Chicago police are investigating several incidents in which women were sexually assaulted and robbed after being lured by someone they had met on Snapchat, authorities said.
Police issued a community alert on Saturday afternoon, saying the victims reported talking to a person on Snapchat, who they believed to be a woman, and agreed to meet in person at one of two locations. Once at the designated spot, the women were threatened by an armed male suspect, who then took them to a different location and sexually assaulted them, police said.
The incidents were reported at the following dates at times:
- 7400 block of South Euclid - March 21 - 2 to 3 a.m.
- 1900 block of East 73rd Place - May 8 -12:15 a.m.
- 1900 block of East 73rd Place - May 21 - 3 a.m.
- 1900 block of East 73rd Place - May 27 - 8 a.m.
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Anyone with information is asked to contact Area Central detectives at 312-747-8380.
