Woman Waiting Out Storm Was Raped at Gary Train Station
Chicago Tribune, August 16, 2011
South Shore Line police are asking for the public’s help in finding a man who raped a 68-year-old woman as she waited out a rainstorm in a Gary train station over the weekend.
The woman was attacked as she sat in the passenger shelter at the Miller South Shore station in Gary about 11:45 p.m. Saturday, according to Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District police.
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The woman was waiting for a rain shower to pass when a man rode up the platform on a bike and sat down near her, Byrd said. {snip}
The man tried to engage the woman in conversation, then pulled out a black handgun and ordered her to get down on the ground and disrobe, Byrd said.
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Police described the attacker as black, in his mid-20s, slender build, about 5-foot-7 to 5-foot-9. He was wearing a white T-shirt with black lettering on the front and back and white shorts.
