Sketch Released In Oakland Park Sexual Assault
OAKLAND PARK (CBS4) - An Oakland Park woman was sexually assaulted in her own home at knife point late last week. On Tuesday evening the Broward Sheriff's Office plans to blanket the area around her apartment building with a sketch of the suspect in hopes that someone recognizes him and gives them a call.
The attack happened last Thursday at the Oasis Apartments complex in the 100 block of NE 38th Street. The 30-year old woman said around 2 a.m. she opened the front door of her unit to let her dog out.
"As she turned, she noticed the suspect was right there. He forced himself inside the apartment and actually retrieved a knife from her kitchen area and forced her to the floor and that's when he viciously and sexually attacked her," said sheriff's department spokeswoman Veda Coleman-Wright.
During the attack, the woman said she continually struggled to get the man off her. When he left, she ran to a neighbor's apartment for help.
Sue Carroll, a neighbor, said the woman told her she had been stabbed during the attack.
"It was like a stab mark here (pointing to her stomach) and I think a stab mark on the arm," said Carroll who added that the wounds didn't look deep.
Other neighbors told CBS4 that the woman lived in the apartment with her fiancé who was at work when the attack happened.
"I've never seen him before, he doesn't look familiar at all," said Toria Morgan after looking at the police sketch.
Morgan said it scares her knowing there is a rapist on loose, one who is bold enough to watch, wait and strike when the opportunity is right.
"That's scary because I'm usually out about that time, getting something from the store and coming back home, but if that's the case I won't come outside at all," said Morgan.
The man was described as being a white male with short blond hair, approximately 5'10" tall and weighing about 160 pounds. Sheriff's investigators don't believe this was a random attack but rather the man had been watching her, waiting for his chance to strike.
Anyone with information on this case is asked to call BSO Special Victims Unit Det. Michele McCardle at (954) 321-4240 or call Broward Crime Stoppers at (954) 493-TIPS (8477).
