Posted on September 12, 2012

Rapist ‘Tells Victim “Ha, Ha, I Just Infected You with HIV” After Brutal Beating and Sex Assault’

Daily Mail (London), September 12, 2012

A Philadelphia man mercilessly taunted a barely conscious woman he had raped, telling her that he had just infected her with HIV, according to the family of the female victim.

Philadelphia police are now searching for a suspect they say jumped the victim from behind, pushed her into an alley, beat her unconscious and then repeatedly raped her, in northeast Philly shortly after midnight on August 29.

‘The 24-year-old victim sustained severe head and facial injuries to the point of almost being unrecognizable,’ Philadelphia Police Special Victims Unit Capt. John Darby told WCAU-TV.

The victim was beaten and was barely conscious when she was raped repeatedly over what could have been a period of several hours, police say.

Hours after the vicious attack, that occurred near Griscom & Church Street in Philadelphia, a neighbor saw the woman, bloodied and stumbling down the road.

She was hospitalized for several days and was tested for HIV but the results have not been released.

The victim’s sister told the local news station that the assailant told her sister that he had infected her with HIV.

The victim remains unidentified but she told the local news station that she wants justice to be served.

Police are now turning to the public to help find the suspect, who is described as a thin, black man in his 20s around 5 feet, 9 inches tall.

Surveillance footage showing the suspect walking down the street and approaching the victim was released on YouTube on Tuesday.

The Mayor’s Office is offering a $10,000 reward in the arrest and conviction of the man.