Police Hunt Rape Suspect in Cypress
Cypress police are searching for a man who raped a woman he found jogging alone on a track at Lexington Junior High School late Friday night.
Police Lt. Gordon Re said the man threatened the woman with a long, double-edged knife and forced her into a secluded area, where he raped her at about 10:30 p.m.
The man then demanded that the woman take him to her car, but she refused and ran away, Re said. Re said the man chased her until a motorist stopped to help her and scared the man away.
The driver took the woman to Martin Luther Hospital Medical Center in Anaheim, Re said, where she was treated and released.
Police describe the suspect as 5 feet, 8 inches tall, about 160 pounds, with long, curly brown hair and an acne-pitted complexion. They say he is about 25 years old, of Latino descent and was last seen wearing blue pants, a dark shirt and a yellow vest.
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