
NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A woman touring Times Square was raped on a subway platform by a stranger who offered to show her around town, police said Friday as they released a sketch of the suspect.
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The 21-year-old victim from St. Louis was approached by the man at the Times Square–42nd Street station at Eighth Avenue around 3 a.m. last Thursday.
The man offered to take her around the city and rode with her to multiple subway stations.
But when the two got to an unknown station, the man took her to the end of the platform near the tunnel, where he raped her, police said.
The victim was taken to NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.