NPD searching for suspect in Constitution Trail beating

Posted on April 25, 2016
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By Adam Studzinski

NORMAL – Police in Normal are asking for public assistance as they search for a suspect who beat a woman on Constitution Trail Monday morning.

Police said they were called to the area of the Constitution Trail near I-55 at around 10:20 a.m. A female victim reported she had been walking on the trail when she was pushed to the ground by an unknown male and hit multiple times before the suspect fled on foot.

The victim described the suspect as a white male with long, straight blondish/brown hair, possibly in his 30s.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Darren Wolters at 309-433-3415 or at [email protected]. Those wishing to leave an anonymous tip can call McLean County Crime Stoppers at 309-828-1111.

Adam Studzinski can be reached at [email protected].

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