An Indiana man was charged with raping an Indiana College sorority member earlier than she mysteriously died at his mother or father’s home earlier this month.
Eric Montgomery, 33, was arrested Tuesday on a warrant for rape when the sufferer is “disabled or poor,” in addition to furnishing alcohol to a minor, in accordance with courtroom data.
The arrest got here amid an investigation into the Aug. 17 dying of Avery McMillan, 20, who had been closely ingesting earlier than being picked up by Montgomery, who then plied her with extra alcohol, police stated.
Montgomery advised police he met McMillan that morning close to campus and had intercourse along with her within the parking storage of her condo constructing and at his home, in accordance with WXIN.
The rape suspect additionally stated he supplied McMillan with weed and alcohol and consumed it along with her. A search of his automobile turned up two half-empty bottles of liquor.
Roommates of the school scholar advised detectives she had “bought just a little extra drunk than she meant or wished to” at a celebration the evening earlier than. She then turned “frazzled and aggressive” and exited the automotive in the course of their drive dwelling round 2 a.m.
The younger lady was then seen on safety footage attempting in useless to entry her Bloomington condo with out her key for nearly two hours.
A lot of that point was spent within the constructing’s parking storage, the place McMillan appeared “extremely intoxicated,” detectives advised the station.
A 2010 Ford Crown Victoria believed to belong to Montgomery entered the storage round 5 a.m. and stayed there for about 9 minutes earlier than leaving, in accordance with the article. McMillan was not seen within the storage after the automotive left.
At 9:45 a.m., a person referred to as 911 from an off-campus home owned by Montgomery’s dad and mom, police reportedly stated. McMillian was reportedly discovered unconscious and unresponsive.
Montgomery was not charged in connection along with her dying, the reason for which stays unknown pending the outcomes of an post-mortem report.
McMillian was a “beloved” and “devoted” member of Zeta Tau Alpha who “went out of her option to be an concerned and current member of the chapter,” stated chapter President Ella Gebke.
She hailed from Valparaiso, Indiana, about 200 miles north of the college, in accordance with her sorority sisters.
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