Authorities say that a Saudi national studying at the University of Montana fled the country after a female student reported being drugged and raped by the man, and the school called the man without contacting police

School officials say that the rape occurred on February 10, 2012 but wasn't reported to the school until February 17, 2012 as the school investigated another female student's report to campus police about being assaulted by the same man. The school that day called the man and also issued a campus-wide email about a possible threat to the community. School President Royce Engstrom said that Missoula police learned of the reported assaults from the email and contacted the school. Police interviewed the women, but by that time the Saudi man had disappeared.