[BrianTumor]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle2116507/

olice were searching Monday for the owner of a B.C. second-hand store where a woman was allegedly assaulted and held captive for up to 15 hours, and they warned that he poses a threat.

“He’s still wanted and still out there,” RCMP Corporal Dan Moskaluk said of David Wesley Bobbitt, who is wanted on a charge of attempted murder. “We’re not sure where he is, so there’s a certain degree of public safety at hand.”

More than 12 hours after the woman went missing, a relative of hers kicked down the the store’s door, according to police. Inside Dave's Second Hand store in Penticton, B.C., was the 22-year-old woman. For 12 to 15 hours she was allegedly confined, viciously beaten and sexually assaulted while her 22-month-old son was left to watch, until they were found during the early hours of Sunday, Cpl. Moskaluk said.

Mother and child were rushed to hospital, where the woman has had surgery to treat severe lacerations to her skull. The child has been released into the care of relatives in the area.

“It’s our understanding that the assault took place in full view of the child,” Cpl. Moskaluk said Monday. “Which makes this quite a disturbing case. The victim, as a mother, probably felt the need to protect her child.”

Mr. Bobbitt was known to police and had a history of violence, the officer said, although none of the other incidents were at the downtown Ellis Street property that he had been leasing for nearly two years.

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The woman, who is also from Penticton, had been telling her family about her plans to go shopping on Saturday before she was scheduled to work, Cpl. Moskaluk said. She didn’t know Mr. Bobbitt, police said, but she may have been visiting the store for a second time after recently seeing something she was interested in buying.

She entered the store in the old, single-level building, her toddler in tow, when no other customers were there at around midday, police said. Soon after the door was locked.

Cpl. Moskaluk said he’s unaware where she was held in the roughly 75,000-square-metre building, which has a few small stockrooms.

The woman didn’t make it to her 3 p.m. shift and her family hadn’t heard from her for hours. She was reported missing late on Saturday.

In the early hours of Sunday, her family found her car near the store. As police searched the area, a family member broke down the door of the second-hand store, Cpl. Moskaluk said.

Moments later, police searched the building and found the woman bound and the child nearby, he said. As the front door was forced open, the suspect may have fled through the back door, which was ajar when police arrived.

[kellyhound]

today Update: Corporal Dan Moskaluk this morning said the RCMP are investigating the numerous tips they've been getting from the community, but the suspect's trail is still cold.

hope they kill em when they find him

[Zodiak]

True monsters that lurk in the darkest corners of the world. Hope the bastard suffers like he's made that poor womans family suffer.

[Faline]

[MotherMel]

[Wolf]

Hope they kill him and pretend to never find him...

[kellyhound]

The Penticton, B.C., man wanted for almost beating a young mother to death in front of her infant was in dire financial trouble and was facing eviction on the very same day of the attack.

[MrCorpse]

[güttsfükk]

wonder if that would actually has any affect on the child, i cant remember shit from when i was 1-2yrs old

[gatagato]

***UPDATE***
They've caught him

David Wesley Bobbitt arrested
He was wanted for a violent sex assault in Penticton

OSOYOOS (NEWS1130) - The most wanted man in BC has been arrested. David Wesley Bobbitt was picked up thanks to a tip.

Mounties say an orchardist spotted Bobbitt setting up camp on his property and called police. Bobbitt was picked up in Osoyoos.

He's been the focus of a nation wide hunt, accused in a vicious sex assault that happened in Penticton over the weekend. A 22-year old woman was allegedly bound and attacked for as long as 12 hours. It all happened in front of her 22-month old son.
She was found by her family, tied up in a second hand store, and is still in hospital.

http://www.news1130.com/news/local/a...bbitt-arrested

A man who was the subject of a Canada-wide manhunt after a woman was tied up and assaulted in Penticton on the weekend was arrested near Osoyoos on Wednesday, according to police.

Osoyoos RCMP picked up David Wesley Bobbitt without incident, Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said in a news release.

Bobbitt had set up camp on an orchard south of Oliver around 6 p.m. Wednesday, Moskaluk said.

The property owner asked Bobbitt to leave before recognizing him and calling a friend, who is an RCMP officer.

Police arrested Bobbitt along Highway 97 north of Osoyoos, Moskaluk said.

The 22-year-old woman was tied up and violently assaulted Saturday afternoon in Penticton. She was reported missing Saturday evening around 7 p.m., and after a long night of searching, her family found her at Bobbitt's business, Dave’s Second Hand Store.

The police entered the premise and recovered the woman at around 3 a.m. Sunday morning, but the suspect had escaped.

A Canada-wide warrant for Bobbitt's arrest was issued Monday.

Bobbitt was found guilty in 2005 of possessing a weapon for dangerous purposes in connection with an incident a year earlier in Nelson, according to Provincial Court records. He was sentenced to two years' probation as well as a two-year weapons prohibition.

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