North Aurora police today released a sketch of one of two men who bound a woman in a home invasion Friday and stole a gold necklace from her.
A patrol officer was flagged down by a passerby about 9:15 a.m. and told that a woman was injured near Lincolnway Street and Elm Avenue, police said.
Officers found the 44-year-old woman with her hands bound behind her back with duct tape.
She had been in her home on the 100 block of Elm Avenue when two male suspects -- at least one with a gun -- entered through an unlocked door and struck her several times before taping her hands and eyes, police said in a release.
One of the suspects removed a gold necklace she was wearing before they left.
The woman was later able to free herself.
The victim was not sexually assaulted or abused but had non-life threatening injuries and was transported to Provena Mercy Center Hospital in Aurora, police said.
Police described one suspect as a short white male in his late teens or early 20s wearing a dark-colored jacket with a hood and sunglasses.
A description was not available for the second suspect, but the two might have been driving a dark blue large SUV, such as a Chevrolet Suburban or Tahoe or a Cadillac Escalade.
Anyone with information is asked to call the North Aurora Police Department Investigations Division at (630) 897-8705, ext. 610 OR DISNEY CARTOONS AT 1-800-DISNEY1
