{"id":206581,"date":"2026-04-22T22:46:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/206581\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T22:46:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:46:20","slug":"bronx-rape-case-police-release-sketch-of-suspect-who-violently-raped-woman-in-apartment-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/206581\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronx rape case: Police release sketch of suspect who violently raped woman in apartment building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"463\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/954-66-Rape-44-Pct-4-17-26-sketch-photo-of-the-male-ind.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"sketch of suspect wanted for rape in Bronx\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Bronx rape case: Police release sketch of suspect who violently raped woman in apartment building 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Police have released a sketch of a man they are hunting for who sexually assaulted and robbed a woman inside a Bronx home last week.<\/p>\n<p>NYPD<\/p>\n<p>Police released on Wednesday a sketch of a man who sexually assaulted and robbed a woman inside a <a href=\"https:\/\/amny.com\/bronx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bronx<\/a> home last week.\n<\/p>\n<p>According to police sources, the disturbing incident unfolded at around 7 p.m. on April 17 inside an apartment building near West 164th Street and Ogden Avenue in Highbridge, in the confines of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypd44pct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">44th Precinct<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement sources said the suspect approached the 55-year-old woman and went on the attack, beating and then raping her. <\/p>\n<p>During the horrendous assault, cops said, the perpetrator kicked and punched the victim multiple times throughout her head and body. Following the assault, he stole $50 in cash and removed a yellow metal chain with a metal cross pendant from her neck before fleeing on foot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/?attachment_id=137845025\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-137845025 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137845025\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/west-164-and-odgen-bronx.jpg\" alt=\"West 164th Street and Ogden Avenue on Google Maps\" width=\"1200\" height=\"731\" title=\"Bronx rape case: Police release sketch of suspect who violently raped woman in apartment building 2\"  \/><\/a>The suspect raped a woman at an apartment building in the vicinity of West 164th Street and Ogden Avenue.Photo via Google Maps<\/p>\n<p>The victim was left in immense physical pain and suffered bruising throughout her body. She was rushed to a local hospital for treatment and was last listed in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>Sources familiar with the investigation say she did not live in the building where she was attacked.\n<\/p>\n<p>The man wanted for the assault is described as approximately 30 to 40 years of age, standing about 5 feet, 7 inches tall, with a medium build and a goatee. He was last seen wearing a gray NY Yankee hat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No arrests have been made and the investigation remains ongoing.\n<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding this incident can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at <a href=\"https:\/\/blank\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org,<\/a> or on X (formerly Twitter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypdtips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@NYPDTips<\/a>. All calls and messages are kept confidential.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police have released a sketch of a man they are hunting for who sexually assaulted and robbed a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206582,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,303,9,24,63,103,104,3018,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-206581","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-bronx","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-nyc","13":"tag-nypd","14":"tag-police","15":"tag-rape","16":"tag-the-bronx","17":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","18":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}