Evanston Seeks Clues In Abduction of Boys

Evanston police asked for help Friday in locating a man whoabducted two young brothers at knifepoint, drove them to Chicago andsodomized them.

"We've got a real serious problem up here," said Cmdr. DanielMoses of the Evanston Police Department's Youth and Victim ServicesDivision. "We got a lot of angry parents and police officers."

He said the youngsters - ages 5 and 11 - remained in an Evanstonhospital Friday. "They're in good physical condition," said Moses,"but you can imagine what it did to their emotions."

Moses said the boys first noticed their assailant bending overthe trunk of his car shortly before 1 p.m. Thursday near Austin andElmwood in the north suburb.

The man's eyes and those of the older boy met for an instant,frightening the youngster, he told police. The 11-year-old said hewas relieved when the man got into the auto and left.

But a few minutes later and about a block north, the manapproached the boys on foot, held a butcher knife to the11-year-old's back and ordered both children into the car.

They did as they were told, the older brother told the police.Here is his account of the kidnapping and rapes:

The man headed south into Chicago, and stopped at what seemed tobe an abandoned building. He forced the boys inside and sexuallyassaulted the 5-year-old.

Both boys were then driven back to Evanston and the man put theyounger brother out of the car at Elmwood and Reba Place, a couple ofblocks north of the abduction site. The older boy was held in theauto.

Meanwhile, the parents had notified authorities of their sons'disappearance. When the 5-year-old came home, the family calledpolice but the kidnapper already had left with the older boy.

He drove back to the same empty building, where he raped thesecond boy, said Moses. The youngster was returned to Evanston atabout 8 p.m. and released at the same spot as the brother.

Moses said the older boy described the kidnapper as a black manin his 20s with a dark skin discoloration on the inside of his rightforearm, possibly from a burn. The man is about 6 feet tall andweighs 175 to 200 pounds.

The boy described the car as a blue two-door 1985 Honda with ayellow or possibly beige top.

Moses asked anyone with information about the crime to callEvanston police at (708) 866-5000.