The victim of a 2014 kidnapping and attempted rape in Maplewood heard an admission in court Thursday from her attacker, who eluded investigators until a DNA match last year.

The woman, now 36, sat in a Ramsey County courtroom with her parents as Gregory Alan Trepanier, 56, admitted that he got inside her car as she was leaving a bar, pointed a gun at her and told her to drive to a spot where he intended to sexually assault her.

Trepanier, of Maplewood, was arrested and charged in March 2024 with kidnapping and attempted first-degree criminal sexual conduct in connection with the incident in the early morning hours of Nov. 23, 2014.

He pleaded guilty to kidnapping Thursday as part of a deal he reached with the prosecution, which agreed to dismiss the attempted sexual assault charge.

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