Gardena police released a sketch Monday of a kidnapping suspect wanted in connection with two recent incidents.
The suspect chased a woman on March 2 about 9:30 a.m. as she walked near West 156th Street and Atkinson Avenue, the Gardena Police Department said. The woman, a 20-year-old college student, was chased by the suspect in his newer model red pickup truck after he had tried to lure her into the vehicle.
Police said a similar incident involving a 9-year-old girl and her 11-year-old brother was reported Feb. 26 in Redondo Beach.
The suspect is described as a white male, about 45, with tanned skin and wavy, shoulder-length, dirty-blond hair.
Anyone with information is asked to call Gardena police detectives at (310) 217-9607.
— Robert J. Lopez
Photo: Sketch of suspect. Credit: Gardena Police Department