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Thug uses belt as a lasso to choke and rape woman

The rapist was filmed attacking the woman with a belt, strangling her and then raping her unconscious body in the early hours of the morning in the South Bronx

A man lassoed, raped and strangled a woman in a horrific attack in New York City(NBC New York)

A man remains on the run after raping a woman he tied around her neck with his belt in New York City.

Kashaan Parks, 39, was named as a suspect nine days after the attack on a 45-year-old woman in the South Bronx. The NYPD told DailyMail.com that Parks has not been arrested but he may turn himself in. Police confirmed the woman was near East 152nd Street and Third Avenue around 3 a.m. when the man walked up behind her and placed his belt around the victim’s neck. The woman became unconscious before she was subsequently raped.




Police only found out about the incident when the victim was arrested for petty theft and then told them about the ordeal. This was despite footage of the violent attack going viral on social media. The unnamed woman then identified Parks as the man who raped her.

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The perpetrator was identified by police on Friday as 39-year-old Kashaan Parks(NBC New York)
Parks remains on the run, although the incident was caught on surveillance cameras(NBC New York)

Patrol Chief Joseph Kenny told amNY, “Our victim stated that she had seen him before; she actually described his teeth to us; he had unusual teeth. She said he had space between his teeth.’

Parks, who is a father of one, is said to have dragged his victim down the sidewalk before leaning over her body. Officers believed the attack followed an earlier conversation between the pair about paid sex, during which the victim was offered money.

But when that didn’t happen, police allege, Parks became extremely angry and allegedly strangled and raped the victim.