Victim Testifies in Trial of Man Accused of 2 Sex Assaults in 2 Days

A woman told jurors Thursday she felt her life was going to end when a man beat and raped her in her UTC apartment in August of 2016.She testified that the suspect, Jeremiah Williams, first approached her outside her apartment and beat her, then forced her inside her apartment and dragged her into her bedroom to rape her. Legendary Surfer Rescues Encinitas Family Stranded in Kauai Williams is also accused of attacking another woman the very next day at a hotel in La Mesa.The victim of the first alleged assault was called to the stand first, and testified she was strangled almost to death both outside and inside her apartment. To protect her identity, she’s being referred to in this case as Jane Doe No. 1. FAA Orders Fan Blade Inspections After Jet Engine Explosion One person who was not in court Thursday was Williams. He was removed from the court before opening statements started. It was not clear why.Prosecutors say the day after the first alleged attack, Williams sexually assaulted a woman in a room at a Motel 6 off Alvarado Road. They say the woman was working as a prostitute. Will the Driver Who Got Caught in an El Cajon Sinkhole Face Charges? Their lives forever changed when he brutally beat them, choked them, strangled them and raped them,” prosecutor Trisha Amador said. “He terrorized them with a gun and he threatened them.Thomas Bahr, Williams’ defense attorney, told jurors that investigators tried to strengthen their case against Williams in the first assault in UTC by linking him to the second in La Mesa.“In an effort to solve a brutal rape of Jane Doe number one, investigators infused a different case, a less credible case, a case rife with problems,” Bahr said in court.Bahr didn’t deny that Jane Doe No. 1 was raped, but argued it was not done by Williams. He also claimed the second victim lied to police and to doctors as to what really happened to her.The second victim may be called to testify Friday.Photo Credit: Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office
Source: NBC San Diego