The man accused of abducting and murdering a 19-year-old Los Angeles woman who had been on a date with her boyfriend in a park allegedly tried to rape her as she was dying, prosecutors revealed Wednesday.
Gabriel Esparza, 20, allegedly shot and kidnapped Andrea Vazquez on Sunday in the parking stalls area of Penn Park in Whittier, about 20 miles southeast of Los Angeles, in a “randomly targeted” attack, according to the police.
“He drove her to a remote area of Moreno Valley in Riverside County where he attempted to rape her before dumping her body in a field,” Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón announced in a press release.