Man arrested in MySpace rape case

COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS — A California man previously convicted of having sex with a minor was arrested after detectives said he raped a 13-year-old girl he met on MySpace.

William Suh, 24, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail Monday night for investigation of one count of object rape of a child. Investigators believe Suh met his victim on MySpace several weeks ago, said Cottonwood Heights police detective Beau Babka. After a couple of weeks of conversing through the social-networking Web site, the two decided to meet, and Suh traveled to Utah, Babka said. He arrived in Cottonwood Heights about three weeks ago and stayed with the girl and her sister after he arrived, Babka said.

"It almost sounds like (the victim) got in well over her head," Babka said.

The two had "sexual contact on multiple occasions" during the weeks he was with her, according to a Salt Lake County Jail report.

The girl eventually called her father and told him what had happened. He called police. Suh was previously convicted in California on charges of having sex with a minor, carrying a loaded firearm and making terroristic threats.

— Pat Reavy