Wayne Noel dies in fatal New York City crash while attempting to evade police
Wayne Noel dies in fatal New York City crash while attempting to evade police
Fatal New York City crash death of Wayne Noel – Obituary
The individual who abducted a 9-year-old girl from a supermarket in New York City and sexually assaulted her perished the following day in a collision while fleeing from authorities, according to police. The man has been identified as Wayne Noel, 64, from Queens.
During a press briefing, NYPD Assistant Chief of Detectives Jason Savino informed the media that the child was with her grandmother around 7 p.m. Thursday at a Key Food supermarket on Jamaica Avenue.
The grandmother, a well-known figure in the community, briefly left to use the restroom. It was at this moment that Noel approached the child and told her to follow him, police said.
Noel reportedly grabbed her by the hair and forcibly removed her from the store. He then drove her to a nearby location and sexually assaulted her, but a Good Samaritan intervened.
“In response, the perpetrator cowardly fled and parked once more in close proximity to the Key Food store, where he sexually assaulted the victim again,” Savino stated.
Noel then abandoned the girl on the street and escaped, according to police reports.
The following day, around 12:30 p.m., officers located the suspect’s vehicle near 212th Street and Hillside Avenue.
When they attempted to stop the vehicle, Noel fled but eventually ran a stop sign and crashed into another car. Noel was pronounced dead at New York Presbyterian Hospital.
Initially, police did not know the suspect’s identity when they issued a warning about the kidnapping.
However, Savino revealed that on Friday, people who recognized Noel from supermarket surveillance footage helped identify him.
Noel had a prior criminal record, including a 2022 arrest for robbery during which he, armed with a knife, forced a woman into his car before she managed to escape.
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