Joshua Besaw, a 36-years-old man from Thompson, CT, plead guilty to kidnapping and sexual assault of a minor May 2019.
Besaw met the girl in a park in Webster. After convincing her to get into his vehicle he drove to a wooded area in Thompson, CT and sexually assaulted her.
Besaw drove the girl back to Massachusetts and released her in a neighborhood that she was unfamiliar with.
Based on DNA evidence, Besaw was arrested in July 2019 and has been detained since.
With his guilty plea, Besaw faces a mandatory minimum of 20 years in prison and could be sentenced to as much as a life sentence.