Records reveal past of man in library attack

February 22, 2004 - 10:38am — Blake

An Anonymous Patron writes "Brian David McCutchen is accused of the Feb. 7 assault. In Colorado, police were told that he stalked a woman.

By Julie Stoiber and Jennifer Lin

Inquirer Staff Writers

The homeless man arrested in the rape and choking of an 8-year-old at a neighborhood library in Center City this month was a menacing presence in his hometown, too.

Brian David McCutchen, 23, stalked a young woman in Estes Park, Colo., five years ago, according to a complaint filed with police there, going so far as to sleep in his car outside her home at night.

"Brian has become obsessed," the young woman's aunt told police in a written statement. "We have become very worried."

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