PICTURED: The 47-year-old man charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl and giving her drugs before dumping her lifeless body outside a hospital where she died - as he appears in court for the first time
- Carlos Rivera, 47, is charged with sexually assaulting Chloe Ricard, 13, twice
- He allegedly plied her with drugs then dropped her off outside a hospital
- The teenager was pronounced dead shortly afterwards
- He fled but was tracked down by surveillance cameras and arrested
- Rivera was charged with sexually assaulting another young girl too
- He is being held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing on June 4
- Chloe had gone to a friend's house the night before she died
The 47-year-old man charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl after plying her with drugs then dumping her body outside a hospital where she died appeared in court on Tuesday for the first time.
Carlos Rivera, 47, appeared before a judge in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on Tuesday to be arraigned on charges of sexually assaulting a minor and supplying cocaine.
He is accused of sexually assaulting Chloe Ricard, 13, twice and giving her drugs then dropping her off at a hospital on May 20.
Carlos Rivera, 47, appeared before a judge in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on Tuesday to be arraigned on charges of sexually assaulting a minor and supplying cocaine
Chloe Ricard, 13, died within hours of being dropped off outside a hospital on May 20
He is also charged with sexually assaulting another girl who has not been named. Ricard died within hours. The cause of her death remains unclear.
According to police, Chloe and the other girl had been at Rivera's apartment on May 19, the day before she died, and for most of the day on May 20.
It is unclear how she came into contact with him.
He was held without bail on Tuesday by a judge who deemed him too dangerous.
A dangerousness hearing has been scheduled for June 4.
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Chloe's mother Deborah sobbed on her husband's shoulders in the courtroom. She said Chloe had been having a difficult time recovering from the death of her father five years ago and had fallen in with a bad crowd
Chloe's family were in the courtroom for his arraignment but they gave no comment afterwards.
They were seen wiping tears from their eyes during the proceedings.
Ricard was with another girl under the age of 16 according to investigators. It's unclear how Rivera knows them but a source claimed he knew them before Sunday
The family has planned a wake for her on Tuesday afternoon ahead of her private funeral.
They say the last time they saw her alive was on May 19 when they dropped her off at a friend's house.
That night, when she did not come home, they thought she had run away.
A funeral home employee stands outside in the rain while the girl's family and friends gather for a wake on Tuesday
Chloe's family and friends gathered on Tuesday before her funeral
Two women outside the wake of Chloe Ricard on Tuesday
The following day, they learned she had been taken to the hospital in cardiac arrest and 'kicked out' of the car by the man now identified as Rivera.
Her family say she was a troubled teenager who had been struggling with the death of her father five years ago.
They believe she was in 'the wrong place at the wrong time.'
Mother Deborah Goldsmith-Dolan, and her husband Brian Dolan and family members depart following the wake for Chloe
Stepfather Brian was later seen leaving the wake in Shewsbury
Stepfather Brian Dolan told Boston 25 News: 'No pulse, no nothing, they just drove in and dropped her off.
'She didn't even have a pulse when they pushed her out of the car. The only thing I was told earlier from another agency is… someone 47 years old dropped her off.
'Whoever did this to my little stepdaughter, trust me, I hope there's hell to pay because they threw her out of the car like a bag of trash.
'If that was your kid, if that was your sister, if that was your brother, or your mother, or your father, what would you do? I'm beside myself.'
They were at Rivera's 59 Bellevue Street apartment Sunday evening and most of Monday
