Man charged with attacking University of Nebraska freshman
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 9 Oct, 00:48 · Archive
A 32-year-old man is charged with attacking a University of Nebraska-Lincoln freshman in the early hours of 29 September.
A University of Nebraska-Lincoln freshman was attacked in the early morning hours of 29 September near 16th and R streets in Lincoln, Nebraska. Sophia Turpitt had tried to find a friend to walk back to her dorm with but decided to go alone after being unable to locate the Husker Safe Walk service.
According to an arrest affidavit filed by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police Department, the man attacked from behind, grabbing and pulling at her skirt. Turpitt said she reached for her phone to call 911, but the man threw it into the road. She fought back using wrestling experience from ten years of the sport and screamed for help, at which point he ran away.
The man charged with the assault is 32-year-old Joseph Favata. Security footage captured by CCTV cameras shows Favata running around the time of the attack, though the assault itself was not recorded on camera. Investigators showed Turpitt a photo of Favata, and she confirmed he was the man who attacked her. Favata remains at large.
How it is being reported
- ‘There’s no way this is happening. I don’t want to die’: Hunt continues for man charged with attacking UNL freshmanIn the early morning hours of Sept. 29, University of Nebraska-Lincoln freshman Sophia Turpitt tried to find a friend to walk back to her dorm with. That didn’t pan out.WOWT · 9 Oct, 00:11
- ‘There’s no way this is happening. I don’t want to die’: Hunt continues for man charged with attacking UNL freshmanIn the early morning hours of Sept. 29, University of Nebraska-Lincoln freshman Sophia Turpitt tried to find a friend to walk back to her dorm with. That didn’t pan out.1011Now · 9 Oct, 00:11
In this story: Sophia Turpitt · Joseph Favata · University of Nebraska-Lincoln · Lincoln, Nebraska
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