The University of Montana knew the name of the male student accused of sexually assaulting two female students on campus earlier this month, but waited a week before passing it along to Missoula police.

Police have not been able to find or interview the man, said Missoula Police Detective Sgt. Travis Welsh.

And a fellow student at the UM international students’ residence – where the man, who is Saudi, lived and where at least one of the alleged assaults occurred – said Thursday that the man has not been seen for a few days.

The man is listed as the alleged assailant in a report to campus police that a woman was forced into a vehicle in the Lommasson Center parking lot at about 2:30 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 10.

Late in the afternoon on the following Friday, the university sent an email to the entire campus community. It warned that on Feb. 10, two women made separate reports that they were forced to drink alcohol by a male acquaintance, who then drove them to a home on or near campus where he “attempted to or did sexually assault them.”

Police spoke with UM Vice President Jim Foley after seeing the email and learned the alleged assailant’s name.