DEL VALLE, Texas -- It was the visit nearly every home in a Del Valle neighborhood got Wednesday afternoon -- Austin police asking questions on a crime without a culprit.
"At this point we're looking at minimally aggravated assault, attempted murder," said Lieutenant Michael Eveleth with the Austin Police Department's Violent Crimes Unit.
"It makes me feel kind of unsafe," said neighborhood resident Bibiana Campos. "I don't know what else could happen here."
Campos lives just two doors down from the house on Dearbonne Drive where the attack happened Tuesday afternoon. She says no one has lived there for months.
"It was surprising that somebody would be in there you know," said Campos.
Police say the man met the 19-year-old girl as she was going door-to-door selling vacuums. When he requested a demonstration, she followed him inside the home. Once inside the home, the man attacked the girl who soon fell unconscious. When she came to several hours later, she found a neighbor who called 911.
Police believe the attack was sexual in nature and are now looking for the man responsible. They describe him as a thin, white male in his mid 30s. The man stands around 5'10" with blond hair. He was last seen wearing a burnt orange shirt and jeans in a dark blue jacket and baseball cap.
"There's no signage or markings from the street to indicate this home is vacant," said Eveleth.
The only indicators the home was empty are a sticker on the door and a vandalized back yard. Few signs leading investigators to believe the suspect knew exactly what he was doing when he approached the girl.
"Now that this happened we're going to be more aware of our neighborhood," said Campos.
Police say the victim was released from University Medical Center Brackenridge Wednesday.
Due to its proximity to the attack, Del Valle School District emailed parents of students with a description of the suspect.
