A woman was sexually assaulted and robbed while jogging along a lakefront trail in the South Chicago neighborhood on Saturday morning, police said.
The 44-year-old victim was running along the path in Rainbow Park, near the lake at 79th Street, when a man approached her from behind around 6:05 a.m., according to CPD. The assailant threw her to the ground, sexually assaulted her, then grabbed the woman’s cellphone and fled on foot, police said.
CPD’s alert described the attacker as a Black man in his 30s, between 5-foot-8 and 5-foot-10, weighing approximately 170 pounds, with short black hair. He was last seen wearing a blue or gray shirt and blue jeans.
Anyone with information can contact Area Two Detectives at 312-747-8271 or submit an anonymous tip at CPDTIP.com using case number #JK-293065.
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