ESCONDIDO (KUSI) – A 64-year-old man accused of kidnapping and raping a 19-year-old woman in Escondido over two decades ago pleaded not guilty to charges Thursday.
Mark Thompson Hunter was arrested Tuesday in Hemet for allegedly attacking the victim on Feb. 17, 1999. The charges against him include forcible rape and kidnapping.
According to Escondido police, Hunter approached the victim around 8:30 that night at a gas station convenience store on Grand Avenue south of Rose Street and asked for directions to the Super 7 Motel in Escondido.
The woman agreed to drive her car to show him to the motel and let him follow in his vehicle, Escondido Lt. Bode Berreth said.