SMITHFIELD – Detectives with the Smithfield Police Department are investigating an alleged sexual assault at a local cemetery.
On November 6, 2024, a juvenile victim filed a report with law enforcement authorities alleging she was sexually assaulted by a male acquaintance in June 2023. The assault allegedly occurred at Hills of the Neuse Cemetery, on Packing Plant Road at S. Brightleaf Boulevard.
Police said the victim and suspect were known to one another and the incident was not random. The victim waited 17 months to report the alleged assault.
The case is under investigation.
Don’t sound like assault to me they knew each other and then she waited 17 months I don’t buy that story.
You sound like a man that victim blames, how weird of you. Have you ever thought maybe it was too painful for her to report immediately, or he threatened her???? Of course not, lets automatically assume she’s lying ……..
The reference to the victim waiting 17 months before reporting the alleged assault is one of the most disgusting and unprofessional lines in an article that I’ve ever read.
I completely agree! What was the point of including that information? Heartless!
Yeah, facts have no place in an article.