Defendant Sentenced for Sexually Assaulting Foreign College Student

DATE: June 29, 2026

CASE: Kevin Davis (Case #24FE019288)

PROSECUTOR: Deputy District Attorney Brandon Jack, Adult Sexual Assault Prosecution Unit

The Honorable Ernest Sawtelle sentenced Kevin Davis to 25 years to life in prison. On May 12, 2026, a jury convicted Davis of forcible rape. Allegations that Davis has two prior strike convictions for assault with a firearm and aggravating factors of vulnerable victim and prior prison term were also found true.

The victim had come to the United States from Europe to attend college. On November 2, 2023, she traveled alone to make a return trip from a conference by way of Greyhound and Amtrak. At 2:00 a.m., she was dropped off at the Greyhound Station on Richards Boulevard so she could go to the Amtrak station on I Street and take a train home. The victim was unfamiliar with Sacramento and had no working cellphone. She made her way to a gas station and asked a clerk to call her a taxi; however, it never arrived. Davis arrived and offered the victim a ride to the Amtrak station. She eventually agreed and got into his car. Davis drove the victim to a secluded area by the river, locked her in his car, and threatened that he had had guns and would sexually assault her if she did not willingly comply with his sexual demands. Davis forced the victim to perform sexual acts with him before raping her.