Witnesses recall fighting off man suspected of assaulting three women

VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- In an affectional interview, Felix Guerra recounts confronting a antheral suspected of aggregate intersexual assaults connected Saturday night.

"As I got adjacent to him, I saw him get disconnected of the aged lady, and I was similar 'What are you doing?'" remembers Felix.

The atrocious images of an unconscious aged pistillate are thing clip won't erase.

Felix describes, "Her pants were each pulled down to her ankles and her garment was each the mode to her neck," recalls Felix.

Through tears, Felix says, "I could've stopped it if I would've stayed connected him, you know?"

Visalia Police accidental the unhoused 70-year-old pistillate was 1 of 3 victims.

The others were 57 and 36.

One of them was Felix's girlfriend, arsenic they slept astatine the Oval Park.

"He crept up down her and enactment 1 limb connected her cervix and enactment his manus connected her mouth," explains Felix, "She turned and tried to spot who helium was and arsenic she did that helium fto spell of her rima and she said Felix, Felix get up!"

Felix got up, tracked the antheral down, and confronted him.

"I deliberation I shattered his chemoreceptor oregon something. My friends told maine the cops were coming, truthful I stopped," remembers Felix.

The suspect, seen successful aggregate videos wearing achromatic pants and a reddish hoodie, ran off.

Felix past saw him connected First and Locust, wherever constabulary accidental the aged pistillate was assaulted.

"We bash wanna bring justice, and we conscionable request the public's help. Any benignant of accusation would beryllium beneficial to our detectives," urges Liz Jones, with the Visalia Police Department.

The intersexual assaults person sent shockwaves done the community, particularly for those who person nary structure astatine night.

One woman, who was not acold from the onslaught erstwhile it happened, shares she herself is simply a subsister of intersexual assault, "I don't deliberation we ever heal wholly from a concern similar that, it changes a person."

She continues, "It seems similar it takes a portion of you to spell done thing similar that."

The unhoused assemblage is present connected borderline and being other cautious.

As constabulary proceed to investigate, The Family Services Center is offering escaped resources for those successful need.

Their statistic amusement that 1 successful 4 women has been victimized.

The non-profit can't remark connected circumstantial cases, but their Crisis Supervisor of Tulare County, Claudia Castanon, says they absorption connected rights for victims.

"We person a enactment radical held doubly a month. It's besides a mode for survivors to travel together."

If you person immoderate accusation connected the case, you are asked to interaction the Visalia Police Department astatine (559) 734-8117.

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