An investigation into a rape incident at the Hillcrest Inn in Independence on Thursday night, April 23, led to the arrest of a 31-year-old Independence man not only in that sexual assault but also on various drug charges.

Sheriff Robert Dierks said a deputy was notified by Mercy Hospital staff late Thursday about a 20-year-old Independence Community College female student who claimed she was raped at the Hillcrest Inn, 3146 N. Penn. The student named Roy Kimball Miller, a Hillcrest Inn resident, as the person who committed the assault.

The student claimed Miller provided her with alcoholic beverages and had give her some type of a prescription pill.
Read more