Exclusive | Family of rape victim at Americas top party college issues chilling update

The family of a coed who was allegedly raped and throttled at UC Santa Barbara is worried that clues leading authorities to her attacker could vanish when students leave campus for the summer.Attorney Tyrone Maho, who represents the 18-year-old freshman’s family, said police have yet to make an arrest in the horrific attack that has sent shockwaves of fear and frustration across the campus of America’s top party college.And with classes ending next week, Maho said the family believes evidence leading to the perpetrator could disappear. “We’re very concerned that school is almost out for the year, and therefore there are going to be a lot of people, witnesses, including possibly the suspect as well, that may be leaving the community,” Maho said.The coed’s family is distressed that an arrest has yet to be made in the case, Maho added.“They’re very concerned,” he said.The alleged assault is believed to have occurred on May 9 after the victim and an unidentified suspect met at Sigma Pi fraternity party in Isla Vista, the nearby college town surrounding the university.According to Maho, the coed left the party at about 10 p.m.

and was seen with her alleged attacker at the Tropicana Gardens dormitory between 10:36 and 11:05 p.m.That’s where the assault allegedly took place.The victim called 911 to report the attack that night, according to Maho.

 Authorities have not publicly identified a suspect in the case.The parents of the victim have demanded that campus police bring outside law enforcement into the investigation, saying they fear the college could mishandle the case just as they believe happened following another student’s death last year.The family also retained private investigator Michael Claytor amid concerns that the UCSB Police Department may not have the resources needed to fully investigate the still-unsolved attack.The family pressed for the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department to join the investigation, saying a larger a...