MISSING WOMAN Police release sketch of man student says abducted her

Officers said they have 'substantial new information.'
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A composite sketch issued by police gave the first glimpse of the man a University of Wisconsin student says abducted her at knifepoint and held her before she was found unharmed in a marsh four days later.
Police interviewed Audrey Seiler on Thursday for clues to her mysterious disappearance, and they insisted that the hunt was still on for a suspect in the case.
Police released a composite sketch of the man Seiler said abducted her at knifepoint from her off-campus apartment early Saturday. Seiler, 20, was found two miles from the apartment Wednesday. It was the second time in two months that she reported an unexplained attack.
Seiler was cooperative during the interview, police spokesman Larry Kamholz said. He said authorities had no reason to doubt her claim that she had been kidnapped.
A news conference was planned for later today to report "substantial new information" in the case, police spokesman Larry Kamholz said this morning. He declined to elaborate.
Police have released few details of Seiler's disappearance or her discovery. Assistant Police Chief Noble Wray said police were trying to answer questions about the case but had not drawn any conclusions or speculated about what might have happened after Seiler vanished from her off-campus apartment without her coat or purse.
"Like in every other major investigation, there may be inconsistencies," said Wray, who refused to take questions from reporters at a news conference. "But we are continuing forward with this investigation."
The sketch shows a cleanshaven white man with a long chin and wearing a stocking cap. A caption on the sketch describes the man as in his late 20s to early 30s, stocky and about 5 feet 10.
Intense search
Officers with guns drawn surrounded the marshy area where Seiler was found Wednesday afternoon, looking for the suspect, but called off the search by nightfall. Officers were back at the scene Thursday looking for clues.
Police have declined to say whether Seiler was sexually assaulted. She was treated at a hospital Wednesday and released after less than six hours. A doctor said Seiler was cold and dehydrated and had muscle aches.
Her discovery capped an intense search in which dozens of volunteers from Seiler's hometown of Rockford, Minn., slogged through marshes and woods around campus and investigators scoured phone records and apartments for clues.
Police refused requests from The Associated Press to release the tape of a 911 call from a woman who reported seeing Seiler in a marsh south of campus Wednesday, leading authorities to find her.
Not talking
Department of Revenue spokeswoman Eva Robelia said a worker at the agency's building, which stands next to the marsh, was walking on a footpath on her lunch hour when she spotted Seiler and called police. Robelia said police told her to say nothing else about the case.
The worker's name was not released, and the department said she didn't want to be contacted by reporters.