Stun Gun Subdues Murderer and Rapist in California

A man, age 25, was arrested with the help of a stun gun in a California mall’s parking lot after he had been brutalizing his fiancée, a 27 year old woman, in a minivan for several days.

The couple had agreed to not have sex until after they were married and a disagreement on that subject was the catalyst for the man attacking and raping the woman. They had returned from a trip to Palm Desert in the man’s van when they argued and the man struck her and raped her.

Afterwards the man kept her in the minivan for two days, refusing to release her. He drove around the area and talked to her. Occasionally he bound her legs with a shirt.

In the mall parking lot the van was noticed by a sheriff’s sergeant, who knocked on the window to question the man. Fearful that he would go to jail for the rape and kidnapping incidents, he impulsively began repeatedly stabbing her in the back, head, and neck.

After repeated efforts had been made to get the man to exit his vehicle, the sheriff’s sergeant kicked in the window. The sergeant then subdued the man with a stun gun. Unfortunately he was unable to save the woman’s life.

After a two-day preliminary hearing this week, the man was denied bail and will be arraigned at the end of the month on charges of first degree murder with special allegations of murder committed during a kidnapping and a rape. The man will be sentenced to life in prison without parole if convicted on all charges and at least one of the special considerations.