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MARY CALLAHAN

THE PRESS DEMOCRAT | April 15, 2017, 10:29AM

| Updated 2 hours ago.

A 17-year-old Santa Rosa girl who ran away from home in February reached out to her parents for help Friday, saying her 28-year-old boyfriend had been beating her and holding her against her will in a southwest Santa Rosa apartment, police said.

The boyfriend, Norman Alejandro Tapia, already had a warrant out for his arrest for suspicion of forcible rape involving the same girl, stemming from an incident in Scotts Valley, police said.

On Friday evening, the girl texted her parents with photos of her injuries, authorities said. She said her boyfriend had been preventing her from leaving and threatened to kill her if police showed up.

When officers responded to the Billie Jean Street address that she provided her parents, they knocked on the apartment door and heard a female voice inside, but no one answered the door or responded, authorities said.

The victim eventually fled through the front door and said two men were inside, including Tapia.

The girl had numerous visible injuries that she said were inflicted by Tapia and said she had tried repeatedly to leave, police said.

Both men were detained, but one, a roommate, was found not to have been involved, police said.

Tapia was arrested on suspicion of false imprisonment, domestic battery and unlawful sex with a minor, police said.

He was being held at the Sonoma County Jail with bail set at $375,000, which includes the amount on the earlier warrant and a $250,000 bail enhancement, authorities said.

Tapia is to make his first appearance in Sonoma County court on Tuesday.

You can reach Staff Writer Mary Callahan at 707-521-5249 or mary.callahan@pressdemocrat.com. On Twitter @MaryCallahanB.

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