CRIME WATCH FOLLOWUP: No arrest yet in Delridge sexual assault

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Since this brief mention last night, we’ve been waiting all day for Seattle Police to reply to our request for additional information in last night’s reported sexual assault near 26th/Juneau. Here’s the entirety of what they just released via SPD Blotter:

SPD detectives are investigating after a woman reported she was sexually assaulted Monday evening in West Seattle.

Around 6:15 p.m., officers responded to the Delridge neighborhood for a report of an injured woman.

Officers and a K9 team searched the area for the suspect but were unable to find him. Medics transported the victim to the hospital for treatment.

Police obtained information about a person of interest in the case, a man who was seen in the area wearing a black Air Jordan hooded sweatshirt, a yellow medical mask, black athletic shorts, and slide sandals.

Sexual Assault Unit detectives continue to investigate.

If you have information for detectives, the Sexual Assault Unit is at 206-684-5575.

Alki resident August 16, 2022 (4:24 pm)

Why wasn’t the chopper up looking for him? I’m so angry for this woman.

Seek_Peace August 16, 2022 (5:20 pm)

I live on 26th Ave SW 300 feet from SW Juneau. This is one more failure we can attach to our City Council Representative, known as Lisa Herbold. She is responsible for Safety in the City, as chair of the Council Safety Committee. Yet I suspect many people think she is doing a wonderful job keeping citizens safe. The evidence proves otherwise. I suspect, should she run for office again, she will win. Safety is not the prime issue for many, party loyalty is. Party over safety. Welcome to the Party.

Pants August 18, 2022 (11:34 am)

Im with you, Seek_peace. Lisa Herbold, what are you doing to clean up West Seattle? 26th/ Juneau AND 29th/Brandon street need a constant sweeps. There are families and schools in these areas. There are people trying to enjoy the outdoor space. Why is it that because someone is homeless, they are exempt from the rules and laws? NONE OF THIS IS GOOD FOR PEOPLE AND THE EARTH.

Audifans August 16, 2022 (7:14 pm)

Black, white, hispanic, asian?. why no damn description of the actual human? Clothing is one thing you can change at the drop of a hat

WSB August 16, 2022 (7:25 pm)

This is the entirety of what police have released.
- Audifans August 16, 2022 (8:48 pm)
  
  understood. I looked at KOMO and the same thing. Just frustrating to realize we have no idea what this person looks like. Not ever tall, short, fat, thin, muscles, facial hair. Strange to me
Alki resident August 16, 2022 (8:01 pm)

It was a black male, can’t remember his outfit but clothes get changed. He needs to get caught .

singularname@hotmail.com August 16, 2022 (8:31 pm)

Because women’s lives are cheap.

Upset neighbor August 16, 2022 (9:29 pm)

Police have camera video which shows the victim, followed by the perp, followed by the two heros who came to her aid when they heard her screaming. The attack took place across from the substation on the corner of 26th and Juneau, exactly where Tony Gonzalez was murdered recently. The perp came down the High Point stairs one minute after the victim. The perp is a black man, around 5’6-5’10, with some facial hair. More details are difficult to see because of the yellow mask. Eyewitnesses corroborate that the person in the video is the person they saw. Police will release video/photos when they’ll have “exhausted their search.”

Alki resident August 16, 2022 (9:58 pm)

Ok got clothing description: Black Air Jordan hooded sweatshirt, a yellow medical mask ,black athletic shorts and slide sandals. Not positive about race but there in video in police hands and two hero’s who saved her after hearing her screams.

