State v. Howard

On the evening of April 30, 1976, Heidi Taylor, an eleven-year old girl, was walking to the store. She was approached by a man at approximately 6:30 p. m. who asked her if she would retrieve some money from under the seat of his car as his hands were too large to do it himself. The girl agreed and climbed in the back seat to search. As she did so, the man closed the door and got in the car also. He showed her a knife, and he told her that if she didn’t do what he said he would kill her. He drove her to a home in a suburban area, took her inside, and raped her. Then he drove her back to the…