Brantford rapist flees Kingston correctional facility

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A federal inmate convicted of the gunpoint rape and kidnapping of a 14-year-old Brantford girl has walked away from a Kingston correctional facility.

Kingston police say David Maracle, 51, left the Henry Trail Correctional Facility around 8 p.m. on January 22.

He is described as a First Nations male, 5’10”, 200 lbs, with short, dark hair. He was last seen wearing green or grey cargo pants, a white t-shirts and a dark jacket or sweater.

Police warn that Maracle has an extensive criminal history that includes the violent raping and choking of his common-law spouse in 1997, just one month before the attack on the young schoolgirl.

In 2009 he was declared a long-term offender in a Hamilton court after serving a 13-year jail sentence. As a long-term offender, Maracle is supposed to serve a 10-year-supervision order,  a community sentence monitored by the correctional service of Canada.  He was in his first year before leaving the Kingston facility.

The facility is staff around the clock. Residents are allowed to be active in the community but most abide by their own restrictions. Maracle did not have a curfew and when he didn’t return staff called police. Police believe Maracle was also seen using a blue bicycle.

Police are asking anyone who sees someone that matches Maracle’s description to call 9-1-1 immediately.