Man charged with kidnapping a UCLA student, raping a Culver City woman is found dead
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A 26-year-old man who was charged in April with kidnapping a female UCLA student in March 2026 and the rape of another woman in October 2025 in Culver City has died, multiple Law enforcement sources tell NBC 4 Police and paramedics responded to the 800 block of San Vicente shortly before 6 p.m.
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A 26-year-old man who was charged in April with kidnapping a female UCLA student in March 2026 and the rape of another woman in October 2025 in Culver City has died, multiple Law enforcement sources tell NBC 4 Police and paramedics responded to the 800 block of San Vicente shortly before 6 p.m.
Alexander Schecter had been due in Airport Courthouse on Oct. 6 for a preliminary hearing on a slate of severe felony counts, including kidnapping to commit another crime, first-degree residential robbery and forcible rape.
A Santa Monica man accused of kidnapping a female UCLA student and raping another woman in Culver City killed himself a day before he was scheduled to appear in court.
