Palo Alto police are investigating a recently reported sexual assault of a woman who was attacked earlier this month.
The woman was assaulted on Nov. 4 but didn't report the attack until Wednesday because she feared retaliation from her assailant, according to police. She told investigators that while she was waiting for a bus at Palo Alto 's downtown transit center a man approached her and asked if she could help him translate a conversation with another man nearby.She agreed and followed him to nearby tree line where there was no other person waiting.
The suspect then gestured to a knife clipped to his pants pocket and threatened to harm the woman before sexually assaulting her and then fleeing the area, police said. The suspect is described as a slender Black man in his 30s who was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black cargo pants and a surgical mask.Anyone with information can call Palo Alto dispatch at 329-2413, send anonymous tips to [email protected] or send a text to or leave a voicemail at 383-8984.
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