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St. Louis tourist, 21, raped by stranger in NYC subway station: cops
The perv rode with the 21-year-old St. Louis tourist 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, au…
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St. Louis tourist, 21, raped by stranger in NYC subway station: cops
By
Amanda Woods
September 9, 2022 11:03am
Updated
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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.
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.