OXNARD : Police Hunt Suspect in Multiple Rape

Police continued to search Friday for a man who kidnaped an Oxnard woman, held her captive for 27 hours and raped her repeatedly.

Police distributed wanted posters with a composite picture of a man who sodomized and raped the 24-year-old woman after abducting her from the parking lot of a Port Hueneme beauty salon, said Detective Dale Harbin of the Port Hueneme Police Department.

The suspect forced the woman to remain blindfolded in the bedroom of a house or apartment, Harbin said she told police. She was not allowed to eat, drink or use a bathroom, Harbin said.

The suspect abducted the woman while she was on her way to the beauty salon at 11 a.m. Tuesday by threatening her with an object she thought was a gun pointed in her back.

The suspect then directed the woman to get into his car, believed to be a white Ford Escort station wagon, blindfolded her and forced her to lie down on the back seat.

They drove for 15 minutes before arriving at the residence, where the assault occurred, Harbin said.

At 3 p.m. Wednesday, the man drove her back to her car in the 400 block of West Channel Islands Boulevard and removed the blindfold.

He said, “I’ll be watching you,” before he drove away, Harbin said.

The woman immediately contacted police.

“She was obviously distraught and shaken and cried off and on,” Harbin said.

The woman described the suspect as a Mexican male in his early to mid 30s with straight black hair and green eyes. The suspect is about 5 feet, 10 inches tall, has a medium build and was cleanshaven.