Panhandler stabbed woman in Stamford, police say

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STAMFORD — Police are looking for a panhandler who allegedly stabbed a woman as she was out for a walk with her child on Myrtle Avenue Saturday night.

Lt. Diedrich Hohn said the woman was walking with her 4-year-old child near the Interstate-95 overpass when she was approached by a black male, who asked her for money.

The woman replied that she did not have any money and kept walking. A second or two later, she felt a jabbing pain on the right side of her stomach, and hurried back to her apartment, seconds away from where she was assaulted.

After she went home, she saw blood on her clothes and called police. Hohn said doctors told investigators the stab wound was four inches deep. The woman was kept overnight Saturday for observation, and was treated and released. Hohn said the woman did make any other comments to the man and the assault appears have been unprovoked.

The suspect is a tall, heavyset black man about 30 years old, wearing a black jacket and blue jeans. Hohn said the man is known to hang out in the area.

Anyone with information on the identity of the man is asked to call investigators at 203-977-4417.

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