MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A court hearing Monday was continued for the man accused in a number of abductions and rapes in South Memphis.
Laderio Gordon, 29, is facing several charges including rape of a child and especially aggravated kidnapping.
The case was continued, and his next court date was scheduled for June 26. He remains in the Shelby County Jail on $500,000 bond.
Memphis Police announced the arrest April 27, and identified Gordon the next day after an investigation which also involved the FBI. MPD said he was positively identified by two of the victims.
According to the police affidavit in one of the cases, which happened the morning of April 13, 2023, a 12-year-old girl told investigators Gordon forced her into his truck at gunpoint while she was walking in the area of Ethlyn and Silver. The girl told police he forced her to perform oral sex, then released her.
The affidavit said under questioning, Gordon admitted to picking the girl up and her performing oral sex on her before he dropped her back off.
The search for the suspect in the abductions led MPD to warn the community and to increase patrols with Memphis-Shelby County Schools in the area near Hamilton High. MSCS had itself issued a warning earlier this month after the April 13th incident.
MPD has asked anyone who may have been victimized by the suspect who offered people rides in the Gaslight, Bunker Hill, and Cane Creek communities to call Crime Stoppers at 901-528-CASH.
MPD has not said if these latest abductions are related to a suspicious man who MSCS leaders said was reported to be in the area in March "attempting to pick up students against their will."
