Capt. James Bauman said Thursday that the Sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit is seeking help from anyone who may have been in the parking lot of a local casino on the night of July 31 and observed a suspect and an alleged victim leave.
On Aug. 1, a 25-year-old Hidden Valley Lake woman reported she had been raped, Bauman said.
Sheriff's officials arrested 25-year-old John Wesley Dunn of Hidden Valley Lake on Aug. 7 for his alleged connection to the case.
Dunn has remained in the Lake County Jail on $350,000 bail since his arrest. He's appearing in court on Friday for a hearing seeking to reduce his bail so he can be released.
The victim in the case told investigators that she had met family and friends for drinks at Twin Pine Casino in Middletown on the night of July 31. Bauman said when the victim and the suspect left the casino's main entrance their exit was recorded by a casino surveillance camera.
He said casino surveillance also recorded images of three other female patrons who walked out of the casino immediately after the suspect and victim did.
The three women who exited the casino immediately after the victim and suspect are pictured arm-in-arm with each other and appear to all be middle aged with dark hair and medium builds. Bauman said two of the women were wearing capri-style pants with patterned low-neck tops; the third was wearing regular denim pants with a purple shirt.
Bauman emphasized that the unidentified women captured in these surveillance photos are not connected to the crime the Sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit is investigating.
However, he said investigators are very interested in talking to these, as well as any other casino patrons, who may have been in the parking lot at or about the time the suspect and victim left the business shortly after midnight on July 31.
The victim would have been a 25-year-old Caucasian female, approximately 5 feet, 2 inches tall, 125 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes, and wearing a black dress. The suspect would have been a 25-year-old Caucasian male, approximately 5 feet, 11 inches tall, 265 pounds, very short red hair, brown eyes and wearing an orange pullover shirt. The vehicle the two got in is described as a black, late 1990s Ford Mustang.
Bauman said officials would rather not publish the image of the three women leaving the casino. Instead, its their hope that they may come forward, identify themselves, and share any observations they might remember having of the victim and suspect from the time they exited the casino to the time they got into the suspect’s vehicle that night.
Anyone, including the three unidentified women who exited the casino right behind the victim and suspect, who may have been in the casino parking lot shortly after midnight on the night of July 31 and who thinks they may have seen the suspect and victim leave the business and get into the black Mustang is encouraged to call either Det. John Drewrey or Det. Mike Curran at 707-262-4200 as soon as possible.
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