A man charged with assaulting three young girls was spotted walking with 11-year-old Ryan Harris on the day she was killed, an attorney said.
The witness, a 15-year-old girl from Ryan's neighborhood, picked out Floyd Durr's photo from a police lineup Friday, according to attorney R. Eugene Pincham.Pincham represents one of the two boys, ages 7 and 8, originally charged with killing Ryan, whose body was found July 28 in a weedy, vacant lot in the Englewood neighborhood, on Chicago's South Side.
Durr, 29, is accused of raping a 14-year-old at gunpoint in a stairwell Jan. 8, raping a 10-year-old girl on her way to a store Jan. 14 and sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl in an abandoned building May 20. All of the attacks were in Englewood.
Pincham said he learned of Durr's identification from family members of the teenage witness. Chicago police spokesman Pat Cam-den declined to comment.
Durr, who has not been charged in Ryan's death, was denied bond in the three assault cases and is being held at the Cook County Jail.