The body of a 4-year-old boy missing since Saturday night has been found, officials said. 

San Diego Police (SDPD) Officer Cory Mapston said the body of Wesley Hilaire was found 100 yards off the shore near Mission Bay's east channel. Though police had previously issued an Amber Alert, they said Sunday the claims of child abduction were unfounded.

"It appears to be an entirely accidental drowning," SDPD Sgt. Cory Mapston said. 

After Wesley was reported missing just after dark, police began combing through the land and water near the 3000 block of N Mission Bay Drive, where he was last seen. Around 2 a.m., SDPD officials issued an Amber Alert in San Diego, Riverside and Orange counties.

Mother Daniesha Hilaire was at the scene through the night and into Sunday morning, passing out fliers with her son's information, hoping that the information would help spread the word and find her son. 

"If anybody sees him, just take him from whoever he's with," Daniesha told NBC7 through tears Saturday night. "He was with my sister at the beach and I was at work and I got a text saying that they couldn't find him at the beach."

When she was told her son's body was found, Daniesha collapsed and had to be taken away on a gurney. The boy's grandmother, also at the scene, began yelling and screaming. Many in the area gathered to pray.

At 11 a.m., a Harbor Patrol sonar boat began going through the water slowly and found the boy's body 100 feet from Mission Bay Park. Divers then went in to recover the boy. 

When officials searched the perimeter, Daniesha told NBC 7 her young boy was a bright young man. 

"As a 4-year-old, he knew it all," Daniesha said through laughter. "He knew more than any 4-year-old should probably know."

As the investigation unfolded overnight, police told NBC7 they were not ruling out any possibilities, but believe the young boy was either abducted or drowned, though they said they issued an Amber Alert as a precaution in the event he was abducted. 

Wesley was last seen wearing no shirt and red shorts. Wesley was 42 inches tall and weighs approximately 40 pounds, his mother said. He has brown eyes and black hair.

His mother, Daniesha, said he was with his aunt playing with other children in the water. Police initially believed a man may have abducted him after a witness reported seeing a man leading him away from a nearby bathroom. 

Sunday morning, the boy's family said the police said the witness' statements seemed questionable. 

"It turns out what the citizen had seen, we dont know what it was about, but it was not about our 4-year-old missing child," Mapston said. 

Search crews were looking in the water and in surrounding areas, but when they failed to find him in the water, they turned the scene into a crime scene. A helicopter and police dogs were called in to aid with the search.

"Officers began doing a missing person's search operation and during that it involved the water, so we had lifeguards," Mapston said. 

The father recently deployed with the U.S. Navy on the USS George Washington, the mother said. 

"My husband just left last week," she told reporters Sunday morning. "Yes, it’s hard. I talked to him last night. No word on if they're going to fly him in."

During their search in the bay, officials found the adult body of a drowning victim. The body was unrelated to the discovery of the young boy's body, police said. For more details, click here. 

The Medical Examiner's office has taken the body to their office in Kearny Mesa, Mapston said, and will continue the investigation. 

"When someone drowns or dies outdoors, the Medical Examiner's office takes custody of the body while they conduct an investigation before releasing to the parents," Mapston said. 

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San Diego firefighters are helping battle wildfires in Northern California. A state of emergency has been declared for the ‘Valley Fire,’ which began Saturday afternoon in Lake County near San Francisco.

The San Diego unit of CAL FIRE has deployed four strike teams of engines for a total of 20 fire engines, 12 hand crews and four bulldozers. 

Two of the strike teams of engines are covering fire stations and the other two are committed to the 'Rough Fire' burning east of Fresno. Hand crews are helping with various fires.

The continuously growing fire spread from 40,000 to 50,000 acres Sunday according to officials. The fire is at zero percent containment. 10,000 people have been evacuated and at least 100 homes have been destroyed so far.

Fire erupted Saturday in Lake County, about 100 miles north of San Francisco, and rapidly grew. One person has died and four firefighters have suffered second-degree burns.

Meanwhile, thousands of firefighters are battling the Butte Fire to the east, about 100 miles outside of Sacramento.

Mandatory evacuations are in effect in both incidents.

