21-year-old North Texas man arrested in beating, rape of woman in Denton, police say
A Little Elm man was in custody Thursday and accused in the beating and rape of a woman in Denton last weekend, Denton police said.
Gadiel Alejandro Davila-Perez, 21, was in the Denton Jail on Thursday, a day after being arrested in the case.
Davila-Perez faces a charge of aggravated sexual assault.
The incident was reported just after 4:30 a.m. on Saturday in the 1100 block of Cleveland Street in Denton.
A caller reported that a woman who had been raped had approached them and asked for help.
Police and paramedics arrived at the scene and took the woman to a local hospital.
During a police interview with her, the woman said she had been choked, repeatedly punched, threatened and sexually assaulted by an unknown man.
Through the investigation, Denton police identified Davila-Perez as a suspect and arrested him on Wednesday.
His bond has been set at $1 million.
