One woman was sexually assaulted, another was fatally stabbed just a block apart this month in the Baltimore Highlands community.Baltimore police released a sketch Thursday in connection with the sex assault investigation.Download the WBAL app Police said a woman was walking in the 3400 block of Esther Place in east Baltimore around 7:30 a.m. on March 23 when a man armed with a knife forced her into an alley. Police said the man threatened and sexually assaulted the woman, then fled. The woman was treated at a hospital for injuries. Investigators described the attacker as a black man who is about 20 to 30 years old, 6 feet tall, weighs about 185 pounds and had a mustache. He was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black jogging pants with silver zippers on the pockets and he might have a heart-shaped tattoo under his left eye. Five days later, a woman was fatally stabbed just a block away from where the sexual assault occurred.Police said April Ellis, 34, was found around 2:45 a.m. in the 3500 block of Esther Place. She was taken to the hospital, where she died. There is no word on whether these two crimes are connected. Anyone with information is asked to callMetro Crime Stoppers at 1- 866-7LOCKUP.Also on WBALTV.com:

One woman was sexually assaulted, another was fatally stabbed just a block apart this month in the Baltimore Highlands community.

Baltimore police released a sketch Thursday in connection with the sex assault investigation.




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Police said a woman was walking in the 3400 block of Esther Place in east Baltimore around 7:30 a.m. on March 23 when a man armed with a knife forced her into an alley.

Police said the man threatened and sexually assaulted the woman, then fled. The woman was treated at a hospital for injuries.

Investigators described the attacker as a black man who is about 20 to 30 years old, 6 feet tall, weighs about 185 pounds and had a mustache. He was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black jogging pants with silver zippers on the pockets and he might have a heart-shaped tattoo under his left eye.

Five days later, a woman was fatally stabbed just a block away from where the sexual assault occurred.

Police said April Ellis, 34, was found around 2:45 a.m. in the 3500 block of Esther Place. She was taken to the hospital, where she died. There is no word on whether these two crimes are connected.

Anyone with information is asked to callMetro Crime Stoppers at 1- 866-7LOCKUP.

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