Winnipeg police said around 12:45 a.m. Tuesday, the girl was walking on Westmount Drive between Maywood Road and Paterson Street. Police said a man approached her and asked for directions, but then grabbed and hugged the girl before she could escape. Winnipeg police took a report of the suspicious person later that day. Police said a passing driver saw what happened and stopped to check on the girl before looking for the suspect. The driver soon found the man and photographed him walking near Westmount Drive and Cottonwood Road. He was last seen walking north into Northumbria Bay from Cottonwood Drive. Police describe him as Aboriginal in appearance, between 35 and 40 years old. He is between six-foot-two and six-foot-four, with a lean body and a rounded nose. Police said he was wearing gold-colored glasses (with wire frames), a blue/gray jacket, dark blue or black cargo pants, black shoes and a gray, black and white backpack with a camouflage pattern. The Child Abuse Unit is investigating and asks anyone with information to call investigators at 204-986-3296 or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-8477.
