CONCORD — Practically 24 years to the day after a neighborhood resident was sexually assaulted as she slept in her house, a suspect has been arrested and charged, authorities introduced Monday.
Michael Lamonte Evans, a Los Angeles County resident, was charged Monday with forcible rape and rape of an unconscious individual, each felonies, in reference to the Dec. 9, 2000 assault on a girl. The sufferer was paralyzed from the neck down and unable to battle again towards her attacker, who struck within the early morning hours whereas she was asleep in mattress.
Evans, 49, was arrested in late October for allegedly violating his parole in Los Angeles. He has quite a few arrests, together with an indecent publicity conviction that required him to register as a intercourse offender, and occurred after the rape, authorities stated.
The sufferer has since handed away, however she reported the incident to police on the time. Investigators preserved DNA proof from a rape check package that was linked to Evans, authorities stated.
Authorities say that along with the DNA they pursued additional investigative strategies — however haven’t but revealed what type — that led to legal expenses being filed towards Evans on Monday.
Evans stays in custody at a Los Angeles County Jail facility. He might be extradited to the Bay Space quickly, however his first court docket look has not but been set, data present. When he does present up in Contra Costa he’s tentatively scheduled to seem earlier than Choose Patricia Scanlon, data present.
