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Police release new sketch in 2005 attack

Madison police released an updated sketch Thursday of the suspect in a 2005 sexual assault investigation on the citys East Side.

The attack occurred on Oct. 15, 2005, on the 2000 block of Eastwood Drive. Around 8:15 p.m., a UW-Madison graduate student, who was 22 years old at the time, was walking near the intersection of Division Street and Eastwood Drive on her way to a coffee house. Someone grabbed and pulled her to a grassy area nearby where she was sexually assaulted. The attacker threatened to kill her and then fled with the victimâ??s 12-inch by 12-inch green silk purse. The purse had a reddish pink design embroidered on its sides.