A Riverside man who rented a room in the home of a 9-year-old girl who was kidnapped and assaulted has been arrested and charged with attempted murder and sexual assault, police said.
Jose Wilson Rojas Guzman, 30, was booked into the Riverside county jail on charges of attempted murder, kidnapping with injury, aggravated child sexual assault. He is being held on $1 million bail.
A DNA match led police to arrest Guzman Monday evening, according to Lt. Guy Toussaint with the Riverside Police Dept. Detectives were hoping that DNA would provide a break in the case.
Guzman rented a room at the home the victim shared with her mother and siblings and may have met the mother while she was working as a bartender at a Riverside bar, Toussaint said.
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