Metro

Woman raped at home while daughter slept next to her

A man crept inside a woman’s Chinatown apartment and raped her at knifepoint while the victim’s seven-year-old daughter slept next to her in the same bed, police sources said.

The suspect climbed up the fire escape to the third-floor apartment near Mulberry Street and Canal around 3:30 a.m., Monday, pulled a knife on the victim and raped her, sources said.

The daughter did not wake up and the attacker fled through the front door.

The woman was taken to an area hospital for evaluation.No arrests have been made.

Police are looking for the suspect, who was wearing a black leather jacket, a white t-shirt, a knit cap and black pants. He is about 5-foot-9.