Overview
- Marquette University Police said the arrest follows an attack just before 2 a.m. on Feb. 18 near 14th Street and Kilbourn Avenue that sent a female student to a hospital.
- Police emphasized the person arrested was not among individuals detained on unrelated warrants during earlier canvassing on Feb. 20.
- A search warrant tied to the case led officers to an abandoned house near 14th and Highland, where they found a tan coat under a porch matching the description from the assault.
- Investigators are seeking additional evidence including a handgun, clothing, a used condom and the student’s stolen pink iPhone.
- Separately, Avery Skillom, 28, was charged with possession of narcotic drugs after being detained during the canvass, and a court commissioner allowed a signature bond on the drug case while setting $1,000 cash on a prior identity theft case.