Authorities seek smelly rape suspect

Jim Six:

An unidentified man with a strong body odor was frightened off before he could rape a Baird Avenue woman, police said Monday

The victim, 24, had just come home from work at about 9:40 p.m. Friday, changed her clothes and walked down from her second-floor apartment to take out the trash, police said.

Having put the trash in containers behind the Paulsboro Manor Apartments building where she lived, the woman was walking toward the back door when she was grabbed by the hair from behind and thrown to the ground, said police.

According to police reports, her assailant flipped her over and lowered himself on top of her while he cut off her shirt with what appeared to be a folding knife, leaving numerous scratches on her chest, and attempted to cut off her shorts.

He had lowered his own trousers and was about to rape her when he heard voices coming from the front of the apartment building, police said. He jumped up, pulled up his pants and fled through a nearby wooded area, according to police reports.

The victim told police that the man was a black male between 6-feet and 6-feet, 2-inches tall, wearing a black T-shirt and blue jeans with a black ski mask covering his face.

The man also had strong body odor, according to the woman.

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