Police seeking to identify teen suspect after woman, 52, sexually assaulted in Toronto

Police are seeking to identify a teenage boy wanted in connection with a sexual assault investigation in Toronto.

Toronto police said on July 23, officers received a report of a sexual assault in the East Don River Trail and Wynford Heights Crescent area.

Police said a 52-year-old woman was walking along the trail near Wynford Heights Crescent when a teenage boy who was riding his bicycle approached her from behind.

Officers allege he sexually assaulted the woman.

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Police said the suspect then rode away in an unknown direction.

Officers are now searching for a teen, between 16 and 18 years old, with a thin to medium build and short, dark blond hair.

Police said he is clean shaven and was seen wearing a red shirt, shorts and was carrying a dark and light brown backpack.

Officers said he was riding a bike “that appeared to be too small for him.”

“Investigators are concerned there may be more victims,” police said in a news release.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police or Crime Stoppers.