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The Wheeling Police Department is looking for information from the public to help them investigate an alleged malicious assault that happened Friday morning.
According to a WPD release, officers were sent to the area of Fink Street on the south end of Wheeling Island this morning around 6:48 a.m. for a report of a woman down in a yard off of Fink Street.
Arriving officers found a partially clothed woman lying unconscious in the yard with obvious facial injuries. The woman, yet to be identified, was transported to WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital by the Wheeling Fire Department. She remains in critical condition at this time and was flown to WVU Medicine Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown.
The victim is between the ages of 20 and 55 years of age and was wearing a red shirt and blue jeans when located.
Multiple officers and detectives are continuing to investigate at this time. If anyone has any information on the identity of this woman or may have seen anything overnight or early Friday morning, please contact the Wheeling Police Department at 304-234-3664 or Crimestoppers Upper Ohio Valley at 877-TIPS4US.