Man sentenced for rape of foreign college student, Sacramento DA says
A Sacramento County man who sexually assaulted an international college student was sentenced Friday to 25 years to life in prison, the Sacramento District Attorney’s Office announced Monday.
Kevin Lemar Davis, 46, was convicted of forcible rape by a jury May 12. Sacramento Superior Court Judge Ernest Sawtelle sentenced Davis on Friday to 25 years to life in prison under California’s “three strikes” law. Davis has prior strike convictions for assault with a firearm in 1996 and 2018 and has previously served prison time, according to prosecutors.
According to the DA’s Office, Davis encountered the victim — a college student from Europe studying in the United States — at a gas station on Nov. 2, 2023. The victim was returning home from a conference by Greyhound bus and Amtrak train after being dropped off at the Greyhound station on Richards Boulevard at 2 a.m. She was trying to locate the Sacramento Valley Station on I Street to catch an Amtrak train home, prosecutors said.
Unfamiliar with Sacramento and without a working cellphone, she went to a gas station and asked the clerk to call a taxi that never arrived. Davis then offered the victim a ride to the Amtrak station.
After she eventually agreed and entered Davis’ vehicle, he drove her to a secluded area by the river, locked her in the vehicle and threatened her, claiming he had guns and would sexually assault her if she did not comply with his demands. He then forced her to perform sexual acts and raped her, according to the DA’s office.
The case was investigated by the Sacramento Police Department and Davis was arrested on Nov. 21, 2024.
Davis remains in the custody of the Sacramento County Main Jail awaiting transfer to a CDCR facility.
