Manhunt underway after woman sexually assaulted
Posted Aug 1, 2011 10:06 am.
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PENTICTON (NEWS1130) – A frightening attack in Penticton over the weekend has sparked a massive police manhunt. Mounties are looking for a 35-year-old man after a woman was sexually assaulted in front of her own child.
The attack lasted hours and happened in a second-hand shop. RCMP say David Wesley Bobbitt tied the 22-year-old woman up and assaulted her, while her 22-month-old child was in the room.
Mounties say because the attack was stranger-on stranger Bobbitt is a threat to the public and he’s wanted for attempted murder.
Corporal Dan Moskaluk says they don’t have a description of a car Bobbitt might be driving. “We do not have any indications where he might head.”
People are being asked to be vigilant and if they see Bobbitt to call 911 immediately. Bobbitt has a history of violence and police are looking over all of his past files. Mounties have spoken to police in Alberta as well, just in case he heads east.
He is described as 5’7″ tall, about 180 lbs., with brown eyes and balding brown hair. He has a medium build and is clean shaven.
The woman is expected to recover from her injuries.
