Police are searching for a man accused of raping a teenage nanny while she was caring for 3-year-old twins at a recreation center in Nashville.
Police said the 18-year-old victim was near a swing set with the twins when she noticed a suspicious man in a black car, according to WSMV.
The woman and the twins left the swings and went toward a BMX bicycle track. Police said the man followed them and attacked the woman.
As she fought her attacker, losing a tooth in the process, the young woman told the children to run.
Police said the man raped her and then fled.
The victim caught up with the children and drove them home before calling police.
The suspect is described as a Hispanic man, about 5 foot 6 inches to 5 foot 8 inches tall. He was wearing khaki pants, a black shirt with possible black stripes, and sunglasses. He fled in a black, four-door sedan, possibly an early 2000s model, with tinted windows, factory wheels and a spoiler on the back.
Police said the suspect matches the description of a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a 29-year-old woman at a local apartment complex on July 20.
The victim in that case accidentally left her keys in the front door. The man entered the apartment, woke the victim, choked and raped her before fleeing.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to call Metro’s Sex Crimes Unit at 615-862-7540, or Crime Stoppers at 615-742-7463.