STAR VALLEY, WYO – Police are looking for a man who abducted a Star Valley teen and later attempted to assault another woman.
According to the Afton Police Department, a male suspect forced a teenage woman into his truck Wednesday, August 23 sometime in the early evening hours. The victim eventually escaped from the assailant in Smoot and ran for help.
Later that night, the suspect returned to Afton and attempted to physically assault a female clerk in a back room of a local business.
A collaborating description of the man was given in both incidents. He is a white male, 43 to 45 years old. He is between 5’8” and 6’ tall, and about 180 to 200 pounds. He has sandy blonde hair in a crew cut with a reddish blonde moustache. He was wearing light brown or tan overalls that were greasy or dirty and wearing a t-shirt of unbknown color. He reportedly smelled strongly of body odor.
The suspect is reportedly driving a dark red or black, older model, single cab flatbed truck with Idaho license plates.
Authorities are not saying at this time whether the incidents or suspect may be linked to the rape of a Victor woman earlier this month. That suspect was described as having a crew cut as well.
The Afton Police Department, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and Idaho State Police are all searching for the suspect. Anyone with useful information is urged to call Afton Police at (307) 885-3141 or Lincoln County Sheriff’s at (307) 885-5231.
