A man filmed lassoing a woman around the neck with a belt before raping her has been identified as a 39 year-old father to a young girl, police say.
Kashaan Parks, 39, was named as a suspect nine days after the brutal attack in the South Bronx, where the victim was roped around her neck with a belt before being sexually assaulted.
Photos on social media show him as a loving father and partner, often playing with his toddler or smiling with his partner.
NYPD confirmed with DailyMail.com that the victim, a 45 year old woman, was walking near East 152nd Street and Third Avenue around 3 a.m. when Parks allegedly crept up behind her.
Parks then reportedly placed a belt around the victim’s neck, causing her to go unconscious, before sexually assaulting her, the NYPD said.
Kashaan Parks, 39, was named as a suspect nine days after the brutal attack in the South Bronx, where the victim was roped around her neck with a belt before being sexually assaulted
Parks was reportedly filmed lassoing a woman around the neck with a belt before raping her has been identified as a 39 year-old father to a young girl
A video on X is circulating in which a man said to be Parks is apprehended by officers with the help of bystanders who pointed him out to authorities.
NYPD told DailyMail.com that although an arrest has not been officially made, Parks may turn himself in.
While security footage of the incident has gone viral on social media, cops told amNY that they were not made immediately aware of the situation because the victim did not report it.
In fact, it wasn’t until the victim was arrested for petty larceny that officers found out about the incident. She cooperated and identified Parks as the man who assaulted her.
‘Our victim indicated that she had seen him before; she actually described his teeth to us; he had unusual teeth,’ Chief of Patrol Joseph Kenny told amNY. ‘She said he has space between his teeth.’
Photos on social media show him as a loving father and partner, often playing with his toddler or smiling with his partner (Pictured: Parks holding his toddler)
Pictured: Parks with his partner and their child, who are often photographed together
While security footage of Parks (pictured) and the attack has gone viral on social media, cops told amNy that they were not made immediately aware of the situation because the victim did not report it (Pictured: Parks smiling with his child in a photo posted to Facebook)
Kashaan Parks is pictured with partner and their child in some of her Facebook photos
Surveillance video reviewed by DailyMail.com showed the woman walking ahead of who police suspect to Parks, who had tied a white cloth around the lower half of his face.
He looped a belt around her neck and yanked her to the ground, and while the woman struggled, she quickly fell limp.
Parks allegedly dragged her down the sidewalk and between two parked cars. He reportedly looked around before bending over the woman’s body, which is obscured from sight.
The police believe the attack happened following an earlier conversation between the two people that night, which involved having sex in exchange for money.
They say the conversation involved the victim being offered money for sex.
However, according to the police, when this agreement didn’t happen, Parks became extremely angry and allegedly strangled the victim with a belt before raping her.
A woman was choked unconscious and sexually assaulted by an unknown man as she walked through the Bronx in the early hours of May 1
The NYPD confirmed that the woman was walking near East 152nd Street and Third Avenue when an unknown man placed a belt around her neck. He knocked her unconscious before sexually assaulting her
Surveillance video shows the man dragging the victim’s limp body between two parked cars
The police believe the attack happened because of an earlier conversation between the two people that night, which involved having sex in exchange for money
Just last month, a man laid in wait in a Manhattan apartment building before assaulting a 23-year-old woman as she returned home.
That man, who has yet to be identified, placed the victim in a chokehold before forcing her into a hallway. He allegedly threatened to shoot her if she screamed.
Also last month, a Bronx man forced his way inside a woman’s home and struck her in the face several times before sexually assaulting her.
He was identified as 31-year-old Malik Crocker. Jail records show he has not been arrested.
Data from the NYPD shows that 511 rapes have been reported throughout the city as of May 5. The vast majority occurred in the Bronx.
However, rapes are down this year in the borough, with 141 reported through May 5, compared to 148 during the same period in 2023.