University of Wisconsin student raped and beaten by stranger

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The rape and beating of a female student at the University of Wisconsin at Madison over the weekend has left the campus community shaken.

Local police are asking for the public’s help in tracking down the unidentified victim’s assailant, who left her severely injured in the college town’s commercial district at 3:30 a.m. Sunday.

The stranger broke the woman’s jaw, choked her and caused “life-threatening” injuries in the assault, cops said.

She was rushed to a local hospital after a passerby saw her condition and called police.

The woman, who is in her 20s, is expected to survive.

A local resident said she had been “snatched” off the street and dragged between two houses prior to the attack, according to WISN.

“Detectives and investigators over the weekend gathered physical, digital and biological evidence. We are still in need of any surveillance video from this area,” Madison cops said Tuesday.

City officials said they are expanding patrols in the area in the wake of the attack.

“#Madison, WI and UW police are increasing patrols & the campus community is urged to be vigilant following a violent early morning attack in the area of W. Wilson & Bedford,” the city said on X (formerly Twitter).

Students received an email from University of Wisconsin Police Chief Kristen Roman on Sunday alerting them to the incident.

“We are deeply concerned for this individual, keeping them and their family in our thoughts and providing all possible support,” she said in the message.

As of Wednesday morning, no arrests have been made or suspects identified in the case.

“We also would like people to walk in groups when possible, especially at night. We encourage people to be aware of their surroundings, walk with phones down, earbuds out, etc.,” said police spokesperson Stephanie Fryer.

The city’s mayor, Satya Rhodes-Conway, extended her well wishes to the victim and tried to reassure locals in an X post.

“I want to assure the community that an assault of this kind is extremely rare in Madison,” she wrote.

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