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Suspect sought after woman assaulted at Poway home

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Authorities reached out to the public Thursday for help in tracking down a man suspected of assaulting an ex-girlfriend of his last week in a neighborhood near Carmel Mountain Ranch Open Space Park, gravely injuring her. Jeronimo Cedillo, 38, allegedly forced entry to a home in the 14100 block of Brighton Avenue in Poway shortly before 3 a.m. on Aug. 11 and attacked 43-year-old Azucena Gonzalez Martinez with an undisclosed type of weapon. Initially, authorities originally reported that Gonzalez Martinez was attacked with a hammer. Cedillo, who also goes by Geronimo, is described as a man with brown eyes and black hair, standing 5 feet, 7 inches tall, and weighing 200 pounds. Cedillo fled prior to the arrival of deputies, who found the woman suffering from severe trauma, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office. Paramedics took the victim to a hospital, where she was admitted in critical condition, Lt. Juan Marquez said. Cedillo, who is the subject of an attempted-murder arres