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Sunday, April 28
The Indiana Daily Student

Attempted rapist report unresolved

Bloomington police are looking for a man who they believe entered a woman's apartment late Tuesday night and attempted to rape her at knife-point.\nThe 21-year-old woman said in a police report that she returned to her apartment south of downtown Bloomington, at about 11 p.m. Tuesday and unlocked her front door while she waited for her boyfriend, said BPD Captain Joe Qualters. She said she then went to take a shower.\nWhile in the shower, a man came into the bathroom with a knife and ordered her to exit the shower, according to the report. The woman said he threw her onto the bed and began to fondle her.\nQualters said the woman's boyfriend arrived and the suspect began to threaten him with the knife. The boyfriend grabbed another knife and the suspect fled, police said.\nIn the report, the woman and her boyfriend described the suspect as a white, heavy-set male wearing a brown \njacket and a camouflage hat.

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