REDONDO BEACH : 2 Men Sought in Rape, Kidnaping of Woman

A 26-year-old Los Angeles woman, who said she got lost on Redondo Beach streets while on her way to Los Angeles International Airport, was kidnaped, raped and robbed by two men who approached her car Monday night, police said.

The woman, who was driving a rental car, was waiting at a stop sign near the intersection of Aviation and Manhattan Beach boulevards when she saw two men, both in their late 20s or early 30s, approaching her car, police said.

One man asked for money, and she asked him for directions, police said. He then put a handgun to her head and both men forced their way into the car, Redondo Beach Police Capt. Jeffrey Cameron said.

The men then drove the woman to a nearby bank and parked in a rear lot, out of sight of vehicles traveling on Aviation Boulevard.

Both men raped the woman, police said, and then removed $22 from her pocket and threatened to kill her if she told anyone of the attack. The men fled in a dark-colored four-wheel-drive vehicle that was parked in the same lot, police said. The woman drove to a nearby gas station, where an attendant called police.

The victim gave police detailed descriptions of both men.

One was described as a black man, 30 to 35 years old with a light complexion and freckles. He had large eyes and a small chin, and the top of his left ear was either missing or deformed.

The victim said the other man was also black, 25 to 30 years old with black hair parted in the center and bumps or moles near his sideburns. He had crooked teeth and talked like a rapper. On his left ring finger he wore a gold-nugget ring with a diagonal groove across its top.

El Segundo police have studied the details of the Redondo Beach report while investigating a report of another kidnap-rape that occurred in August. But early information suggests that the two incidents are unrelated, said El Segundo Police Sgt. Glenn Coles.

“We haven’t ruled it out, but . . . it doesn’t sound like the guys we’re looking for,” Coles said.

The El Segundo suspect held up a Subway restaurant and a Kinko’s copy shop in the 600 block of El Segundo Boulevard on Aug. 21, then ran across the street to the Hacienda Hotel and abducted a 20-year-old Danish woman from the lobby.

Anyone with information about the Redondo Beach crime is asked to call Detective David Atwater at the Redondo Beach Police Department, (310) 379-2477, Ext. 2330.