Bloomington police search for suspect in alleged rape of woman, 73

Bloomington police are searching for a young man that allegedly raped a 73-year-old woman on Sunday.

Early Sunday morning, Bloomington Police Department officials received a call that a woman had been raped in her apartment on the Southeastside of Bloomington, said BPD Capt. Joe Qualter.

Qualter said the elderly woman awoke on her couch to find a young man holding his hand over her mouth and pressing a forearm to her neck.

The man raped her in the living room, then took her into the bedroom and assaulted her again, Qualter said.

According to police, the woman managed to press a medical alert button in the bedroom that emitted a series of tones that startled the man and he fled out a sliding door.

The medical alert company contacted BPD on the woman's behalf after she explained to medics at the scene what happened, police said.

Police say the man may have entered the woman's apartment sometime around 4:30 a.m. Sunday.

"There was no sign of forced entry, but entry may have been made through the same sliding door the suspect used to flee as she indicated it may not have locked completely," Qualter said.

Investigators described the suspect as a light-skinned black male, early to mid-20's with short "buzzed" hair and a medium build.

Police said he was wearing a bright red shirt with thin blue horizontal lines, possibly gray pants or shorts and white canvas shoes.

Call Star reporter Michael Anthony Adams at (317) 444-6123. Follow him on Twitter: @MichaelAdams317.











