Bloodhound Leads Police to USC Student, Who Is Held in Rape
With the help of a bloodhound, police arrested a 25-year-old USC student Tuesday on suspicion of raping a woman in a Koreatown parking garage.
On Saturday, police found a backpack and a 3-foot samurai sword in the garage where the rape occurred at 11 a.m. Thursday. Officers returned after residents of the apartment building complained about a suspicious man.
Inside the backpack, police found a name and address, a university schedule and financial aid materials, said Det. Tom Murrell.
Police secured an arrest warrant for Wilbert McCoy. Although they knew his address, they gave a bloodhound the scent from the sword, and the dog led them to McCoy’s home in the 4400 block of Victoria Park Drive, a few blocks from the garage.
He was taken into custody about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday.
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