Crime & Safety

Police Looking For This Suspected Serial Rapist

The man in this sketch is wanted for sexual assaults around Detroit with women he met through online dating sites.

DETROIT, MI — Detroit police are looking for a man they say is wanted in connection to three criminal sexual conduct incidents and one attempted sexual assault, according to reports.

Investigators believe this suspect is also connected to at least three sexual assaults that occurred on the city’s west side March 29, July 15, and Aug. 30 of this year.

The ages of the victims are 22, 25 and 28, and at least two of them had contact with the suspect on a social media dating site, according to reports.

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In the latest incident, on Sept. 10 around 1:34 a.m., a 22-year-old female victim picked up the suspect who she recently met at a gas station, WDIV reported. Shortly after he entered her vehicle, he physically assaulted her then demanded that she drive to another location.

In an attempt to get the suspect out of her car, the victim reportedly crashed her vehicle into a parked car near the Southfield Freeway Service Drive and Lyndon Street. The suspect then fled on foot from the location.

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The suspect is described as a black man between 26 to 30, 5 feet six inches, 150 pounds, medium brown complexion, dark brown eyes, medium build with no mustache and a black beard, wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, with a black mesh half face mask.

If anyone has seen this individual, call Detroit police at 313-596-1950 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-Speak Up.

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