(EL PASO COUNTY) — Caden Meade, the Fort Carson soldier who was arrested and accused of kidnapping and sexual assault at Quail Lake Park in July, made a court appearance on Monday, Jan. 12, to confirm his plea as a full trial approaches.
Meade and his attorney maintained a not guilty plea to the judge on Monday morning in the El Paso County court. His trial has not been set, as his attorney requested a motion hearing to occur before a trial date to be set, which has been granted. Meade’s motions hearing was scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 17.
Negotiations will remain open until that Feb. 17 hearing. Meade was originally charged with First-Degree Kidnapping, Sexual Assault, and Felony Menacing.
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Original incident and arrest
Around 1 a.m. on Tuesday, July 8, the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) was sent to Quail Lake Park on reports of a kidnapping. Once there, police found the victim, who told them that a man had attacked her before being forced into his truck and sexually assaulted.
CSPD’s Metro Crime Lab acted quickly to develop a DNA profile from processed evidence, the result not matching any known person in their database, but detectives with the Real Time Crime Center were able to match a truck to the victim’s description, discovering the suspected truck belonged to someone with ties to Fort Carson…