VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Authorities are investigating a reported rape at a park in Lake Helen, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.Deputies said the alleged incident took place early Sunday at Colby-Alderman Park off Massachusetts Street.The victim, a woman in her 20s, told investigators she went to the park around 10 p.m.
Saturday and that while walking back to her car sometime between midnight and 1 a.m. on Sunday, a man began following her, according to the Sheriff’s Office.The woman told deputies the man grabbed her by her neck, threatened and raped her before running off, investigators said in a news release.According to the woman, the man was described as white and 40-60 years old.