A Girl's Nightmare

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Marlon Morris has a distinctive mole or birthmark between his eyebrows.

Police say on Nov. 18, 2002 a 13-year-old girl was doing homework at her friend's house when Marlon Morris, 26,  and his girlfriend convinced her to go to an apartment in Framingham, Mass., a town located 15 minutes away. The girl followed them, but that's when the nightmare began. Police say Morris and his girlfriend raped the victim for more than two hours.

The next day, the victim told her mother about what happened and the mother immediately reported the crime to the Framingham Police Department. Morris was charged with five counts of Rape of a Child With Force and four counts of Indecent Assault and Battery on a child under 14 years of age. Morris' girlfriend was treated as a juvenile.

Guilty But Missing

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Police believes that Morris is hiding in the Bronx.

As police moved in to to arrest Morris he escaped by jumping from a second floor balcony onto the hood of a car parked underneath. He wasn't  agreat fugitive, because a K-9 unit found Morris hiding in a wooded area around 10 pm that night. Morris was arrested and later released on $5,000 bail.

In November 2004, Morris went to trial. But once again he tried to avoid justice, and this time he got away. Police say Morris left the courtroom just 20 minutes before the jury returned with the verdict. Morris was guilty on seven charges, but now he was missing.

Victim Needs Justice

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Morris was arrested in 2002 but was released later on a $5000 cash bail.

The courageous victim in this case decided to talk to AMW about her experience.  She was 13 when she was brutally raped. Now a teenager, she says she's speaking out for two reasons.  The first is to set an example for other young women that doing the right thing can prevent this from happening to other women.  The second reason is because she says she wants more than anything for Marlon Morris to be locked up.  She's determined to see him face justice for the nightmare he put her through.

AMW Capture #900

AMW Tipster Leads Cops To Child Rapist

Marlon Morris was picked up August 9, 2006.
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In 2004, a jury in Massachusetts heard the facts in the case against Marlon Morris and deliberated over three days. But yellow-bellied Marlon Morris got up and slunk away from the courtroom before they returned with the verdict - Morris was guilty of repeatedly raping and assaulting a 13-year-old girl.

After Morris was profiled on America's Most Wanted twice, a tipster called police and led them directly to Morris - making him AMW's 900th capture. Morris was picked up just outside New Orleans on August 9, 2006 at 7:30 a.m. as he was walking out to his car. Morris is now being held in federal custody in Gretna, La. on a fugitive from justice warrant.  

Now, a judge has sentenced Morris to 15 to 18 years in state prison.  Once released, Morris will be on probation for seven years and must register as a sex offender.