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ST. LOUIS � A few days ahead of the winter storm that brought snow and below-freezing temperatures to the St. Louis Metropolitan Area, a St.
Louis woman and her children no longer had a place to call home, leaving
them to fend for themselves against what would be one of the worst winter storms in years.
In the process of trying to make arrangements for a place to stay, the
recently homeless mother was with her children Thursday in the lobby at Parkview Apartments, in St. Louis's Central West End neighborhood, court records said.
A resident of that apartment complex, 54-year-old Garry C Wilson,
approached the mother and offered to let them stay in his apartment for a
few days until other arrangements could be made, court records said.
The mother accepted the offer, believing Wilson was being altruistic and
had no other motives, she told investigators. She and her children spent Thursday and Friday night at Wilson's apartment.
By Friday, the mother began to feel uncomfortable after Wilson kept
suggesting she and her daughter take showers, she told police. Wilson also
told her he found her attractive.
After receiving a visitor around 1 a.m. Saturday, Wilson went to the apartment's only bedroom, the court records said. With the children on the couch in the living room, she was there alone, and Wilson smelled like
alcohol, the court records said.
"[The mother] stated she told the suspect, he was making her uncomfortable
and that she would be contacting shelters and leaving his apartment in the morning," court records said. "She stated, they both eventually went to
sleep around 3 a.m."
The next thing the woman remembers is waking up to the feeling of being sexually assaulted.
"She stated she immediately pushed him away," she told investigators with
the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.
But he grabbed her and assaulted her again, court records said.
After she told Wilson she wasn't willing, he began yelling profanities.
"The victim then gathered her children and all of her belongings, left the apartment and immediately called 911 to report the incident," court
records said.
Investigators tried to speak to Wilson after he was read his rights, but
he said he wanted a lawyer.
"However, during the booking process, the defendant spontaneously stated,
'I didn't touch that woman. She just called because I was putting her out
of my apartment,'" court records said.
According to police, there were two calls for service from SLMPD at that apartment around 9:45 a.m. The first was the victim's; the second,
Wilson's. They were 73 seconds apart.
Wilson faces a first-degree sodomy or attempted sodomy charge. He was
arrested around 12:30 p.m. Saturday, and remains in custody at the St.
Louis City Justice Center, as of the publication of this article. He was
denied bond.
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