Saturday, June 19: Delaware State Police investigated a rape of a Mehnton, Pennsylvania woman. Troopers through their investigation developed a suspect as being Murat Demirbozan, 34 of Wolf Neck Road, Rehoboth Beach.
Detectives obtained arrest warrants for Demirbozan however his whereabouts were unknown until last week. Demirbozan was located by the US Marshals in Burlington County, New Jersey on July 14 and held as a fugitive from Delaware. Demirbozan was returned to Delaware today Tuesday, July 20, just over a month after committing this crime. Demirbozan was arraigned and held in the Sussex Correctional Institute in lieu of $90,000 secured bail.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement also have prepared a detainer against Demirbozan for deportation.
Charge(s):
2 counts of Rape First Degree
The incident occurred on Saturday June 19, at an unknown location in Rehoboth. The victim, a 19-year-old from Pennsylvania, advised detectives that she had been on the Boardwalk with friends during the evening of June 19 when she became involved in a confrontation with other females. The victim advised that she walked away from that confrontation and the only thing that she could remember from that point on was waking up the next morning at a home in an unknown location in Rehoboth Beach, DE with part of her clothing missing. The victim advised detectives that a male subject was also in the residence and provided her with a ride back to Ocean City, MD. She then returned home to Pennsylvania and responded to the Reading Pennsylvania Hospital where evidence of a sexual assault was collected. It was then that the victim contacted the Delaware State Police. Through further investigation, detectives were able to locate the residence where the rape occurred (Wolf Neck Road) and named Murat Demirbozan, 34, of that address as a suspect.
