UPDATE: On March 15, the Boise Police announced that they had arrested 25-year-old Alexander Rutledge the previous day, thanking numerous tips from the public for helping to locate the suspect. Rutledge was booked into the Ada County Jail on charges of aggravated assault and rape.
On Friday, March 8 at around 5:45 p.m. officers with the Boise Police Department responded to a report of a rape at a motel on the 2700 block of W. Elder Street in South Boise.
According to the report, the suspect attacked a woman in a room at the motel while armed with a knife. The victim was able to fight the attacker and get away.
Ada County Paramedics treated the victim when they arrived and transferred her to a nearby hospital.
Detectives with the BPD Special Victims Unit are investigating the crime and are searching for the a person of interest in the photos above. If you have any information that would help detectives identify the suspect, please call Ada County Dispatch at (208) 377-6790.
Editor's note: This story was updated to reflect the person in the photos is a person of interest, and has not been identified as the suspect.
