Man accused of murdering teen in ATV accident pleads guilty to felony child sex crime

A 26-year-old man accused of murdering a 16-year-old girl in a Perry County ATV accident has pleaded guilty to transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, according to court documents filed with the US District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky Southern Division.

On Saturday, Feb. 28, 16-year-old Emilynn Clark died in an ATV (All-Terrain Vehicle) accident when another teen who was driving lost control of the vehicle and fell into an embankment, causing Clark to die from her injuries. The teen driver of the ATV was eventually charged with driving under the influence (DUI), as the Perry County Sheriff’s Office suspected alcohol was involved in the incident.

Clark was in the passenger seat of the ATV when the accident occurred and two adult males were in the back seat, one of which was eventually identified as 26-year-old Noah Back of Vicco.

On Monday, April 27, Back pleaded guilty to a different crime, transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. He agreed to a plea deal, acknowledging that the individual he transported across state lines was under the age of 18 years old and that he intended to engage in criminal sexual activity.

Back is set to be sentenced at the US Courthouse in London on Sept. 2nd at 10:30 a.m. He is currently being held at the Laurel County Corrections Center and on a revoked bond (a $400,000 holding bond from Perry County has been carried over). He was booked there on Wednesday, April 1 when he was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Credit: Mack Carmack/LEX18

Written by: WRSR The Rooster

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