The Los Angeles Police Department is continuing to search for the man who sexually assaulted a female hiker two weeks ago in the Santa Monica Mountains near Encino.
The woman was attacked while she was hiking along the Upper Canyonback Trail in the block of Mulholland Drive around noon on Nov. Joseph Hampton said during a Monday news conference that the attack occurred between Tampa Avenue and Reseda Boulevard. The woman was approached by a white or Latino man, about 30 years old, with a 2-inch scar on his right forearm, and he sexually assaulted her in a secluded area, Hampton said.
Further description of the suspect was not available Monday morning. No security footage of the attack was available; patrols have been increased in the area as police continue their investigation, Hampton said. No sexual assaults have been reported in that area in recent years, police said. Not only is it a good habit to have so you can make cell phone calls, but you could also send out distress locations with a drop of a pin to to friends and family if something happens to you out in that area.
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