St. Louis tourist, 21, raped by stranger in NYC subway station: cops

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St. Louis tourist, 21, raped by stranger in NYC subway station: cops​



By
Amanda Woods


September 9, 2022 11:03am
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A 21-year-old St. Louis tourist was accosted and raped inside a New York City subway station by a man who approached her at a Times Square hub offering to show her around, authorities said.
The woman was inside the station at 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue around 3 a.m. Sept. 1 when the perv walked up and said he’d show her around, cops said.
He rode with her on the train to multiple stations before stopping at a final, unknown location, where he took her to the end of the platform near the tunnel and raped her, authorities said.
The creep allegedly walked up to the woman inside the 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue station around 3 a.m. Sept. 1 and offered to show her around before the horrifying sex assault. Cops say this alleged rapist walked up to a woman inside the 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue station around 3 a.m. Sept. 1 and offered to show her around before unleashing a horrifying sex assault. NYPD
The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital after the horrifying ordeal.
Her attacker was still on the loose Friday morning.
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Cops released a sketch of him late Thursday and described him as a dark-skinned man with facial hair and a scar on his forehead.


He was last seen wearing burgundy and gold shorts and black-and-white Croc shoes.
 
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