A B.C. man charged in the vicious beating and sexual assault of a young Penticton woman in front of her toddler is facing more charges.
On top of an attempted murder charge, David Bobbitt is now accused of two counts each of unlawful confinement and uttering threats, aggravated sexual assault, robbery and assault with a weapon.
The RCMP claim the weapon used in the attack was a wooden stick.
Police have said the woman and her 22-month-old son were confined for more than 12 hours in a Penticton second-hand store.
Investigations are also looking for a woman who may have picked up Mr. Bobbitt after the assault on Highway 97 near the Penticton airport, who apparently said to him: "You look like you need a ride."
Mr. Bobbitt managed to avoid police for several days by camping under the trees of an orchard near Oliver, B.C.