CANADIAN COUNTY, OK — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a report of rape and looking for suspect with connections to Kansas.
Just before 8:30 p.m. December 18, the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a subject, stating that he had a young lady come up to his residence near Hefner and Gregory Road in Canadian County, and knock on the door, according to Sheriff Chris West. When the resident opened the door, a young lady told him that she had been abducted and raped. He told authorities the girl was hysterical.
Deputies from the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office and an ambulance responded. The 17-year-old victim who lives in Oklahoma City was taken to Integris South Hospital in Oklahoma City.
During questioning, she informed Sheriff’s Investigators that she was walking to work in the area of SW 23 & Robinson Ave at about 3 p.m. when a young man that she did not know offered her a ride. She stated that she works at a fast food restaurant in Bricktown. The victim told investigators that because she was running late to work she accepted the ride. The victim also advised investigators that the suspect drove north the driver (suspect) began telling her he wanted to have sex with her, and he told her that if she tried to get away he would kill her.
The victim informed investigators that the suspect kept driving NW through some housing additions, and as it was getting darker they arrived at a location NW of Yukon. As the subject drove down the county roads in the area he would periodically pull off into secluded areas, and attempt and eventually rape his victim. The young girl was held against her will for approximately 3 hours. The young girl told investigators that her assailant had a large knife, and that he threatened to kill her with it if she attempted to escape.
The victim told authorities that when they reached the vicinity of Gregory and Hefner Road (Canadian County) that she was able to escape from the vehicle, and ran and hid in a wooded area. She stated that she hid there for about an hour and half, and watched her assailant as he drove around the area searching for her. After she felt her assailant had left the area, she was able to make her way to a house where she contacted the residents who in turn contacted the Sheriff’s Office.
The victim described the suspect as a Chinese male, 5-foot-6, 140-150 pounds, brown eyes, black hair shaved on the sides with a Mohawk on top. She stated that he had numerous pimples on his face and when he took his shirt off she saw that he had numerous pimples on his chest and back. The victim informed Investigators that her assailant was left handed, and that he possessed a large tattoo of an Owl on the inside of his left arm, and that it extended from his elbow to his wrist. She also said the owl was brown with a black outline and had gold eyes. The victim said that he told her that his name was Chin or Chan and that he worked in a nail salon. He told her that he was 21 years of age and that he had just moved to Oklahoma City and had previously lived in Wichita, Kansas and that he implied that he had lived in Yukon.
She told investigators her assailant was driving a late model silver Subaru or Nissan sedan with black interior.
Anyone with information leading to the identity of the suspect is requested to contact the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office at 405-262-3434 and ask for Lieutenant Mike Grimes.