19-year-old Nigerian University student, Eseoghene Ovuede was arrested Monday, November 14th, in connection to an on-campus rape reported in late April.
However,
Ovuede in his statement said the
victim had approached and asked if he had any cocaine. He said did not,
she then asked him to come to her room to have sex but he declined
because he had never had sex before and was scared.
According to the affidavit of probable
cause obtained from the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office, on
April 23 LSUPD was called to the Baton Rouge Police Department Second
District station in reference to a sexual assault that took place at the
East Campus Apartments on campus.
SUPD spokesperson Lt Kevin Scott said the victim
stated she met an unknown male near ECA who walked up the stairs with
her and into her apartment. The victim then
stated that once she had made it into her apartment, the unknown male
followed her into her room. It was there that he sexually assaulted her. The victim said the attacker then left
without saying a word. She said she had never met the attacker
before and did not know his name.
Police
said DNA samples were taken from the apartment and placed into
evidence. Pictures were also taken of the bruises that the suspect left
on the victim, according to police records. During the
investigation, police were unable to come up with an identity for the
attacker, and the victim became distraught when attempting to speak
about the incident, according to police records. Police said after time
had passed, the victim no longer wanted to speak about the incident, and
the case was closed until new information would be discovered.
On
Oct. 22, during the LSU versus Ole Miss football game, the victim
contacted and informed LSUPD that she had made contact with the attacker
on campus. After meeting with LSUPD, the victim told police she was
walking to ECA when he drove up to her and offered her a ride. The
victim told police she accepted the ride to try and obtain an identity
for the suspect. After taking a picture of the license plate of the
vehicle, she got in and drove a short distance with him.
Through the investigation,
LSUPD was able to trace the Texas license plate back to a Monday Ovuede,
and the phone number back to a Eseoghene Ovuede. After searching the
LSU main database, LSUPD found an Eseoghene Ovuede and a Mudiaga Ovuede.
However, due to an oversight by LSUPD, it was believed Eseoghene Ovuede
was a female, so a lineup was done with Mudiaga Ovuede instead.
After the police lineup and further reviewing the database, it was determined that Eseoghene Ovuede was in fact a male. On
Oct. 25, LSUPD made contact with Ovuede and asked if he would be
willing to speak about the incident that took place in April. Ovuede stated he had no idea what the officer was
speaking of and had never seen the victim prior to giving her a ride on
Oct. 22. Ovuede agreed to give a DNA sample and said his DNA would not
be in her apartment. The sample was taken
and sent to the State Police Crime Lab.
Then on Nov. 2, Ovuede
went to LSUPD and told officers that he did in fact remember meeting the
victim in April and going up into her room, according to police
records. In his statement, Ovuede wrote that he was approached by the
victim near ECA who asked if he had any cocaine. Ovuede said he did not and the victim then asked him to come
into the victim’s room. Ovuede did not admit to sexually assaulting her
and stated the victim wanted to have sex with him, but he declined
because he had never had sex before and was scared.
A warrant was put out for Ovuede’s arrest on Nov. 9, and
on Nov. 14, he was arrested for second-degree rape and booked into East
Baton Rouge Parish Prison.
Source: The Daily Reveille
Photo credit: East Baton Rouge Parish Prison
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