Tongueless man arrested in emergency room after rape victim bites back

MURRIETA, Calif - A Southern California man will stand trial in the rapes of four women, including one alleged victim who authorities say bit off the tongue of her attacker. The Riverside County District Attorney's Office said Monday that a judge in Murrieta ordered Ronald Douglas McGowan, 32, to trial after a preliminary hearing on 12 felony counts, including rape, forcible rape, assault with a deadly weapon and assault causing serious bodily injury. Prosecutors say one of the victims bit off part of McGowan's tongue in self-defense during a June 5 rape at her apartment. McGowan, of West Covina, was arrested at an emergency room where he went for treatment. His tongue could not be reattached.