A Pacific Junction man has been sentenced to over 33 years in prison for his role in a 2003 sexual assault case. Myron Lee Brandon, 43, was found guilty of two counts of Kidnapping and two counts of Transportation of a Minor.
According to court documents, on June 21, 2003, Brandon offered two girls, one 14 and one 15 years old, a ride in downtown Omaha. He drove them to a remote location near Pacific Junction, where he brandished a knife, tied them with a rope, and sexually assaulted them. Brandon then burned the victims on their breasts with a cigarette.
The girls escaped when Brandon retrieved a can of gasoline from the bed of the truck. They ran to Interstate 29 and were picked up by two individuals who assisted them. The initial police investigation did not locate a suspect, but the victims’ sexual assault kits were stored in evidence.
It wasn’t until 2015, when the Iowa Attorney General’s Office implemented the Sexual Assault Initiative, that Brandon was identified as a suspect. The program submitted unsolved sexual assault kits to a laboratory to identify any DNA evidence, leading to Brandon’s identification.
United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal made the announcement. The case was investigated by the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office, Council Bluffs Police, and Omaha Police, with assistance from the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Iowa Attorney General’s Office, and the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office.
Brandon was sentenced to 405 months in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release.
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Key Facts
- State: Iowa
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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