Here's a look at the Valley Fire and Butte Fires by the numbers:

12 hours: The time it took the Valley Fire to burn 60 acres, prompting a state of emergency

30 mph: Recorded wind gusts helping the fire spread, according to Cal Fire

20 miles: Distance between the devastation and the famed Napa Valley

61,000 acres: Size of the Valley Fire burning in Lake, Napa and Sonoma counties

4: Firefighters burned

5 percent: Containment of the Valley Fire as of Monday 6:30 a.m.

5,000+: Customers without power in the Valley Fire area

71,063 acres: Size of the Butte Fire burning in Amador and Calaveras Counties

30 percent: Containment of the Butte Fire as of Monday, 6:30 a.m.

4,409: Firefighters fighting the Butte Fire

28 years: Career of California's emergency chief Mark Ghilarducci who called this summer's fires are the most volatile he has ever seen.

23,000: People displaced in both wildfires

Prison seamstress Joyce Mitchell says she was giving into fear, not following her heart, when she helped two dangerous murderers bust out of a maximum-security lockup this summer, putting a swath of upstate New York on high alert for nearly three weeks.

In an exclusive jailhouse interview with "Today's" Matt Lauer, Mitchell admitted she flirted with Richard Matt and David Sweat but said that any sexual contact with Matt was against her will.

Mitchell, 51, has pleaded guilty to providing tools for Matt and Sweat's audacious June 6 escape from the Clinton Correctional Facility. She faces up to seven years in prison when she is sentenced on Sept. 28.

"I deserve to be punished," she told Lauer. "But, you know, people need to know that I was only trying to save my family."

A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a San Diego woman who died after eating Salmonella-tainted cucumbers produced by a San Diego-based produce company. Two people have died as a result of the outbreak and more than 340 people from 30 states have been sickened. 

Mildred Hendricks, 99, died in the Salmonella outbreak after eating the tainted cucumbers and contracting the disease, San Diego County Health officials say. A second person in Texas died after eating the tainted cucumbers. 

The cucumbers named in the lawsuit were imported from Mexico and distributed by Andrew & Williamson Fresh Produce, according to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). The lawsuit names the California produce company as a defendant.

Ron Simon & Associates and San Diego-based Gomez Trial Attorneys filed the first wrongful death suit Monday in Southern District Court of California in San Diego on behalf of Hedricks and Hendricks' niece, Pamela Hendricks Drawbaugh. 

The lawsuit alleges that Hendricks, who lived alone in San Diego at the time of her death, ate some of the now-recalled cucumbers unknowingly and shortly after began suffering from food poisoning. 

On Aug. 14, she was admitted to the hospital and treated for symptoms consistent with Salmonella poisoning, according to the lawsuit. 

Though she was treated at the hospital, on Aug. 17, Hendricks died. Testing done at the hospital revealed Hendricks had been suffering from a strain of Salmonella linked to the tainted cucumbers. 

On Sept. 8, a Minnesota woman was the first to file a lawsuit against the produce company after allegedly eating a salad with the tainted cucumbers and contracting the illness, leaving her sick in the hospital for days. 

As of Sept. 8, 341 people have been hospitalized with salmonella serotype Poona across 30 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Of those reports, at least 72 people from California were reporting symptoms of salmonella exposure. 54 percent of those ill are children younger than 18 years old. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the CDC are investigating the outbreak.

"We issued a voluntary recall, working with federal and state authorities, we contacted all of our customers all harvest and packing operations at this facility have been stopped," David Murray, a partner with the produce company, told NBC7. "We are taking every precaution to remove this product from the market and if consumers are concerned, they should dispose of the product or bring the product back to the store where it was purchased."

Grown and packed by Rancho Don Juanito in Mexico, the cucumbers were distributed between August 1 and September 3.

"We've had a long time exclusive relationship with a Rancho Don Juanito in Baja California they are also a family business and are just as committed to food safety as we are," Murray previously told NBC7. "In fact, they a leader in making positive improvements in farming and food activities in Mexico."

State officials could not identify the stores where the cucumbers were sold in San Diego. Anderson & Williamson Fresh Produce would not release the names of the retail stores that sold the cucumbers.

The cucumbers arrived in boxes marked as "Limited Edition" brand pole-grown cucumbers but state officials say it's unlikely the cucumbers would have any identifying brand information on the shelf.

