The Anaheim Police Department is seeking the public’s help to identify other potential victims of a 33-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl he met on social networking
site MySpace.
Matthew Casteneda was arrested Friday and booked on lewd and lascivious behavior with a child under the age of 14. His alleged victim was found at an Anaheim hotel, just outside Disneyland, about
two and a half hours after being reported missing in Santa Ana on
Wednesday.
Investigators say the girl told officers she had been sexually assaulted by a man she met through MySpace, according to KTLA News.
"They met at South Coast Plaza and took a bus up to Anaheim, where he
took her to a hotel and sexually assaulted her," Santa Ana Police
Cpl. Anthony Bertagna told KTLA News.
According to police, Casteneda is missing a front tooth, has a pierced left ear and has multiple tattoos: a "13” on his stomach, "CF" behind his
left ear, "Calle Flores" on his right arm and back, "Romona" on his right
shoulder and "MC" on his left shoulder.
Anyone with more information is asked to call Anaheim police at (714) 497-6608 or (714) 765-1958.
— Shelby Grad