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Cleveland man indicted in Ohio City kidnapping, stabbing: ‘Hell awaits this monster’
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Cuyahoga County prosecutors say a grand jury indicted a 50-year-old kidnapping and stabbing suspect Tuesday.
Rayshon Demore Reese, who prosecutors say is a convicted rapist, is accused of attacking a woman on April 15 in Ohio City while she waited at a bus stop.
The victim told police she was walking early that morning in the area of West 25th Street and Detroit Avenue when the suspect, later identified as Reese, approached her.
He asked her about the time and bus schedules before he pulled out a box cutter and threatened her, according to prosecutors and police.
Officer say Reese forced the victim, a 59-year-old woman, to walk with him.
As they were nearing West 28th Street, police and prosecutors say the woman fell down as she tried to get the attention of nearby drivers.
That’s when officers say Reese stabbed the victim multiple times.
He then sped away from the scene, according to prosecutors, hitting a dumpster while he fled.
Detectives began to collect evidence and tracked Reese to a home on Storer Avenue.
There, police and prosecutors say officers took Reese into custody and recovered his damaged vehicle.
He is charged with attempted murder, felonious assault and kidnapping.
“Rayshon Reese can only be described as a dangerous urban predator… This convicted rapist attempted to kidnap a woman at 5 a.m. from a bus stop and then violently slashed her face with a box cutter when she attempted to flee. Hell awaits this monster.”
An arraignment date for Reese was not released.
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