• Woman attacked with acidic liquid in a park
• Search for the perpetrator ongoing

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has asked Savannah residents who may have surveillance camera footage from the night a woman was attacked with an acidic substance in a local park to contact authorities.

More than a week has passed since an unknown person left 46-year-old Ashley Wasielewski with third-degree burns covering half of her body.

Authorities are seeking any leads that could help identify the assailant.

Savannah Police Chief Van Johnson said that a person the police were trying to identify spoke with investigators and is not currently considered a suspect.

The FBI explained that it is specifically searching for footage showing pedestrian movement during the time of the incident.

It announced a $5,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the attack.

A hotline has been established to receive photos and videos that may assist in the investigation.

On December 10, Wasielewski was walking in Forsyth Park when the attack occurred.

Her son, Wesley, said he learned of the incident through a phone call from someone who stopped to help his mother, and added that he could hear her screams over the phone.

From her hospital bed, Wasielewski told her family and friends that she had been walking on the sidewalk near the park’s edge when she noticed a shadow approaching from behind, according to her close friend Connor Milam.

When she turned around, the person poured a substance—later confirmed by police to be acidic—on her head.

Milam said: “At first she thought it was water, then it started burning her as it soaked her. She looked down and saw her pants on fire. She began screaming.”

Wasielewski’s friends launched a campaign on a fundraising site that raised more than $260,000 to cover her long-term treatment and recovery, including burn unit care, surgeries, rehabilitation, wound care, skin grafts, and adaptive needs.

A friend of the patient reported that most of Wasielewski’s burns are third-degree and cover more than 50% of her body, and that the likelihood of hair regrowth on her scalp is low.

Doctors are closely monitoring whether her body will accept donor skin before beginning graft procedures, and are currently scheduling the necessary surgeries.