{
  "id": "2016-10-27-university-of-missouri-sexual-assault",
  "slug": "university-of-missouri-sexual-assault-2016-10-27",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Missouri",
    "shortName": "Mizzou",
    "state": "MO",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "MU Alert",
    "enrollment": 30000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2016-10-27",
    "type": "sexual-assault",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Sexual assault timely warning for MU campus community",
    "headlinePublic": "Sexual assault timely warning for MU campus community",
    "summary": "University of Missouri [published an MU Alert update](https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2016/10-27-sexual-assault) on or about 2016-10-27. Full text is preserved from the official archive.",
    "outcome": "See official notice for status.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "timestampApprox": "Published on or about 2016-10-27",
      "verbatimText": "Oct. 27, 2016\n\n7:00 p.m.\n\nColumbia Police still continue to investigate the sexual assault case that occurred near Providence Road and Stewart Road. CPD has released that the location was near/at the Flat Branch Park area and that the victim is a 14 year old female. For further updates on this case please see the Columbia Police Department media releases and or their Twitter and or Facebook accounts. Campus is back to operating under normal conditions.\n\n6:00 p.m\n\nColumbia Police continue to investigate the sexual assault case that occurred near Providence Road and Stewart Road. All local law enforcement personnel continue to search for the suspect. The suspect has not been identified or arrested as of this update.\n\n4:28 p.m.\n\nColumbia Police are investigating a reported sexual assault that happened about 2:30pm near Providence Road and Stewart Road in a wooded area near the MKT underpass. The female victim is not an MU Student. The suspect is described as a white male in his mid 40s, 6ft, with a thin build and a mole on his forehead. Columbia Police are currently investigating the case. It is believed that the suspect has left the area.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2016/10-27-sexual-assault",
      "sourceDescription": "MU Alert",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official mualert.missouri.edu update page.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1154,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "University of Missouri MU Alert official updates archive.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official MU Alert update page preserves complete alert text."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "Sexual Assault",
      "url": "https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2016/10-27-sexual-assault",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "missouri",
    "mizzou",
    "mu-alert",
    "sexual-assault"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}