Cypress College Student Abducted, Raped; Man Escapes With Her Car
A 20-year-old Cypress College student was raped in her own car Tuesday after being abducted from a campus parking lot, police said.
According to investigators, the woman, whose identity was withheld, was entering her car--a 2000 black Honda Accord with paper license plates from a Gardena dealership--after leaving class about 11 a.m. A man wielding a knife forced her into the car, pushed her over to the passenger’s seat and drove away with her.
After driving the student around the area for an hour and fifteen minutes, the man sexually assaulted her, police said. She was finally able to escape in the 6500 block of Valley View Street, where she ran to a nearby business and called police. The man escaped with her car and was being sought Tuesday night.
The assailant was described as about 25 years old, 5 feet, 8 inches tall and 180 pounds. Investigators said he has a pierced tongue and black hair shaved on all sides with the top long and gelled back. Police said he was neatly dressed in a white long-sleeved shirt, dark blue dress pants and dark brown shoes.
Cypress Police ask that anyone with information about the crime or the assailant call investigators at (714) 229-6600.
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