When the mother of an 8 year old girl put her on an airplane, sending her off to visit her grandmother in June she may have thought her biggest worry was whether the 
child would get lonely on the long flight. She surely never expected that the little girl would be sitting next to the likes of Ronald Evan Mays.
According to the child, the peaceful flight was abruptly interrupted when Mays pulled her legs onto his lap and began rubbing her thigh. The child also stated that at one point, Mays leaned across her to look out the window, and rubbed his arm across her chest, and frequently during the flight would "touched his pants".
Personally, I always love the "it wasn't me" defense, especially when not only has the victim picked them out, but other witnesses have too. Of course, it may have helped his case if he had not been found to have had (and attempted to destroy) files containing sexually explicate photos of children on his home computer when LE investigated him.
child would get lonely on the long flight. She surely never expected that the little girl would be sitting next to the likes of Ronald Evan Mays. According to the child, the peaceful flight was abruptly interrupted when Mays pulled her legs onto his lap and began rubbing her thigh. The child also stated that at one point, Mays leaned across her to look out the window, and rubbed his arm across her chest, and frequently during the flight would "touched his pants".
Mays' attorney claimed it was someone else on the flight -- which did not have assigned seating -- who committed the abuse. The girl picked his picture out of a lineup and a woman on the flight identified Mays as the one who was sitting next to the girl.
Personally, I always love the "it wasn't me" defense, especially when not only has the victim picked them out, but other witnesses have too. Of course, it may have helped his case if he had not been found to have had (and attempted to destroy) files containing sexually explicate photos of children on his home computer when LE investigated him.