A man arrested last week for sexually assaulting a woman may have attacked others, San Marcos Police say. On Tuesday, the city issued a press release saying it’s believed there may be other victims of 35-year-old John Tate McFarland “from both the San Marcos and Austin areas.”
According to an affidavit of probable cause for his arrest, the victim in the case had gone downtown with friends on Feb. 20 and parked her car near Chimy’s, but became separated from the group after they went to Vodka Street. She told investigating officers she only had a few drinks, but the next thing she knew, she was at a stranger’s house and he was having sex with her.
Hours later when he went to the bathroom, she used his phone to call her mother, who told police her daughter was saying she needed help and that she “sounded out of breath and told her not to call the number back.” She later told police she had asked him to take her home or call an Uber but he had refused. After he came out of the bathroom and realized she’d placed a call, however, he did take her home. The document does not say she gave him the address. “She said that he knew where she lived and she was scared,” the document states.
