Police seek tips after girl, 6, lured from playground and sexually assaulted

Police are looking for tipsafter a six-year-old girl was allegedly lured from her school and sexually assaulted in South Vancouver last week.

Investigators said a stranger coaxed thegirlaway from the playground at Sexsmith Elementary School on Columbia Street and West 59 Avenue on Dec. 5.

A statement said he took the girl to a nearby location, sexually assaulted her and then walked her back to school.

The suspect is described as being around 30 years old with"darker" skin and brown or grey hair. Police said he was wearing grey pants.

Detectives from the police department's sex crimes unit are looking for dashcamfootage from anyone who may have been in the area between 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. PT on Dec. 5.

Specifically, investigators are looking for footage from people driving in area bordered byWest 58th Avenue, West 60th Avenue,Ontario Street andCambie Street, just south of Langara Golf Course.

The elementary school is within blocks of the golf course and Winona Park, with LangaraCollege's main campus a few more blocks to the north.

Anyone who was in the area last Wednesday afternoon and saw anything suspiciousis asked to call detectives in VPD's Sex Crimes Unit at 604-717-0603 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.