Georgetown student attacked in sleep
A Georgetown University student was sexually assaulted at her home in the middle of the night.
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Around 4 a.m. Tuesday, the assailant entered an on-campus apartment through an open window and crawled into the bed of a woman and began to sexually assault her, university police said. She screamed and the assailant fled through the front door, police said. The attack comes two days after another female student was attacked in her sleep.
Police are investigating whether the culprit is the same man who has been involved in as many as seven attacks beginning last year in and around the campus. Students have dubbed him the Georgetown Cuddler.
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– Compiled by Scott McCabe
