News 12 at 6 o'clock--June 8, 2009

AUGUSTA---Five days after a 63-year-old Augusta grandmother was choked and beaten in a MCG Hospital restroom, deputies say her attacker is still on the loose. Her family obviously wants him caught, but they need your help to get that done.

The good news, she is out of the hospital and resting and recovering at home. She's getting better, but she has a ways to go. And her recovery won't be complete until her attacker is caught.

We talked to Jenny, the victim's granddaughter. She asked that we not share her or her family's last name. They're a bit scared these days.

"It was just a random attack," she said.

That's what the family and deputies are calling what happened to Jenny's grandmother, who also asked not to be named.

They say a man attacked the grandmother in a MCG restroom last Wednesday.

"Before she knew it, he had come over the stall. He had climbed on the toilet and come into the stall. He put his arm around like then started choking her. He beat her up pretty bad" Jenny told us.

Before it was all said and done, she sustained a lot of injuries.

"She had a dislocated jaw. They reset it. She has loose teeth. She has to get those fixed. She has bruises everywhere. She just hurts" Jenny said.

Jenny says her grandmother is resting at home. Bruised and beaten, but not broken.

But she says she and her family want the attacker caught. Richmond County deputies think they caught the man that did it on surveillance tape, but they need your help in identifying him. They've circulated pictures hoping someone will identify him.

Jenny and the family still think that will happen. They're just hoping for sooner rather than later.

"The Sheriff's Department has been great. They've been doing everything they can. We're confident they'll find him" she said.

If you know who the man in the pictures is, please call the Sheriff's Office. A reward is being offered for information that leads to his arrest.