Overview
- Wagner, arraigned Thursday, was ordered jailed without bond after the judge cited DNA evidence, a repeated pattern across the cases, and concerns that he could flee.
- Prosecutors have added a sixth case, charging him in the 2002 abduction and sexual assault of a 14-year-old who was taken from a bus stop at gunpoint.
- The original five cases allege he targeted girls and young women ages 15 to 23 in northwest Detroit, moved them to isolated spots at gunpoint, and sexually assaulted them.
- The retired sergeant, who left the Detroit Police Department in 2017, was arrested in Greenville, North Carolina, extradited to Detroit, and is being held in protective custody.
- The investigation stems from 11,000 untested rape kits found in 2009, with DNA linking an unknown suspect in 2010 and an FBI lead in 2023, and court hearings set for April 7 and April 14.