Twin sisters accused a Black man of attacking them in 1977, but he insists he’s innocent and has been fighting ever since to clear his name.
February 17, 2022: Freedom
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Vincent Simmons was released from a Louisiana prison earlier this year after serving 44 years for attempted aggravated rape of twin sisters. He says he didn’t do it. But the twin sisters say he’s guilty. It all started back in 1977.
May 9, 1977: Karen and Sharon Sanders
Karen Sanders
On May 9, 1977, twin sisters Karen and Sharon Sanders, then age 14, say they encountered a Black man, whom they later identified as Vincent Simmons, at a gas station in Marksville, Louisiana. They say they were with their then-18-year-old cousin, Keith Laborde, at the time and when the man asked for a ride, they say Laborde agreed.
Little California Road
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Karen and Sharon Sanders would later tell police that the man told them where to drive and eventually directed them to turn onto a dark, desolate road: Little California Road. It’s there, they told police, that the man forced their cousin Keith Laborde into the trunk and later raped the two of them.
The secret
Karen Sanders
The twins told “48 Hours” that eventually, the man let them go – but not before threatening them. “He told us, ‘If you tell anyone, I know where y’all live….
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