Pieper Lewis Escapes Custody

(Des Moines, IA) -- A Des Moines teen serving five years probation for killing her rapist is missing.

Pieper Lewis, a victim of sex trafficking, escaped the Fresh Start Women’s Center early Friday morning. A probation violation report says Lewis was spotted leaving the facility at 6:19 a.m. and had recently cut off her GPS monitor. It also says she is in violation of the Out of Place of Assignment rule, citing multiple occasions when she failed to promptly return to the facility.

A warrant has been issued for her arrest. The report asks for her deferred judgment to be revoked, meaning Lewis could face up to 20 years in prison.


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