State officials advise consumers to talk with their local grocer to ask if the cucumbers in their refrigerator may be those involved in the recall.

At least 17 California counties have had reports of illnesses.

The cucumbers were shipped to 22 states: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah.

The FDA encourages consumers with questions to call 1-888-SAFEFOOD Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Central, or to consult the FDA's website.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.

"Somebody told me" that the Killers were coming back in a big way in 2015 -- and they were right.

The heralded Las Vegas-based alt-rock/pop outfit -- which has been on a self-described “extended break” following a smattering of shows around the release of their 2014 greatest hits package, “Direct Hits” -- are not only scheduled to headline Day 3 of the inaugural Kaaboo Del Mar music/arts festival on Sept. 20 (which we’re actually giving away FOUR tickets to), but they’ve also just announced a headlining show at the Observatory North Park on September 19! 

Talk about a double whammy. For those of us who haven’t had the opportunity to catch Brandon Flowers and Co. in the flesh, the time is nigh. Flowers, one of the most enigmatic frontmen in all of rock & roll, has been pursuing a solo career in the time between the band’s last two records, 2008’s “Day & Age” and 2012’s “Battle Born” -- and even though that’s been something special, seeing him back onstage with his fellow Killers promises to be incredible. Who would pass up a chance to see the band power through hits like “Mr. Brightside,” “When You Were Young” and “All These Things That I’ve Done” live? 

As for tickets, they’re sure to be a hot commodity -- after all, the Observatory North Park only holds approximately 1,200 people, and we’re going to go out on a limb and guess there’s a lot more than that many Killers fans in San Diego. Of course, with the band’s appearance at Kaaboo, some will head up to Del Mar to see them there -- but the bottom line? Don’t sleep.

Presale tickets are currently onsale for the Killers' fan club members and Kaaboo ticketholders (it's expected that a a presale code arrive will in their email inbox), while public onsale tickets go onsale at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 15 right here. They are $60.

Set those alarms, bookmark that site -- and good luck.

The Valley Fire claimed the life of an elderly woman with a disability who was unable to evacuate from her house on Saturday as the fire turned into an inferno, swallowing up trees and entire homes, the Lake County Sheriff's Office said Monday.

Officials are not releasing the identity of the woman, but family and friends identified her as 72-year-old Barbara McWilliams who had severe multiple sclerosis, making it difficult for her to move around.

McWilliams' family told NBC Bay Area that their “beloved mother, grandmother and friend” lost her life over the weekend. The family says McWilliams relocated to Middletown within the last year “and had fallen in love with her new home and community.” The family is asking for donations in McWilliams' honor to be sent to the Red Cross.

Lake County sheriff's deputies received a call Saturday night to check on McWilliams, but they couldn't get near her house because it was engulfed in flames. Once the fire subsided, crews were able to get to her burned down residence, but it was too late.

McWilliams' caregiver, Jennifer Hittson, posted a photo of McWilliams on Facebook Sunday evening, saying that she had tried her best to get in touch with Cal Fire to get McWilliams out of her house Saturday.

"I'm just sick with grief," Hittson wrote. "Yesterday I left Barbara's house at approximately 3 p.m. When I reached the end of Anderson springs there were officers at the entrance of Anderson Springs directing traffic away from 175. At this point I realized it was a fire, but I didn't realize the seriousness if it."

The fire, which grew to 61,000 acres (95 square miles) Monday or about twice the size of San Francisco, has destroyed at least 400 homes and displaced more than 10,000 in Lake, Sonoma and Napa Counties. Cal Fire officials said Monday that several other residents remain unaccounted for.

Hittson said that when she reached home and checked Facebook, she realized she needed to get McWilliams out of there immediately. "She has no vehicle, as she cannot drive, and I knew she would not even be able to make it off of her porch without help. I called and her phone was busy, so I emailed her," she wrote.

Hittson was able to reach her at 6:30 p.m. "I told her that I was going to call the sheriff to get her. When I called the sheriff, they informed me that they were too busy handling evacuees to check on her, but they would go when they could. I called again after 10 p.m., only to be told the same thing."

Hittson then called Cal Fire who "promised they would get out to her and asked me to call back in 30 minutes for an update." But when she called back, she was told they hadn't been able to get to her. Hittson even checked local evacuation centers to check if McWilliams had made it, but to no avail.

