Police believe Raleigh man accused of rape targeted women through remodeling business
ONE SOURCE FOR LOCAL NEWS, WRAL
NEWS COVERAGE. YOU CAN GO.
>> TARGETING WOMEN INSIDE THEIR
HOMES. THOSE ARE THE
ACCUSATIONS FROM DURHAM POLICE.
42 YEAR-OLD JOSE CARNAHAN, A
GUZMAN IS FACING CHARGES FOR
RAPE AND KIDNAPPING POLICE
BELIEVE HE USED HIS REMODELING
BUSINESS TO TARGET WOMEN.
WRAL. SHAUN GALLAGHER JOINING
US NOW LIVE IN DURHAM. SEAN,
POLICE FEEL THIS STORY COULD
ACTUALLY ULTIMATELY LEAD TO
MORE VICTIMS COMING FORWARD.
>> YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. LENA.
AND THERE'S A LOCAL VICTIMS
ADVOCACY GROUP THAT TELLS ME IF
SOMEONE WAS ACCUSED OF THIS,
IT'S LIKELY NOT THEIR FIRST
TIME. CARNAHAN, YOUR GUZMAN
IS BEING HELD ON A $300,000
BOND. AND THERE'S A VERY REAL
POSSIBILITY. HE WAS OPERATING
MULTIPLE BUSINESSES UNDER
DIFFERENT NAMES.
>> POLICE ARE HOPING SEEING
AND WILL ENCOURAGE MORE VICTIMS
TO SPEAK OUT. THEY BELIEVE 42
YEAR-OLD JOSE CAR TO HANYU
GUZMAN OWNS J C G REMODELING
LLC, A COMPANY. THEY SAY HE WAS
USING TO TARGET WOMEN. THAT
COMPANY DOESN'T EXIST IN THE
STATE'S DATABASE, BUT CAR TO A
NEW FLOORING DOES SHARING THE
SAME RALLY CAR TO A NEW GUZMAN
TO ARREST WARRANT AND ADDRESS.
WE TRIED TO MAKE CONTACT BUT
NO ONE ANSWERED. THE BUSINESS
WAS CREATED IN 2019 BUT
DISSOLVED IN 2021 BECAUSE HE
DID NOT FILE AN ANNUAL REPORT.
POLICE BELIEVE 4 YEARS AFTER
THAT COMPANY DISSOLVED THAT
HE RAPED A WOMAN IN DURHAM.
BUT SCARY TO ME IS.
>> HE MAY HAVE A COMPANY MADE
THE PREDATES TWENTY-TWENTY
WOULD THAT THE WOMEN WOULD EVEN
KNOW TO COME FORWARD. MONIQUE,
A JOHNSON HOSTLER AT THE NORTH
CAROLINA COALITION AGAINST
ASSAULT SAYS IN HER NEARLY 30
YEARS WORKING AS A VICTIMS
ADVOCATE, SHE'S NEVER HEARD OF
THIS SCHEME.
>> SHE SAYS EVERYONE SHOULD
VERIFY A BUSINESS LIKE THIS
THEMSELVES AND NOT JUST RELY
ON RECOMMENDATIONS. BUT IF ALL
ELSE FAILS, SHE ENCOURAGES
PEOPLE TO NOT BE AFRAID TO STOP
DOING BUSINESS WITH SOMEONE IF
THEY FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE ANYTIME
YOU FEEL YOURSELF.
>> CREATING EXCUSE OR RATIONALE
FOR SOMETHING SOMEONE ELSE DID
IS ARE IN STATES THAT WE SHOULD
PAY ATTENTION TO THAT.
>> NOW PART OF A NEW GUZMAN
WAS ARRESTED IN 2008 IN WAKE
COUNTY FOR A DRUNK DRIVING HIT
AND RUN CRASH. BUT HE NEVER
APPEARED FOR THOSE COURT
HEARINGS. SO THOSE CHARGES ARE
STILL PENDING TODAY. NOW CAR TO
A NEW GUZMAN DOES HAVE MULTIPLE
PHOTOS THAT WE'VE INCLUDED
ONLINE. AND POLICE ARE
ENCOURAGING YOU IF YOU
RECOGNIZE HIM AT ALL OR YOU
WERE INVOLVED IN A SITUATION