PRESS RELEASE

Police Department
SERGIO G. DIAZ
Chief of Police

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 26, 2017

CONTACT:
Detective Paul Miranda
Sexual Assault & Child Abuse Unit
Centralized Investigations Bureau
pmiranda@riversideca.gov
(951) 353-7945

KIDNAP AND SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A MINOR

RIVERSIDE, CA On Sunday, June 25, 2017, at about 2:30 p.m., Riverside Police Officers
responded to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located at 5900 Grand
Avenue in the city of Riverside, regarding a report of a kidnapping. The investigation
determined a juvenile female victim was pulled into an enclosed dumpster area by an
unknown adult male suspect. After a sexual assault occurred, the victim was able to
get away from the suspect. The suspect was described as a dark-skinned Hispanic
male, approximately 50-years-old, with a goatee and short dark messy hair. He was last
seen wearing a black T-shirt with vertical grey stripes, and possibly had a tattoo on one
of his arms. The victim was later able to assist with developing a composite sketch of
this suspect.

The Riverside Police Department is asking the public for any information regarding the
identity of this described suspect. Anyone who recognizes him is urged to contact
Detective Paul Miranda at (951) 353-7945 or pmiranda@riversideca.gov.

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NOTE: The mark on the neck of this sketch is the artists signature and not a tattoo.