Overview
- Police say the 14-year-old ran away on July 29 and was allegedly given methamphetamine and sexually assaulted at a Winton Street duplex over several days.
- Detectives located 62-year-old David Michael Klepak after the victim described luxury vehicles at his home and officers spotted him driving a white 2015 Bentley during a traffic stop on Sunday.
- Officers recovered roughly 17 glass pipes with residue in a vehicle inventory search, and police say Klepak was read his Miranda rights and confessed at Dallas Police Headquarters.
- Klepak has been charged with second-degree felony sexual assault of a child and is being held in the Lew Sterrett jail while reporting differs on bond status, with some accounts saying no bond and jail records listing a $300,000 bond.
- Investigators used a forensic interview at the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center to develop leads, volunteers canvassed the neighborhood for footage and witnesses, and the Child Exploitation Unit says the probe and any further charges remain active.