| For Immediate Release Case # 13ZF0161 May 10, 2013 |
Susan Kang Schroeder Chief of Staff Office: 714-347-8408 Cell: 714-292-2718 Farrah Emami
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REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER INDICTED ON SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES MURDER OF 29-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IN THE COURSE OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN MOTEL ROOM
SANTA ANA – A registered sex offender has been indicted for the special circumstances murder of a 29-year-old woman in the course of sexually assaulting her in a Stanton motel room. Charles Patrick Drew, 63, transient, was indicted by the Orange County Grady Jury yesterday, May 9, 2013, on one felony count of special circumstances murder in the commission of rape, sodomy, oral copulation, and sexual penetration by foreign object, one felony count each of rape of an unconscious person, sodomy of unconscious victim, oral copulation of unconscious person, sexual penetration by foreign object of unconscious victim, and assault with a deadly weapon.
The defendant has two prior strike convictions from 1995 for forcible rape and assault with a deadly weapon. If convicted, he faces a minimum sentence of life in state prison without the possibility of parole. The special circumstances in this case also make Drew eligible for the death penalty. The defendant is being held without bail and is scheduled for a pre-trial trial setting conference June 7, 2013, at 9:00 a.m. in Department C-40, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana.
On June 15, 2012, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office released a press release on this case with the following information:
Sometime between March 17, 2012, and March 18, 2012, Drew is accused of staying in a rented motel room at Motel 6 in Stanton with 29-year-old Jane Doe. Drew is accused of brutally sexually assaulting the victim while she was unconscious including rape, sodomy, and oral copulation. The victim died shortly after the sexual assault. Drew is accused of then attempting to clean the scene.
On March 19, 2012, Drew is accused of walking outside of his motel room and asking someone to call 911 because Jane Doe was unresponsive.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department responded to the scene and investigated this case.
Senior Deputy District Attorney Ebrahim Baytieh of the Homicide Unit is prosecuting this case.
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