Person of interest identified in sexual assault at University of Chicago frat house

Updated on: October 15, 2026 / 7:20 AM CDT / CBS Chicago

The University of Chicago announced Wednesday morning that it has identified a person of interest in a sexual assault at a fraternity house this past weekend.

The person of interest was identified through witness statements and video evidence, all of which has been shared with the Chicago Police Department, the university said.

The university said the person of interest is not a student or affiliated with the university but has been banned from campus. A source with knowledge of the investigation told CBS News Chicago that the university has banned multiple people associated with the incident from the university. Those people, the source said, were also not students.

No one was in custody as of Thursday morning.

The assault happened at the Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) fraternity house at 5625 S. University Ave., across the street from the west side of UChicago's Main Quad in Hyde Park.

According to a University of Chicago report, a 21-year-old woman reported she was sexually assaulted in a bathroom during a frat party at 1:50 a.m. Sunday. A UChicago alert issued this week said the woman was not affiliated with the university.

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