Suspect Sought in Kidnapping and Sexual Assault of an Eight-Year-Old Child

Bret Lee Luckett Thompson

The Denver Police Department and the FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force (RMSSTF) are investigating a kidnapping and sexual assault of an eight-year-old child.

On Thursday, June 2, 2011, at approximately 1:20 p.m., an eight-year-old female was abducted by Bret Lee Luckett Thompson, 27, in the 400 block alley of South Raleigh Street and South Stuart Street in the city of Denver, Colorado.

Bret Lee Luckett Thompson, also known as “Wyatt” Thompson, is described as a white male, 6’0” tall, 190 pounds, short brown hair, brown eyes, and light facial hair on his chin. Thompson has a tattoo of “SS” or “55” on his right forearm. Please see the photographs below of Thompson and the described tattoo.

Law enforcement is searching for a van in connection with the crime and the suspect. It is described as a 1999 white Pontiac Montana with Colorado license plate number 697WJA or Louisiana license plate number STV813.

The FBI has been working with the Denver Police Department on the investigation.

Denver Police investigators determined that the victim, initially believed to be un-injured by the suspect, was sexually assaulted during the abduction.

A reward of up to $12,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Thompson. Crime Stoppers has contributed $2,000 and the FBI an additional $10,000.

If you have information regarding the location of Bret Thompson, please contact the Denver Police Department at (720) 913-2000 or call Crime Stoppers at (720) 913-STOP (7867). You can text to CRIMES (274637), then title DMCS and enter your message or send an e-mail to metro-denvercrimestoppers.com.