By Bay City News, Inc

May 6 - San Francisco police released a sketch and description of a man wanted in connection with Monday's armed rape-robbery at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, noting the attack was "not a random act."

The man, who had an unspecified "pre-existing connection" to the victim, apparently used a ruse to get into her room at the downtown hotel sometime before the sexual assault was reported at 3 p.m., according to Lt. Rich Corriea of the police sex crimes unit. Dressed in a black suit with a white shirt and gray-and-red tie, the assailant was very neat, but not dressed in a hotel-worker's uniform.

"The suspect is very dangerous," Corriea concluded during the news conference at the Hall of Justice.

But he also said he wanted to assure hotel guests and San Francisco residents who have been justifiably concerned since the crime was reported that the attack was planned, not something that resulted from a person randomly knocking on hotel doors.

He said the woman, who was taken to a hospital after she was attacked, is doing "as well as can be expected" and will probably not suffer any permanent physical injuries.

Asked if the victim may have been working for an escort service, Corriea said he did not wish to get into what sort of work she did. "The victim's background is not relevant to the fact that she has been the victim of a felonious assault," he said.

While reassuring hotel guests that this appears to be an isolated incident, police and a representative of the safety group San Francisco SAFE urged visitors in general not to drop their guard once they are on the premises of a hotel. In particular, any unexpected visitor knocking on a room's door should lead to a request that identification be slid under the door or a call to the front desk to check for legitimacy.

The suspect is described as the following: