UPDATE Wednesday 8:30pm | The Long Beach Police Department has released a composite sketch, seen below, of the suspect who on Monday attempted to kidnap and exposed himself to a 14-year-old girl as she walked to school.

Police are still searching for the girl’s attacker and have asked for the community’s assistance in tracking him down.

The suspect’s description has been updated with additional details. He is described as a 25- to 30-year-old African-American male, about 6 feet tall, 170 to 190 pounds, with short cropped black hair, light brown or hazel eyes and possible moles or acne pockmark-type scars above both cheeks.

Anyone with information related to the incident or who believes they know the man shown in the sketch is asked to call LBPD Sex Crimes Detective Patrick Jennings at 562-570-7368.

Anonymous tips can be sent via text or e-mail by visiting LBPD’s website, LongBeach.gov/police.

 
An artist’s rendering released Wednesday of the suspect who attempted to kidnap a 14-year-old girl Monday morning. 

Monday 3:21pm | A 14-year-old girl said she was attacked by a man with “distinctly bad body odor“ who attempted to kidnap her as she walked to school this morning, Long Beach police said.

Police continue to search for the man who tried to abduct the girl as she walked to Butler Middle School early Monday.

The victim said she was walking to school at about 8 a.m. when a strange man grabbed her arm. A struggle ensued, and before the suspect fled the scene, he exposed himself to the girl, police said.

The victim described her attacker as an African-American male between 25 and 30 years old, about 6 feet tall, 180 pounds with light brown or hazel eyes, police said.

The suspect was on foot and was last seen heading south on Lemon Avenue from 20th Street. He was wearing faded, navy blue cargo pants and a brown hooded sweatshirt with two yellow stripes down each sleeve.

A command post was set up immediately after the incident, and police went door-to-door in the area immediately surrounding the school in search of the suspect and any potential witnesses who might be able to provide additional information.

Both a helicopter and bloodhounds were dispatched as police searched for the suspect, who remains at large.