Elderly woman is raped and beaten in Greenwood

An elderly Greenwood woman said she was beaten and sexually assaulted by a man who showed up at her door Friday morning, police said.

Greenwood police officers responded to Valle Vista, a subdivision just south of Main Street, on a report of a rape at 9:56 a.m., a release from the department said.

The woman told police she was alone in her house when she heard a knock on her door. When she answered, police said she was attacked and forced back into her residence by an unknown masked man with tattoos on his legs and neck.

According to police, the woman was beaten and sexually assaulted by the suspect in her home. During the assault, the man repeatedly threatened the woman's life, police said.

Her attacker is described as a man, somewhere between 5'-6" to 5'-8" tall, small to medium build, wearing medium colored blue jeans, a white T-shirt and black athletic shoes. Police said he left behind a black Geoffrey Beene extra-large jacket in the victim's home.

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