April 23, 2016
Police are searching for a man who allegedly abducted and sexually assaulted a woman in West Philadelphia, according to multiple reports.
Authorities say a 23-year-old man forced at gunpoint a 20-year-old woman inside a vehicle on 49th Street and Lancaster Avenue at approximately 4 a.m. on Saturday morning. The suspect bound the victim with duct tape and sexually assaulted her, NBC10 reports.
.@PhillyPolice @ 57th/Larchwood where a woman was left after being kidnapped & raped overnight. @NBCPhiladelphia pic.twitter.com/GJ5Dmysu9i
— Brandon Hudson (@BHudTV) April 23, 2016
The woman freed herself around 3 p.m. at South 57th Street and Larchwood Avenue, according to 6ABC.
The suspect is described as a black male with a long beard and dreadlocks, driving a black four-door car with a rear window covered with a trash bag.