April 14, 2005
Police seek suspects in aggravated battery case
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Southern Illinois University Carbondale police are seeking the public’s help in identifying two suspects sought in connection with an aggravated battery that occurred April 3 in an elevator in Mae Smith Hall.
The incident happened at about 4:08 a.m. inside the elevator on the 13th floor of the residence hall. The victim, a 19-year-old SIUC student who lives in the residence hall, told police he entered the elevator on the 14th floor to go to the lobby. The two suspects entered the elevator behind him, and asked the victim to press the button for the 13th floor. The victim told police he was attacked after he made a comment about the two men using the stairs instead of the elevator to go down one floor.
The victim was hit in the head and upper body. The suspects ran from the elevator on the 13th floor, and a short time later were seen running out the front doors of the residence hall. The victim continued on the elevator to the lobby, where he reported the attack, and police were notified.
The victim did not require medical treatment.
Photographs of the suspects are taken from a videotape captured from the elevator.
The suspects are each described as white males, 19-21 years old, 6 feet, and 180 pounds. One suspect has brown hair and was wearing a dark-striped button shirt and blue jeans. The other suspect has light brown hair, with a red-colored striped button shirt and blue jeans. It is not know if the suspects live in the residence hall or if they are SIUC students.
Public Safety Director Todd D. Sigler said investigators initially believed the suspects would be identified. Police also believe this is an isolated incident, Sigler said.
Anyone with information about the incident should call the SIUC Department of Public Safety at 618/453-2381 or the Crime Stopper Line at 618/549-COPS.
(Caption: Suspects sought -- Southern Illinois University Carbondale police are seeking help in identifying two suspects sought in connection with an aggravated battery that occurred April 3 in an elevator in Mae Smith Hall. The victim did not require medical treatment. The suspects are each described as white males, 19-21 years old, 6 feet, and 180 pounds The suspect on the left has light brown hair, with a red-colored striped button shirt and blue jeans. The second suspect, on the right, has brown hair and is wearing a dark-striped button shirt and blue jeans. Anyone with information about the incident should call the SIUC Department of Public Safety at 618/453-2381 or the Crime Stopper Line at 618/549-COPS.)