CASPER, Wyo. — Authorities say a Casper woman was assaulted at her front door, raped at knifepoint in her living room and left bound on the floor, and they say one of the men charged in the attack claimed that he thought it was invited.
Two men are accused. One is charged with carrying out the rape. The other, the woman’s ex-boyfriend, stands accused of posing as the victim online and claiming she harbored a rape fantasy and wanted to be assaulted.
Prosecutor Mike Blonigen, the Natrona County district attorney, has charged Ty Oliver McDowell, 26, of Bar Nunn, a Casper suburb, with three counts of first-degree sexual assault, one count of kidnapping and one count of aggravated burglary. Jebidiah James Stipe, 27, a Marine based in Twentynine Palms, Calif., is charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree sexual assault.
A few days before the Casper woman was raped, she had complained to the Natrona County Sheriff’s Department that someone had made a false Craigslist posting about her. The ad read, “Need a real aggressive man with no concern for women,” authorities said. Craigslist took the advertisement down, but it was up long enough to catch the attention of McDowell.
