- A stranger strangled the victim until she was unconscious before attacking her
- The 45-year-old woman was walking in the Bronx around 3 a.m.
- Surveillance video shows man dragging her body between two parked cars
A New York City woman was sexually assaulted by a stranger who put a belt around her neck and dragged her unconscious body behind a parked car.
The sickening attack occurred on May 1 when the 45-year-old victim was passing through the South Bronx.
The New York Police Department confirmed to DailyMail.com that the woman was walking near East 152nd Street and Third Avenue around 3 a.m. when an unknown man crept up behind her.
The man placed a belt around the victim’s neck, rendering her unconscious, before sexually assaulting her, the NYPD said.
Surveillance video reviewed by DailyMail.com shows the woman walking in front of her attacker, who had tied a white cloth around the lower half of her face.
A woman was strangled unconscious and sexually assaulted by an unknown man while walking in the Bronx in the early morning hours of May 1.
The NYPD confirmed that the woman was walking near East 152nd Street and Third Avenue when an unknown man placed a belt around her neck. He knocked her unconscious before sexually assaulting her.
Surveillance video shows the man dragging the victim’s limp body between two parked cars
He places a belt around her neck and throws her to the ground, and as the woman struggles, she quickly goes limp.
The man drags her down the sidewalk and between two parked cars. He looks around her before leaning over the woman’s body, which is hidden from view.
No arrests have been made in the case and an investigation is being conducted by the New York Police Department’s Special Victims Unit.
Last month, a man waited at a Manhattan apartment building before attacking a 23-year-old woman as she returned home.
That man, who has not yet been identified, strangled the victim before forcing her out into a hallway. He allegedly threatened to shoot her if she screamed.
Also last month, a Bronx man forced his way into a woman’s home and punched her in the face several times before sexually assaulting her.
He was identified as Malik Crocker, 31 years old. Jail records show he has not been arrested.
NYPD data shows that as of May 5, 511 rapes have been reported across the city. The vast majority occurred in the Bronx.
However, rapes have decreased this year in the municipality, with 141 reported as of May 5, compared to 148 during the same period in 2023.