The Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating an attack and a rape in areas near campus. Officers believe the incidents may be related, according to a news release from Sgt. Don Kelly, media relations director for the Office of the Chief of Police.
The first incident occurred on Nov. 22 at about 2:45 a.m. outside of an apartment building on Lee Drive. A woman was attacked from behind and choked by a man she believed was the same person she had let borrow her cellphone minutes before. She described the man as Hispanic, in his mid-20s and 5 feet 5 inches to 5 feet 8 inches tall with short, dark hair.
The second incident occurred Tuesday morning at about 3:15 a.m. at an apartment on Stanford Avenue. A man matching the description of the suspect in the previous incident asked a woman for a glass of water and to use the phone inside her apartment. She refused, but the man forced his way into the apartment and raped her.
Kelly said the two incidents are similar, but it is not yet known whether they are related.
 
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