Overview
- Police arrested 62‑year‑old David Michael Klepak on Sunday after a traffic stop and charged him with second‑degree felony sexual assault of a child; he is being held without bond.
- Authorities say the 14‑year‑old ran away and was given methamphetamine that she smoked from a glass pipe before she was sexually assaulted multiple times at Klepak’s Winton Street residence.
- Detectives traced the suspect after a forensic interview at the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center in which the victim described several luxury vehicles and later identified Klepak from an ID photo.
- Officers who stopped Klepak found about 17 glass pipes with residue during an inventory search of the vehicle linked to him, and police say Klepak confessed after being read his Miranda rights.
- The juvenile is now in the care of child‑protection services while the Child Exploitation Unit and prosecutors build a case that relies on the victim’s forensic interview, physical evidence, and the alleged confession.