Renton PD identifies alleged Walmart child groper The suspected child lurer remains at large, detectives say

Police believe the man standing behind a young girl in this surveillance image is Remy Amon, a 40-year-old man detectives believe groped a 10-year-old girl at the Renton Walmart Dec. 10 and tried to lure a 5-year-old. They ask anyone with information on Amon to call 911.

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Renton police detectives say they have identified the man they believe groped a 10-year-old girl and tried to lure a 5-year-old at the Renton Walmart, but he's not yet in custody.

The police department named the suspect as Remy Amon, a 40-year-old man from the Ivory Coast in Africa, based on tips they received from the public.

He's described as 5-feet-9-inches tall and about 180 pounds. He reportedly speaks with a thick accent.

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Police ask anyone with information on Amon to call 911.

Police were called to the store at 743 Renton Avenue South about 2 p.m. Dec. 10. A girl told officers that when she and her 10-year-old female cousin separated from their family and walked in an aisle alone, a man approached them and groped one of them on her buttocks. The man then asked if they liked board games and offered to buy them games or give them money, reports say. He later left the store and police couldn't find him.

That evening, Renton police fielded a separate report that a man approached a 5-year-old girl at the Walmart about 9 p.m. and tried to lure her by offering her cookies.

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Reviewing security footage, officers could not find the alleged groping, but did find video of a man matching the suspect description following another young girl in the store just before the event described by the cousins.

The footage shows the girl and man conversing before he followed her off screen.

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