Man, 47, gave girl, 13, cocaine, raped her, then dumped her dead body at hospital

By Deputy Chief EditorJune 5, 2019

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Carlos Rivera, Lawrence Massachusetts, Chloe Ricard — Carlos Rivera, 47, is accused of giving Chloe Ricard cocaine, raping her, then dropping her in front of the hospital like trash, (Picture: Getty Images/ AP)

A 47-year-old man gave a girl, 13, then raped her and dumped her dead body at a hospital, prosecutors say.

Carlos Rivera appeared in court in Lawrence, Massachusetts on Tuesday where he was charged with cocaine distribution, sexual assault, and the aggravated rape of Chloe Ricard.

Ricards lifeless body was left at Lawrence General Hospital on May 20 and she was pronounced dead shortly after arrival, authorities said.

Rivera was arrested five days later as neighbors and family members demanded justice for the teen.

Ricards stepfather, Brian Dolan, told WCVB: To throw her off, (at) the door of the hospital like a bag of trash. Im still in awe of that.

LAWRENCE, MA - MAY 28: Brian Dolan, left, and his wife Deborah Goldsmith-Dolan, the stepfather and mother of Chloe Ricard, watch the arraignment for Carlos Rivera in Lawrence District Court in Lawrence, MA on May 28, 2019. Rivera, the 47-year-old man who allegedly gave cocaine to 13-year-old Chloe Ricard before the Amesbury girl was pronounced dead at a Lawrence hospital, was held without bail at his arraignment Tuesday, as Chloes grief-stricken family looked on in the courtroom. Rivera pleaded not guilty in Lawrence District Court to two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, one count of indecent assault and battery on a person over 14, and two counts of distributing cocaine to a minor. Judge Lynn Rooney ordered Rivera held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing June 4. (Photo by Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) — Brian Dolan, left, and his wife Deborah Goldsmith-Dolan, the stepfather and mother of Chloe Ricard, watch the arraignment for Carlos Rivera in Lawrence District Court in Lawrence, Massachusetts on Tuesday (Picture: Getty Images)

Her mother, Debrah Goldsmith-Dolan, had a message for the man accused in her daughters death and told WBZ: You (Rivera) ruined my life. If (Chloe) was sick, all you had to do was call an ambulance. Do something to save her.

Preliminary DNA evidence recovered during Ricards autopsy linked Rivera to the case, although authorities still have not announced a cause of death.

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Prosecutors filed a motion to hold Rivera in custody as his case was tried, although state law does not allow them to file a motion of dangerousness for the charge of aggravated rape of a child.

Instead they based their motion on the drug distribution charges and and a charge of assaulting a 16-year-old girl, who was reportedly with Rivera when he dumped Ricards body at the hospital.

Prosecutors condemned the state statutes that did not allow them to hold Rivera on the child rape charge.