Woman attacked and sexually assaulted while walking along White Oak Bayou

A woman exercising along White Oak Bayou in the Inwood area said a man on a bike attacked and sexually assaulted her around 6:30 p.m. July 13, 2026, then tried to drown her before she fought him off. Harris County Precinct 1 Constable Alan Rosen’s office is searching for the suspect.

He was a Black male in his early to mid-20s, missing front teeth, and was last seen riding a bicycle with a black backpack. He was wearing a gray shirt over an olive-green long-sleeve shirt with a gray design on the side. He may have been injured in one eye and possibly lost some hair during the struggle.

Officials did not release the woman’s condition. Tips were being directed to Crime Stoppers and Precinct 1 dispatch as detectives continued to search for the man, who was last seen fleeing from a trail used by runners, walkers and cyclists in northwest Houston.

Houston Parks and Recreation Department maintains more than 163.12 miles of trails across the city, while Harris County Precinct 4 says its trail system covers nearly 100 miles countywide. The White Oak Bayou corridor is also part of Bayou Greenways, the city-backed effort to build a 150-mile network of parks and trails along nine major bayous.

In July 2025, multiple women said a man on a bike groped them on Houston trails, including the White Oak Bayou trail, the Buffalo Bayou Trail and trails in The Heights. In September 2025, another White Oak trail attack was linked to a string of crimes at Houston parks and trails that included a fatal stabbing, an attempted abduction and a violent robbery that ended in a miscarriage.