Sketch Released in Attempted Child Abduction Case in Oak Park

Oak Park, IL - The Oak Park Police Department has released a composite sketch of a person wanted in connection with an April 25 attempted child abduction in Fox Park.

Anyone who recognizes this man or who has information about the suspicious incident is asked to call Oak Park police at 708-386-3800.

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Police were called around 10:30 a.m. April 25 for reports of a suspicious person at Fox Park near Jackson Boulevard and Oak Park Avenue, according to Oak Park police.

Witnesses said an unknown black man with an accent called to two young children from the playground area. The children approached the man, and he reached over the fence and picked up the younger child. The man then turned as if he was going to walk away.

People in the park who saw the interaction confronted the man, and he put down the child, police reported. The man was last seen walking southbound on Oak Park Avenue toward Jackson Boulevard.

The sketch is based on descriptions of the man, who may have been about 25 to 35 years old, 5 feet 10 inches to 5 feet 11 inches tall with a stocky build, a dark complexion, a round face and dark eyes, police reported.

The man was wearing a black hat that might have been a baseball cap, a black long-sleeve shirt, black pants and black fingerless gloves. He may have had a black jacket or sweater tied around his waist. He may have had facial hair, and he was described as having bushy sideburns.

Sketch courtesy of Oak Park police.