The rape and beating of a female student at the University of Wisconsin in Madison over the weekend has the campus community in an uproar.
Local police are asking for the public’s help in tracking down the unidentified assailant, who left him critically injured in the college town’s commercial district at 3:30 a.m. Sunday.
The stranger broke the woman’s jaw, strangled her and caused “life-threatening” injuries in the attack, police said.
He was rushed to a local hospital after a passerby saw his condition and called the police.
The woman in her 20s is expected to survive.
A local resident said he was “grazed” from the street and dragged between two houses before the attack, according to WISN.
The victim is a student at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.Shutterstock
“Detectives and investigators over the weekend collected physical, digital and biological evidence. We still need any surveillance video from this area,” Madison police said Tuesday.
City officials said they are expanding patrols in the area following the attack.
“#Madison, WI and UW police increased patrols & campus community urged to be vigilant following early morning violent attack in W. Wilson & Bedford area,” the city said on X (formerly Twitter).
The attack took place near the city center. Google Maps
Students received an email from University of Wisconsin Police Chief Kristen Roman on Sunday informing them of the incident.
“We are very concerned about these individuals, keeping them and their families in our thoughts and providing all possible support,” he said in the message.
As of Wednesday morning, no arrests have been made or suspects identified in the case.
“We also want people to walk in groups whenever possible, especially at night. We encourage people to be aware of their surroundings, walk with their phones down, earphones out, etc.,” police spokeswoman Stephanie Fryer said.
The city’s mayor, Satya Rhodes-Conway, conveying his condolences to the victims and trying to reassure the local people in the X broadcast.
“I want to assure the community that attacks like this are extremely rare in Madison,” he wrote.
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