Cherokee County officials look for suspect in woman's attack

CANTON - Cherokee County authorities want to question a man from Missouri in connection with the attack of a Georgia woman who was left in the woods. <br> <br> A Cherokee County Sheriff&#39;s Department spokeswoman identifies the suspect as 30-year-old Danny Dutton, a native of Missouri. Spokeswoman Nicole Ebbeskotte says the man is wanted in that state on charges he assaulted a police officer. She says he was last seen fleeing police in Illinois. <br> <br> The woman told authorities Thursday she had been beaten with a baseball bat and left in the woods overnight. She is recovering in a hospital. <br> <br> The spokeswoman says Cherokee County deputies began looking for Dutton while investigating an incident Friday. She says a man was shot and then kicked out of a speeding pickup truck. She says Dutton was the driver of the pickup truck. <br> <br> Ebbeskotte says the shooting victim is an acquaintance of the woman who was attacked.