Hittson eventually learned through Facebook that one of McWilliams' neighbors "literally watched as her house burned with her inside."

"I really don't even know why I'm sharing all of this, except I feel like the ball was dropped somewhere, and I feel like although I did everything I could, she could have been saved," Hittson wrote. "I really just cannot believe that this is happening. This is such a nightmare."

The Lake County Sheriff's Office said Monday they received the first report of a wildfire which started in the area of Cobb Mountain around 1:22 p.m. Saturday. Sheriff's deputies started conducting evacuations around 1:51 p.m.

According to the county sheriff’s office spokesperson, Lt. Steve Brooks, the sheriff’s dispatch center was flooded with calls from residents asking for assistance with evacuations, including family members who were requesting law enforcement to check on relatives believed to be in the area engulfed by the fire.

Brooks said that both fire and law enforcement first responders reported to numerous requests for evacuation assistance in the Cobb and Loch Lomond areas.

Hundreds of homes were evacuated during the first few hours. At 7:12 p.m., the dispatch center received a phone call for a request to assist an elderly, disabled female at a residence on Hot Springs Road.

Officers and deputies responded to the area at 7:20 p.m., but were unable to reach the subdivision as it had already been engulfed by flames, Brooks said.

According to Brooks, the woman was “apparently unable to self-evacuate and responders were unable to make it to her home before the fire engulfed the structure.” Once the fire subsided enough for crews to respond, they arrived at the burned down residence to find the remains of a deceased person.

“The Sheriff’s Office and all first responders express their condolences to those who have been affected by this disaster,” Brooks said. "We are hopeful that the fire does not claim any more lives.”

A Caltrans contractor died after a suspected DUI driver rolled his car off a ramp in Escondido Monday, California Highway Patrol officials say.

Reginald Grigsby, 31, was driving his Mitsubishi Montero south on Centre City Parkway when he started to steer toward southbound Interstate 15.

However, officials say he veered to the left and rolled his car down an embankment, landing on the northbound center divide.

As it overturned, the vehicle hit Leonardo Sandoval, 21, of Murrieta, who was repairing sprinklers on the roadside.

Sandoval was killed instantly, officials say.

Grigsby was taken to Palomar Hospital with minor injuries, and he has since been arrested on suspicion of felony driving under the influence of drugs and felony vehicle manslaughter.

He was booked into the Vista Detention Facility Monday evening.

Sandoval was a sub-contractor from the Pacific Restoration Group, hired by Caltrans to landscape portions of the 15 freeway. His boss described him as an "awesome kid."

His family told NBC 7 he was engaged to be married next spring and had a 1-year-old son.

They say he loved music and would play his guitar while singing to his son every night after work. They never thought that music would come to such a sudden stop.

“This is a stark reminder of the dangers of working along the highway. I am asking motorists to limit distractions and drive with care, especially when highway workers are present,” said Caltrans District Director Laurie Berman in a statement.

Grigsby, a former San Diego State football player, has a history with law enforcement. In 2009, he went to his parents' house and attacked his mother, choking her until she passed out, prosecutors said.

His father, who was an Oceanside police captain at the time, shot his own son to stop him. Investigators said Grigsby has struggles with mental health problems.

A driver struck a pedestrian in the Clairemont area Monday afternoon, San Diego Fire-Rescue officials confirmed.

The crash happened at Balboa Avenue and Mt. Everest Boulevard at about 3:20 p.m.

The pedestrian was taken to UCSD Medical Center with unknown injuries.

Police are investigating how the collision happened.

This year is gearing up to be one of the deadliest years on the nation’s roads in the last decade, with California as one of the notably dangerous states for drivers.

Traffic deaths are 14 percent higher over the first six months of this year compared to the same period last year, the National Safety Council reported. The United States is on pace to have the deadliest driving year since 2007.

Nearly 19,000 people have died in traffic crashes nationwide and more than 2.2 million more were seriously injured, according to the council's August 17 report.

In California, 1,566 people have died in crashes, a 20-percent increase over the same period last year.

California, Florida and Louisiana were among 10 states that saw at least a 20-percent increase in traffic deaths. The state that experienced the greatest rise was Oregon with a 59-percent increase in crash-related deaths.

