District of Columbia police and Georgetown University officials believe that a serial rapist who sneaks into the homes of young women has struck again, this time in Burleith near Glover Park.
A woman was awakened around 2 a.m. Friday by a man who had crawled into her bed and put his arm around her, police said.
The woman mistakenly assumed that the stranger was a guest of one of her roommates, jumped out of bed and sent him on his way. It wasn’t until the next morning that she and her roommates learned that the man was a dangerous prowler, police said.
The suspect may have entered the home through an unlocked door or window and left a trail of muddy shoe prints. He was described as a white male, 6 feet tall with a crew cut and coarse hair and wearing a white T-shirt.
The break-in happened on the 3700 block of R Street Northwest, just off campus and on the same block where the first of the five attacks occurred.
Other incidents occurred on May 16 on the 2400 block of Huidekoper Place Northwest, June 1 on the 1900 block of 38th Street Northwest and June 26 on the 2400 block of Tunlaw Road Northwest.
Police believe the gropings may be related.
In each case, a female victim was awakened in the early-morning hours by a strange man who either attempted or succeeded in sexually assaulting the victims.
Both D.C. police and Georgetown police have stepped up patrols in the area. Anyone with information about these cases is asked to call police at -(202-727-9099 or 1-888-919-CRIM[E]. Confidential information may be also forwarded to the department’s text tip line by the text-messaging 50411.
