Sketch Released of Billy Goat Trail Sexual Assault Suspect

POTOMAC, MD — Authorities have released a sketch of man who sexually assaulted a woman on the Billy Goat Trail in Great Falls in late April, an incident only recently reported to police.

About 1 p.m. on April 27, a woman was jogging on the Billy Goat Trail when she was approached by a man who asked her a question, the United States Park Police said in a statement. When the woman stopped, the man grabbed her and began to assault her before fleeing when hikers approached the scene, the statement said.

The suspect was described to police as a white man in his mid- to late 20s, about six feet tall with a medium build and short brown hair. The attacker was wearing a gray sweatshirt and black athletic pants with a white stripe on the side.

Park Police only recently learned of the assault, The Washington Post reports.

Anyone with information on the suspected assailant is asked to call the U.S. Park Police Tip Line at 202-610-8737 and reference case #16-067923.

»Sketch of suspect in Billy Goat Trail sexual assault released by United States Park Police