Albany police are asking for the public’s help in finding a man they say raped a 12-year-old girl earlier this month.

The suspect is Don Salvadore Pacheco, 21, and police believe he’s in the Linn County area.

Pacheco befriended the girl, who had run away from home on May 2, according to Police Capt. Eric Carter. Pacheco told the girl he would help her and said that he was a counselor, according to police.

Pacheco took the girl to a secluded area near Hill Street and 10th Avenue S.E., where he is alleged to have attacked her, Carter said.

After the attack the two went to a residence, where the girl was able to get away and call police. The girl was away from home about eight or nine hours, according to police.

The suspect has been “making himself scare,” Carter said, but police believe he’s still in Linn County. A warrant has been issued for his arrest on charges of kidnapping, rape, sodomy, sexual abuse and unlawful sexual penetration.

Pacheco is described as 5-foot-2 to 5-foot-4, 110 to 120 pounds. He has brown hair and eyes.

Anyone with information about his whereabouts should call the Albany Police Department at 917-7680.