In a case that has elicited outrage throughout Philadelphia, a 13-year-old girl pulled her own hair in a last-ditch attempt to leave enough DNA evidence to convict her alleged s*xual assaulter.
According to officials, 19-year-old Angel Lopez lured the girl through conversations on TikTok over four days. Lopez then paid for an Uber to bring the girl to his home, where he proceeded to offer her drugs and ab*se her.
Appearing in court last Thursday (April 10), Lopez was charged with eight different crimes related to coercing and having illicit intimate acts with a minor, as well as carrying illegal substances.