NewsDecember 17, 2009
Change of venue granted in Capaha Park child sex case
An alleged child predator behind bars after a police sting in Capaha Park has a new court date in a nearby county, according to KZIM-KSIM. The parent of a juvenile girl reported to police that 51-year-old Larry Windeknecht had sent several text messages to the girl's phone requesting a sexual encounter in the park.
Kzim Ksim
An alleged child predator behind bars after a police sting in Capaha Park has a new court date in a nearby county. The parent of a juvenile girl reported to police that 51-year-old Larry Windeknecht had sent several text messages to the girl's phone requesting a sexual encounter in the park.
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Police continued the conversation with him and arrested Windeknecht when he arrived at the park to meet what he thought was the 13-year-old girl. Windeknecht has been charged as a prior offender because of five previous felony convictions, including sexual abuse out of Cape Girardeau County in 1988 and statutory sodomy from St. Louis County in 1996.
Windeknecht has pleaded not guilty and was granted a change of venue to Jefferson County. Judge Mark Stoll will hold an arraignment hearing Dec. 21 in Hillsboro, Mo.
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