Suspect in sexual assaults of 2 women, 80 & 64, in custody after days-long search

(WXYZ) — After days of looking, hours of surveillance and a swarm of group ideas, a suspected predator in Detroit is beneath arrest.

The person was wished for the sexual assaults of two ladies in Detroit, together with an 80-year-old throughout a house invasion final month.

Kenneth Davis Jr. was arrested in Rouge Park on Tuesday afternoon. Efforts to seek out him grew to become a group affair.

Detroit police say the group performed a task in monitoring him down, as officers labored with search events over the weekend. The nine-day search lastly ended yesterday together with his arrest.

“Mainly we weren’t going residence till this man’s in custody,” Eric Decker, a Detroit police commander, mentioned.

Investigators say the person sexually assaulted an 80-year-old girl after which on Monday, additionally sexually assaulted a 64-year-old girl.

“That is a violent, violent individual. So I’ll go residence and sleep good tonight and I hope everyone else does,” Decker mentioned.

Detroit rapper Trick Trick was one of many individuals main group efforts to seek out the person. He too felt relieved to see Davis arrested, however sadly, not earlier than the second girl was victimized.

“All of us must share this stunning metropolis collectively. We have to care for it, we have to care for the individuals in it,” he mentioned.

Police relied on surveillance from space companies, group ideas and intel from individuals round Davis to trace him down.

He was in a automotive with a lady and youngster on the time of his arrest. We spoke with a witness who noticed him taken into custody.

“They already had grabbed him and he or she was in there for a minute and naturally, they’re looking the car for proof and stuff like that,” they informed us.

Each of the alleged assaults are nonetheless beneath investigation, so when you’ve got any info, police want to hear from you.

DPD believes Davis has connections to this space, not removed from the place he is accused of attacking,