FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina (WTVD) -- Fayetteville police are investigating a rape in the western part of the city.
The department's Special Victims Unit said the crime happened Monday about 11 p.m. in the area of Fillyaw Road and Yadkin Road.
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Police said the victim was walking in the area when a man attacked her from behind and started strangling her. The man dragged the woman to an abandoned house in the area and raped her. Police said the man is a black male, about 25 years old and has a deep voice. The man and woman did not know each other.
If you have any information, you are asked to call police. You can also call Crimestoppers at 910-483-TIPS (8477).