San Diego Man and Woman Arrested for Kidnapping and Sexual Assault
San Diego culprits of kidnapping and assaulting a 21 year-old woman were arrested Friday. Police identified 33 year-old Christopher Carrera and 47 year-old Catherine McCoy as the suspects of an assault against a 21 year-old woman. According to the San Diego Police Lt. Andra Brown, the pair was taken into custody on Friday. The man and women are believed to have attacked a young woman as she walked to her home in the City Heights area at around 7:30 p.m. Police have reason to believe that the woman knew her attackers. The suspects allegedly kicked and punched the young woman and then forced her into a white SUV. McCoy proceeded to beat and sexually assault the woman while Carrera drove. McCoy also threatened to kill the woman.
On State Route 125, Carrera suddenly stopped the SUV and dragged the victim by her hair over to an embankment and then fled the scene. A passing driver witnessed the incident and called the police at about 8:30 p.m. California Highway Patrol Sgt. Kevin Mensior said the witness “saw a male dragging the victim up the side of the hill by her hair…by the time they got turned around they were gone or in the process of leaving”. The victim was taken to a Chula Vista Hospital and suffered extensive injuries.
Both Carrera and McCoy were arrested on Friday during follow-up investigations. The two are being charged with attempted murder in the first degree and kidnapping with the intent to commit robbery and rape. Carrera was booked into County Jail and McCoy in Las Colinas and are being held without bail.
2 Arrested In Connection With Kidnapping, Sexual Assault Case, 10news.com, August 20, 2011
Two arrested for kidnapping, assault of woman found naked on roadside, cbs8.com, August 20,2011
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