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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Authorities have dropped charges against a Colorado man accused of raping a University of Missouri-Kansas City student in a campus dorm.

Twenty-two-year-old Juan Contreras, of Greeley, Colorado, was charged in March with one count of rape. The Kansas City Star reports prosecutors dismissed the case after talking with the alleged victim and witnesses. He was released from custody Tuesday.

Michael Mansur, spokesman for the Jackson County Prosecutor, says prosecutors determined they couldn't prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt.

The rape allegedly occurred in February...