking for and attacking littles girls.
nimol san lives in fear that this man lawrence joseph brown will be released from prison and start hunting for little girls again or return to torture her.
nimol was just seven years old when brown…
..pulled her into this red van and brutally raped her .
detectives buckels and vasquez – mandell knew from the beginning they were dealing with a special little girl and vowed to find the man who stole her innocence.
the terrified little girl somehow detached herself from the attack and focus on the details.
memorizing the specific characteristics of her monster¨s face right down to his bushy hair and evil eyes .
nimol drew a picture ofthe vaand for the detectives and behind the driver’s door she drew a diamond -shaped decorative type of window.
detectives launch a massive manhunt they send nimol ‘s description ofher attacker and her drawing of the red van to cops in five surrounding counties.
detectives immediately get a call from a nearby county but the news is worse than they thought cops don’t find the attacker, they find another victim.
about five months prior against nimol,he had donethis to another young girl .that little girl is still to this day known as jane doe.she was just eight years old.
detectives were under the gun to catch a man they now believe to be a serial child rapist before he strike again.
the best clue they had was that diamond -shaped window on the side of the van. after months of searching apartment complex,parking lots and canvassing the streets of santa ana
the determined detectives find themselves staring right at the red van little nimol has so vividly described .
cops photographed the bushy -haired man behind the wheel they asked nimol to pick him out of a photo lineup. as soon she saw him, she says ” that’s him”
lawrence brown is convicted of five counts of forcible sex crimes against child.
brown was sentenced to 49 years behind bars at chino state prison.
a sentence attorney Tony Rackauckas feels was far too light for the terrible things this animal had done to little girls.
with brown in prison nimol ‘s nightmares finally goes away .
she grows up ,gets married and had a family.
then after 25 years the monster who haunted her is back
” a violent sex offender is being released from prison after 25 years behind bars ….”
yes lawrence brown is released early for believe it or not ,good behavior.
fear , outrage , even disbelief , that describes the feelings of some orange county residents after they were told a convicted child rapist might be moving back into their neighborhood .and he’s staying down the street from an elementery school.
then terror hits , brown disables his monitoring bracelet and cops can’t find him . after 10 days on the loose cops catch brown and throw him back in prison.
parents breathe a sigh of relief but not for long just sic months later, browns out again , the prison warden set him free .
” this guy is a boogeyman for every little girls in our community and he’s a nightmare of their parents”
Tony rackauckas hold a press conference,warning parents to be on the lookout for lawrence brown.
this time , brown bearly makes it out of prison parket lot before his re-arrested on another parole violation .
” he was told in no uncertain terms very clearly that as a condition of parole, he is not allowed to ride in a car with a female person and we followed him out of the prison and he was in fact being driven by a female.
for now lawrence brown remains behind bars , the DA’s office has petition to have him held permantely in a mental hospital as a sexually violent predator.
brown has requested a new jury to hear his case.if they beleive he’s been rehabilitated and no longer a threat to the public.
he could be back out on the street any day…..