WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah — Police in West Valley City have arrested an 18-year-old, they say raped a 13-year-old multiple times and attempted to abduct her. Leonardo Alfonzo Cooch Baqui was arrested on Sunday.

According to court documents, on July 23, the mother of the 13-year-old victim reported an inappropriate sexual encounter between her daughter and Baqui. A forensic interview was conducted by investigators who were told by the victim that Baqui and she went into her room. According to he victim, she was then forced to eat food that made her "feel dizzy."

After eating, the victim told officers that Baqui forced her to take off her clothes and assaulted her.

The victim told detectives that four or five days after that first encounter, she received a message from Baqui telling her to c

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