Abbotsford elderly woman assaulted in park washroom<\/p>\n
Published 3:35 pm Friday, July 17, 2026<\/p>\n
Abbotsford police are on the hunt for the person responsible for assaulting an elderly woman at Ellwood Park on Thursday (July 16).<\/p>\n
The incident occurred at approximately 6:40 a.m. and involved a woman in her 70s who was assaulted while in the washroom.<\/p>\n
Abbotsford Police Department media relations officer Sgt. Paul Walker said the victim was able to get help after the suspect finished assaulting her and fled the area.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe female was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries,\u201d said Walker.<\/p>\n
While the woman has since been released from the hospital, Walker said she was still dealing with quite a bit of trauma and continues to recover at home.<\/p>\n
Details about the suspect are very limited, with police only revealing that the individual is believed to be a man.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe assault was very isolated in a washroom facility in the early morning hours,\u201d said Walker.<\/p>\n
\u201cInvestigators are currently conducting an extensive video canvass of the area in an effort to identify the suspect and gather additional evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anyone who might have seen something suspicious in the vicinity of Ellwood Park between 6 and 7:30 a.m. on Thursday is encouraged to contact Abbotsford police at 604-859-5225.<\/p>\n
Initial evidence indicates this was a random assault, which Walker said he understands might create some unease for those who attend Abbotsford parks. <\/p>\n
\u201cOur teams are working diligently to solve this case and apprehend the person responsible,\u201d said Walker.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur officers continue to do foot patrols, not only in Ellwood Park, but also in other parks throughout Abbotsford to show a visible presence and deter any type of criminal activity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Abbotsford elderly woman assaulted in park washroom Published 3:35 pm Friday, July 17, 2026 Abbotsford police are on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":809093,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,163792,87674],"class_list":["post-809092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-lower-mainland","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}