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BALTIMORE (Map, News) - Police are investigating the rape of an 88-year-old cancer patient in Southeast Baltimore early Wednesday.

At 9:30 a.m. police were called to the 1300 block of Bethlehem Avenue for a report of a rape.

Officers met the woman, a white female, who stated a man came to her door posing as a maintenance man, then forced himself upon her and raped her. The victim told police that he also robbed her of money and fled through the back door.

The woman, whom police described as a “cancer patient,” was taken to Mercy Hospital, where she is in good condition.
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The suspect is described as a black male between 20 and 30 years old, 6 feet tall with slim build.

Since the crime happened close to the Baltimore County line, city officers have asked the county police for assistance in searching for the suspect, said Baltimore Police spokesman Detective Donny Moses.

Police ask anyone with information about the crime to call 911.