NEW YORK, NY – Police in New York are searching for a rapist who attacked a 49-year-old woman who was walking near the Greenwood Cemetery on Saturday.
According to detectives from the 72nd Precinct, at around 3 am, the woman was walking in the vicinity of 27th Street and 5th Avenue when she was approached by an unknown male individual who engaged her in a conversation.
“The individual then pushed the victim to the ground, threatened her, and pulled her into a nearby driveway where he forcibly raped the victim. The individual demanded she performs further sexual acts on him and punched her in the head when she refused,” police reported.
The suspect then fled on foot. The woman was treated at the hospital for multiple injuries.
The suspect is described as a male, medium build, with short dark hair. He was last seen wearing a black bubble coat, black shirt, blue jeans, and white sneakers.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, on Twitter @NYPDTips.
All calls are strictly confidential.