However, some states, like Connecticut and Delaware, saw dips in motor vehicle-related deaths.

Experts with the National Safety Council attribute the nationwide hike to lower gas prices and better economy. In simple terms, if gas costs less and more people can afford to drive, more will take vacations.

To ensure driving safety, the council recommends drivers to get plenty of sleep or take regular breaks before long trips, never use your cellphone and make sure every passenger buckles up.

More than a dozen horses rescued from a Jamul property will be up for adoption starting Tuesday.

County Animal Services took 10 horses after their owner relinquished them on Friday, but because it was getting too late and dark, officers had to return the next day to seize another four.

All of the rescued animals are underweight, officials say, and many have other medical problems, according to Animal Services Deputy Director Dan DeSousa.

He said prospective adopters should know these horses will require extra feed and medical attention until they are restored back to health.

Earlier this month, a mare and a colt were seized from the same property when animal control officers found them in a “life-threatening situation,” they said.

The agency impounded 16 horses in all, including four stallions, two geldings and eight mares.

They are housed at the county’s Bonita animal care facility, and all are eating very well, DeSousa said.

Animal control officers are considering submitting this case to the District Attorney’s office for possible criminal charges against the owner.

DeSousa told NBC 7 horses sometimes become victims of neglect when people cannot afford the high cost of hay or as high a quality of feed as their animals require. Another big expense is veterinarians, who often must make house calls to care for livestock.

A panel in Ferguson, Missouri, offered a set of "tough" recommendations Monday to reform the city's criminal justice system in the wake of Michael Brown's death at the hands of a police officer and the violent protests that followed.

The Ferguson Commission released a 198-page report, which co-chairman Rev. Starsky Wilson described as "a path toward racial equity," NBC News reported. It calls for sweeping reforms of the local criminal justice system and documents years of deep racial and economic disparities that exploded on the streets of Ferguson after Brown's Aug. 9, 2014 shooting.

"This was tough," Wilson said at a news conference, in which the commission presented its findings to Missouri's governor. "The only promise we could make to the region is that it gets tougher."

Rev. Wilson, and his co-chairman, Rich McClure, acknowledged that the panel couldn't compel officials to enact the changes it recommended, but urged the public not to let their 10 months of study go to waste.

At least one person was rescued from a canyon in the Tijuana River Valley Monday.

Someone fell into the canyon near Monument Road and Hollister Street just before 8 a.m., U.S. Border Patrol agents said.

San Diego Fire-Rescue crews were called in and used one of their helicopters to lift the person out of the gully.

No details were available on the person's condition or what the person was doing in the area.

Check back for updates on this developing story.
 

A minor was arrested by Chula Vista Police Sunday after a police helicopter reported a laser originating from the teen's home. 

A green laser originated from the front yard of the teenager's home around 9:45 p.m., according to police.

The San Diego Police helicopter was in the area, flying over the teen's home when the pilot reported seeing the laser pointed into the cockpit.

Chula Vista police responded and took a 15-year-old into custody. It’s the policy of NBC 7 not to identify minors accused of crimes.

“It’s dangerous to be pointing lasers at anybody,” Lt. Phil Collum with Chula Vista Police. “It’s even more dangerous when you’re pointing it at somebody who is flying an object overhead.”

The teenager was released under his parents' supervision. Any charges in this case will be determined by the San Diego County District Attorney's Office.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away, the old saying goes. That may apply to aspirin, too, after a medical agency recommended that Americans take more aspirin to preempt heart attacks, strokes and, now, colon cancer, NBC News reports. 

The recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force are likely to be controversial, because even low doses of aspirin can sometimes cause deadly internal bleeding in the stomach, intestines and brain. It's not easy to tell who's at risk and the bleeding often doesn't cause symptoms.

But the task force's recommendations are very specific and based on studies that show who can benefit from taking a daily low-dose aspirin.

"This is a new approach that makes a great deal of sense," said Eric Jacobs, of the American Cancer Society. "No major health organization has previously recommended the use of aspirin to prevent cancer."

Several Marines injured in a deadly rollover during routine training Thursday have been released from the hospital while others remain in critical condition, Camp Pendleton officials said. 

