The King County Prosecutor’s Office on Nov. 19 charged the owner and caregiver of two adult family homes in Auburn with one count of second-degree rape for what it claims was his Nov. 13 sexual assault on an 83-year-old, fully-disabled female resident afflicted with advanced dementia.
Laszlo Molnar, 67, posted $200,000 bail at his bail hearing last Saturday and was released from custody. Prosecutors, however, concerned that he posed a flight risk, persuaded the judge to increase the bail to $750,000 and officers booked him into jail the new bail amount on Nov. 18, KCPO spokesman Dan Donohoe said.
Upon Laszlo’s arrest, police removed all 12 elderly female residents from the two homes and ambulances transported them to area hospitals, where they are to stay until arrangements can be made for their future care. Auburn Police say there has been no activity at the adult homes since Nov. 13.
According to the Auburn Police Department’s Certification for Determination of Probable Cause, on which the single charge is based, here is what happened:
Having responded to AA Adult Family Home at 2705 Forest Ridge Drive SE at 7:20 p.m. upon the complaint of the elderly woman’s daughter, police learned that she had become suspicious that something bad was happening to her mother, so she hid a camera in the room and thus obtained video proof of the assault.
According to charging papers, the video depicts Laszlo walking into the room and helping the woman up to a sitting position with her legs dangling over the edge. He pulls down his sweatpants, forces the reluctant woman to perform a sex act on him on him for about five minutes, pulls up his pants again and escorts her out of the room in her wheelchair.
The daughter said she had become concerned several weeks earlier when she noticed her mother holding onto her hand longer and with a stronger grip each time the daughter tried to leave, “with sadness in her eyes,” according to charging papers.
According to charging papers, the daughter told police that her mother, who had been at the home for the past 2½ years, can’t talk and “is physically disabled to the point that she is unable to perform any functions of daily living to include dressing, bathing or feeding. She is not ambulatory and must have others push her around in a wheelchair.”
Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Page Ulrey made the following comments to the court at the second bail hearing.
“The defendant has lost his income as well as at least some of his ties to the community,” Ulrey said. “The defendant has ties to the East Coast and appears to have ties to Russia and Hungary. … In addition, Auburn Police Department’s investigation has revealed that there may be more victims. If convicted, the defendant faces a lengthy prison sentence.”
Ulrey added that Laszlo’s wife, Teresita Molnar, had failed to appear for a meeting on Nov. 17 that had been scheduled with one of the victim’s relatives.
“The suspect confirmed to detectives what was on the video,” said Auburn Police Cmdr Mark Callier. “Whether he’s completely forthcoming or not we don’t know 100 percent. As of right now, we only have the one victim.”
