Police started interviewing neighbors and searching for the crime scene. The 13-year-old, who lived just a block away, was taken to St. “The parents got here before the police got here, and the little boy, he’s all messed up, and I’m just like, okay, who does that now? This is what Detroit (is) coming to now.” Snyder called police and the teen’s family. They reportedly took off in a green pickup truck, and the alleged victim went to get help. He answered and that’s when he was grabbed by two men who forced him behind an east side Detroit house on Lakepointe and raped him. The fifth grader, who attends Wayne Elementary School, told police someone was banging on one of the school’s doors.
“I (saw) the little boy walking up the street with his hands behind his back and he had no pants on. Lawrence Snyder knew something was wrong the second he spotted the child walking down the street. Jesus, what is going on out there on the streets: