Woman Reports Rape At Hawg Waller
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
HOFFMAN LAKE - A Warsaw woman reported being raped while attending an annual motorcyclist gathering held at Hawg Waller campground near Hoffman Lake.
The woman said she was raped by three men in a tent sometime between 3 p.m. Saturday and 4 a.m. Sunday. She was able to describe her alleged assailants to police.
Witnesses say they saw the woman walking around the campground naked and appearing dazed Saturday afternoon. Three witnesses, all men, say she wandered into their campsite in the evening and began vomiting.
With the help of an unknown female passerby, the men cleaned the woman and allowed her to sleep in their tent for approximately eight hours, until she recovered.
According to the men, the woman recovered and upon waking, asked for a drink of soda and wandered away again.
A camp security officer reported that he encountered the woman at 4 a.m. Sunday. She was fully dressed at this time, he said, and obviously dazed. She told the officer that she had just been raped.
The Warsaw Police Department and EMS were called.
The woman described the alleged assailants to police, and officers say the descriptions do not match those of the three men who cared for her.
The three men say they were in and out of their campsite all day and did not notice anyone enter or leave the tent.
The woman was transported to Saint Joseph Medical Center, Fort Wayne for treatment. [[In-content Ad]]
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HOFFMAN LAKE - A Warsaw woman reported being raped while attending an annual motorcyclist gathering held at Hawg Waller campground near Hoffman Lake.
The woman said she was raped by three men in a tent sometime between 3 p.m. Saturday and 4 a.m. Sunday. She was able to describe her alleged assailants to police.
Witnesses say they saw the woman walking around the campground naked and appearing dazed Saturday afternoon. Three witnesses, all men, say she wandered into their campsite in the evening and began vomiting.
With the help of an unknown female passerby, the men cleaned the woman and allowed her to sleep in their tent for approximately eight hours, until she recovered.
According to the men, the woman recovered and upon waking, asked for a drink of soda and wandered away again.
A camp security officer reported that he encountered the woman at 4 a.m. Sunday. She was fully dressed at this time, he said, and obviously dazed. She told the officer that she had just been raped.
The Warsaw Police Department and EMS were called.
The woman described the alleged assailants to police, and officers say the descriptions do not match those of the three men who cared for her.
The three men say they were in and out of their campsite all day and did not notice anyone enter or leave the tent.
The woman was transported to Saint Joseph Medical Center, Fort Wayne for treatment. [[In-content Ad]]