8 Years After He Forced Himself On Her In Her Dorm Room, She Got Him To Admit What He Did To Her Over Facebook Messenger And Now He’s Finally Being Charged
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was 10 days before Christmas in 2013 when college student Shannon Keeler reported her sexual assault to the Gettysburg Police Department.
Shannon attended Gettysburg College, and after finals came to an end that semester, she went to a party with some fellow classmates to celebrate.
When Shannon got to the party, there was a guy there named Ian Thomas Cleary.
He was giving Shannon creepy vibes, so when it came time for Shannon to leave, she asked one of her friends to go with her.
As Shannon and her friend were walking back to the dorms, the girls realized Ian was walking behind them.
The girls finally made it to the dorms and were going up the stairs when Ian called out to Shannon’s friend that he would pay her $20 if she left Shannon all alone with him.
At that point, Shannon’s friend made it clear to Ian that he needed to leave them alone, and Ian listened to her.
The girls continued on their way, finally making it to Shannon’s dorm room safely at around 2:45 in the morning.
Just ten minutes after Shannon’s friend had left her room, Shannon heard someone knocking on her dorm room door.
Shannon didn’t think to peer through the peephole to see who was out there, as she thought it was one of her friends.
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Shannon opened up her door, and Ian entered her room. According to an affidavit obtained by Chip Chick, Ian then started kissing Shannon.
Shannon never consented to a single thing, but then Ian took off her pants and forced himself on her.
Shannon told Ian to stop. When it was all over, Ian offered up an apology and left her dorm room. Shannon began texting a friend for help.
Even though Shannon reported what happened to authorities, years went by and Ian wasn’t charged or arrested for what he did to her.
Shannon decided she had no choice but to take matters into her own hands, and she bravely began communicating with Ian on Facebook messenger in December of 2019.
On December 8th, Ian sent a message to Shannon saying, “I kissed you. I grabbed your breasts. Then I tried to but I couldn’t because I was high.”
“Then I had to catch a plane. That’s why I ran. It was like 5am plane.”
Shannon kept going, sending more messages until Ian finally admitted what he did to her the following day.
“So I raped you,” he wrote back. He then sent another message. “I’ll never do it to anyone ever again.”
Shannon brought all of the messages to the authorities, and finally, 8 years after she was assaulted in her dorm room, Ian was being charged.
District Attorney Brian Sinnett announced on June 30th that Ian was being charged with sexual assault.
Authorities are now looking for Ian, who is from Saratoga, California. If you know where he is, please call Detective Evans from the Gettysburg Borough Police Department at 717.334.1168.
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