Three Michigan State University students have been attacked during the past month by the same suspect, East Lansing police say. 

Online news editor Dave Bartkowiak Jr. compiles a report for WDIV:

The most recent assault was Thursday night in the parking lot outside Abbott Pointe Apartments on Abbott Road. Police say the suspect dragged the victim behind a Dumpster, where he physically and sexually assaulted her.

That crime occurred around 8 p.m. while it ws still light, according to the Lansing State Journal.

Two similar cases with the same suspect description occurred earlier, police say:

April 20: A woman was sexually assaulted around midnight at a secluded area on Coolidge Road south of Lake Lansing Road.

April 26: A woman was attacked while trying to enter her home around 3 a.m. in the 300 block of Charles Street. She was dragged to a secluded area and physically assaulted. The man also tried to sexually assault her, too.

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