HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – Authorities arrested a man from Decatur, Georgia, following a year-long rape investigation by the Evansville Police.
According to an affidavit, Evansville Police began investigating after the victim reported that she had been sexually assaulted by a man she knew as “Leon” at a hotel on October 13, 2024. The victim told authorities that she woke up in the hotel while the man was making sexual contact with her without her consent. She also reportedly said the man forcefully had intercourse with her despite her saying she was in pain.
EPD said the woman identified Leochai Pelle, 30, in a photo lineup as the man who had sexually assaulted her. Pelle was arrested and charged with rape on Saturday. He is being held in the Vanderburgh County Jail on a $10,000 bond…