Georgetown PD: Woman abducted, sexually assaulted overnight; investigation underway

GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — The Georgetown Police Department said it was investigating an incident where a woman was abducted and sexually assaulted overnight Tuesday into Wednesday.

According to police, the incident occurred between 12:30 a.m. and 1:30 a.m., and the initial abduction occurred in the 100 block of West Valley near North Main Street. Police said the victim was then taken to an unidentified location and sexually assaulted.

Police said the victim was a 36-year-old woman and Georgetown resident.

“[The victim] stated she was walking to a convenience store when the vehicle stopped, the male driver exited the vehicle, threatened her with a large knife, used zip-ties to bind her wrists, and then forced her into the vehicle,” police said in a release. “She further provided the assailant drove her to a secluded area, sexually assaulted her, and then drove her back to the location he abducted her and left her.”

Police described the suspect as a white man with long red hair, a long red beard and a slender build, and the vehicle was described as a metallic silver hatchback, smaller than an SUV.

Georgetown police encouraged anyone with possible information that could assist in this investigation to contact the department at CID@georgetown.org.