The hunt continues for a man who broke into a 75-year-old woman’s apartment in Bastrop earlier this month and sexually assaulted her, Bastrop police say.

Meanwhile, the woman’s children have raised $3,500 through a Gofundme page that will help pay for medical expenses due to her injuries.

“We are working the case vigorously,” said Bastrop Police Chief James Altgelt. “We are pursuing all logical and available leads.”

On the evening of Jan. 8, a man went around a public housing complex in the 1200 block of Wilson Street knocking on various doors, according to police. He was asking people to pray with him as he knocked on residents’ doors. Police said he was turned away from many apartments, but returned to one unit and entered through an unlocked door.

At that point, the elderly woman confronted the man in her apartment, and he proceeded to grab a decorative punch bowl and slam it onto her face knocking her out. That’s when he attempted to sexually assault her, police said.

The woman was transported to an Austin hospital where she survived several wounds to her face, which will require reconstructive surgery and multiple follow ups, according to the family’s Gofundme page. The woman’s stitches were removed last week and “her face is a beautiful shade of yellow, purple and green,” wrote the victim’s daughter, Sheri Boretsky, who lives in Montana and asked to keep her mother's name confidential.

"I was stunned, freaked out," Boretsky said, adding that she and her sister are now planning to move their mother to Montana.

The money raised through the Gofundme page will go toward gas that will allow church volunteers to drive the woman to doctor visits, co-pays and other medical expenses. Boretsky said it's unknown how many doctor visits her mother will need.

“The money raised will gradually be deposited into an account for my mother to pay transportation, co-pays, and medical bills as needed,” the page says.

The online fundraising campaign had received $3,435 as of Monday and surpassed its $2,500 goal within 24 hours.

"We as a family are overwhelmed with the love and support that we have received," the family wrote. "This has been a extremely difficult time for us all."

On Friday, Altgelt released a video urging anyone with information on the crime to call police. The suspect has been described as a black man in his mid-20s to early-30s; at least 5 feet, 10 inches tall; and was wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans while carrying a black book on the day of the assault.

“This isolated incident is a top priority for the Bastrop Police Department and we will be relentless in our efforts to identify and arrest the individual responsible for this horrific crime,” Altgelt said.

Police are collaborating with several other agencies, including the Texas Department of Public Safety, in the investigation, which includes reviewing surveillance footage from multiple locations and processing physical evidence.

Police ask anyone with information related to the incident to contact Crime Stoppers at 866-930-TIPS or the Bastrop Police Department at 512-332-8603.