Corporal Bryan Michael Lauw, 21, died and 18 others were injured when a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) rolled during routine training Thursday.

Lauw, a resident of Denham Springs, Louisiana, was assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division. During his career, Lauw was awarded multiple prestigious medals and four letters of appreciation, according to Marine authorities. Read more about his achievements by clicking here. 

One Marine in critical condition as of Saturday has improved and is now in stable condition, according to 1st Lt. Colleen McFadden. Five Marines previously in stable condition have been discharged from the hospital and nine others involved have been released from the hospital. 

Of the nine Marines still in the hospital, five Marines involved are in critical condition and four are in stable condition, according to 1st Lt. Colleen McFadden.

Marine officials have not detailed how the MTVR — also known as a 7-ton truck — toppled over at the base, north of San Diego.

MTVRs are primarily used to transport people, fuel, food and supplies.

Retired Navy veteran Mitch Finley, who said he trained to drive MTVRs, told NBC 7 the vehicle is quite automated.

"There's no gears to shift or anything else," he said. "Put it in drive and park and it's very stable, lots of automatic options as far as traction devices, tire inflation options — just a real solid vehicle. Not top heavy." 

Finley works on base now and said the accident happened on a corner of a main road where their have been other problems, though he is not sure why.

An investigation into the incident is underway.

 Officials have identified the man stabbed and killed in front of a motorcycle club in unincorporated El Cajon. 

Michael Raymond Brown, 26, died after the fight on the 100 block of Sierra Vista Drive at approximately 2:51 a.m. Saturday.

The San Diego County Medical Examiner's office ruled his death as a homicide, but will not release an official cause of death. 

The initial investigation revealed several men got into an argument which quickly turned into a fight involving various types of weapons. The fight happened just outside Stray Dogs Motorcycle Club.

Sheriff's deputies have not yet identified a suspect, Lt. John Maryon said. 

"When you get that call, you hear your family member's in the trauma unit, the first thing on your mind is oh my god you know. Are they going to survive?" Laurie Peacock, mom of a hurt club member, told NBC7. Her son was hit twice in the head with a bat.

Peacock says her son is the vice-president of the club and her son is a member. She also says the Stray Dogs is different from other motorcycle clubs.

"They get pretty rowdy at night, but it seemed like a nice club, nice group of guys," said Holly Caddle, who lives nearby.

 The 26-year old was stabbed during the fight and was taken to the hospital, but later died. Several other men involved were also treated for non-life threatening injuries.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Homicide Detail at (858) 974-2321/after hours at (858) 565-5200.

A driver on his way to pick up brake fluid plowed into an auto parts store in North Park Monday, shattering the glass door and crushing multiple displays inside.

The man in his 80s became trapped when he drove his 1989 Mazda all the way into the O'Reilly Auto Parts at 3105 El Cajon Boulevard. 

"I hear a car come up and he's going awfully fast and... a little faster than you would if you're pulling into a stall," said witness Christopher Rojas Franklin.

He said he had just left the store and was working under the hood of his vehicle when he heard the crash, looked up and saw a cloud of smoke inside the store.

One person inside dove out of the way when he saw the car coming toward him.

When rescuers pulled the driver out, they discovered the man was not injured. Police drove him home, officials say.

"He was moderately coherent," Franklin said of the driver. "He was talking. He needed to get home immediately so it's important. He drove through O'Reilly."

The store was left with significant damage.

San Diego State University police are searching for a suspect who they say followed a female student into her classroom and touched her breast on Monday.

The SDSU student first noticed the suspect as he walked into her class at the Life Sciences North building at about 1:20 p.m.

According to police, the man sat very close to the victim and started commenting on her clothing.

He then reached out and touched the woman's breast, so the victim pushed his hand away, officials say.

After the suspect tried two more times to touch her inappropriately, another student noticed his behavior and scared him away.

The suspect is described as an Asian man, between 20 and 25 years old, standing 5-feet-6-inches. He has evenly cut, medium-length black hair and was wearing a black shirt and jeans at the time of the incident. Officials say he spoke with a heavy accent.

If you know anything about this man, call campus police at 619-594-1991 or email police@mail.sdsu.edu.

Another incident of sexual battery was reported at SDSU over the weekend when a suspect burglarized a campus dorm and forced a female student to touch his groin area.