After a week-long manhunt, prosecutors on Saturday charged a man with sexually assaulting a woman at a Northwest Side forest preserve last weekend. John G. Lang, 45, whose address was unknown, was ordered detained by Judge John Hock during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse, court records show.
The Forest Preserves of Cook County said Lang is accused of sexually assaulting a 29-year-old woman in LaBagh Woods around 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 23. The alleged attack occurred about 500 feet from the parking lot on the east side of the preserve in a heavily wooded area, according to the forest preserves. That section of the preserve stretches roughly between Bryn Mawr and Foster avenues, from Cicero Avenue east to the Northeastern Illinois University campus. The victim was taken to Swedish Covenant Hospital and has since been released.
Investigators released an artist’s sketch of the suspected assailant on Tuesday and asked the public for help identifying him. How they ultimately closed in on Lang has not been disclosed. He is charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault causing bodily harm and aggravated battery with strangulation.
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