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MARIPOSA COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A antheral reported missing retired of Mariposa County has been reclassified arsenic a fugitive connected the tally aft deputies discovered his national warrant regarding a convulsive rape successful Yosemite.
Over the weekend, 39-year-old Nathan Baptista was reported missing aft leaving to thrust his ungraded motorcycle “near a excavation and a tower,” perchance successful the Midpines area. At the time, the sheriff's bureau described him arsenic "at risk."
While chopper and crushed hunt teams covered implicit 500 miles of rugged and distant terrain, deputies learned that Baptista had an progressive national warrant issued by the U.S. Marshals Office for violating probation successful transportation with a intersexual battle charge.
According to tribunal documents, connected May 31, 2024, Baptista forcibly raped and strangled a chap Yosemite employee. He was indicted connected June 20, 2024, for aggravated intersexual abuse.
Based connected these findings, deputies are present referring to Baptista arsenic a fugitive connected the run.
Baptista is 5 feet, 9 inches tall, astir 165 pounds, with hazel eyes and achromatic hair. He is believed to beryllium driving a achromatic Chevrolet S10 pickup truck, California licence sheet 7B48533, and/or riding a achromatic and bluish ungraded motorcycle (unknown registration).
His motortruck and ungraded motorcycle were past captured connected video successful the Fresno area.
Anyone with accusation connected the whereabouts of Nathan Baptista is asked to interaction the instrumentality enforcement jurisdiction closest to them.
