During the July 7 interviews with Baylor police, Hammad reportedly said he was concerned for his ex-girlfriend’s safety and had spent most the previous night looking for her. The arrest affidavit states Hammad told officers he went to an apartment where he thought the victim may have been staying with her mother. He said he found the door open and went inside.

He told officers he found the apartment empty and later went to local hotels to look for the woman.

“Hammad advised after an unsuccessful search, he knew she would have to attend class the next morning and found her walking into class,” the arrest affidavit states. “Hammad advised he just wanted to talk to the victim in an attempt to mend their troubled relationship.”

The woman told investigators she believed she and Hammad ended their relationship in early May and that Hammad was a “manipulative individual and was very persuasive in his attempts to mend their relationship,” the arrest affidavit states.

At the time of the incident, the woman told police she did not wish to pursue charges, according to the university’s campus crime log. The Baylor University Title IX Office also was notified of the incident.