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good evening, i'm marybeth marsden. police have few leads but they have a composite picture. >> reporter: that sketch is just about all police have to go on right now. understand the people who live in that neighborhood are scared. the attack happened in the 1600 block of franklin street in west baltimore's harlem park neighborhood which has seen its share of violence. it still comes as a shock to long time residences like ladona. >> i never heard of nothing like that happening around here before. >> reporter: women we spoke with say they'll be checking the locks on their doors and try to make sure they're inside before dark. >> it makes me mad because it could have been me. i'm 20, an adult, and it could have been me. a lot of love go out for her family. >> reporter: the victim is a 30-year-old woman who neighbors say has lived here six months. police say she was beaten and raped last wednesday at 2:20 in the morning. unknown suspected forced her way into the home, struck her with a bat and then assaulted her. >> repor