California rape suspect arrested at LAX 13 days after fleeing the U.S.

A man suspected of rape was arrested upon his arrival to Los Angeles International Airport after authorities said he fled the country “immediately” after an early-morning sexual assault late last month.

According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, the investigation began at 5:18 a.m. on Aug. 26 when deputies from the Fontana Station were dispatched to Lytle Creek, a small community nestled in the San Bernardino Mountains about 10 miles north of Fontana, on an “unknown problem” call.

When they arrived at the scene, the 2800 block of Lytle Creek Road, the deputies located a female victim who had “just been sexually assaulted” by a man she said she met on a dating app. He was eventually identified through investigative means as 29-year-old Samuel Lau…

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