Upset neighbor August 16, 2022 (10:46 pm)

The perp is a young, Black man. At the time of the attack he had facial hair.
Lau August 16, 2022 (10:52 pm)

Please just give correct information. I am close to the victim and a lady helped her with a towel. No 2 heroes have saved her. She is shocked and terrible shape. We need to find this guy, put him behind bars forever and make noise! Everyone has to be aware of it!
- Marianne August 17, 2022 (6:58 am)
  
  I am so sorry to hear that your friend had this awful experience. Since you know her well, are you able to provide a better description of the attacker? Your sentence, “No 2 heros have saved her,” doesn’t make any sense either. Can you please explain what you mean? We all want to see this person caught and held responsible for their actions.
  - Sh August 17, 2022 (11:05 am)
    
    I don’t know for sure but venturing a guess that Lau might have meant “Not true heroes have saved her” In other words, the man violently and sexually assaulted her friend, she was not in fact “saved”. The perp attacked and brutalized her and she’s in terrible shape, again she wasn’t saved. Otherwise it can kind of be read like, yay she was saved by 2 neighborhood heroes, a happy ending for all. That’s not the case at all. Thankful that 2 people responded to her screaming and came to her aid but this man had already violently attacked her.
  - Lindsey August 17, 2022 (11:18 am)
    
    I think she means that one woman helped her after she was attacked. But it is also correct to note that two men walking their dog interrupted the crime as it was happening. Then the woman ran away to the corner, where she was quickly helped by the woman who gave her towels and clothes to cover up. I saw the aftermath of the attack, and me and my neighbors are horrified for this woman and have our eyes on the neighborhood to catch this guy.
    - Laurence August 17, 2022 (4:49 pm)
      
      Actually I talked to the guys just after it happened as I was outside walking. The victim expressely said the guys just ran away and were scared seeing a screaming girl without pants, and she was helpedand covered with a towel by a lady, a neighbor. She was brutalized, hit with fists and feet, she was asfixiated, touched, raped. She was not saved. She is in a very bad shape, physically and emotionally.We need this to end!
      
      Also, she is not able to provide a great description as she was took by behind. Black male, beard, black hoodie, black pants or short. Seemed to be homeless. Actually videos will be probably giving more detailed info. The rest is with the police as they continue to investigate.

Sh August 18, 2022 (11:34 am)

Laurence, thank you for clarifying. I am so angry about this and sorry for your friend and even more disappointed about the West Seattle community once again, having very little response to another man raping a woman in West Seattle. So easy to turn a blind eye when it comes to a man raping a woman. Like you said, we have to make noise about this yet I’m not hearing much noise from this community at all about this, but meanwhile lots of people debating about the proposed “Seattle Civility Pledge” up above. Here’s a civility pledge:
1. Men: Stop raping women
2.Community: make noise, speak out, hold men accountable
3.Fight for women’s rights that are being stripped away right before our eyes

Sure get the feeling that women’s lives, rights and well being don’t matter too much in this neighborhood.

WSB August 18, 2022 (11:44 am)

“The community” has an event planned tomorrow, in fact. I am writing a preview today. 5 pm Friday, Cottage Grove Park, meet up to hang teal balloons – for sexual-assault awareness – in the neighborhood.
Kevin on Delridge August 18, 2022 (12:03 pm)

There is no debate to be had here. This shouldn’t happen to any woman and we must fight for women’s live and rights. This is a global issue, not one we are going to magically solve for our community alone.

There are many sources of this behavior, including the rising “Manosphere” which many are fighting against. That fight isn’t happening on WSB, in fact I suspect many here are oblivious to the toxic masculinity brewing in our young men in online spaces. As difficult and rage-inducing as it is to engage in this, we should signal boost these issues and call them out.

Given the current conditions, I would recommend all women carry pepper spray if they feel comfortable doing so. I recommend POM, for its safety mechanism and compact size.

Dd August 18, 2022 (7:54 pm)

“This shouldn’t happen to any woman”.

“This” doesn’t just “happen” to women. It is perpetrated by Men who stalk, attack, assault, violate and rape women.

Kevin on Delridge August 19, 2022 (9:20 am)

If it takes scare quoting my words to arrive at your intended interpretation, it probably means you’re being pretty uncharitable in that interpretation.

Sorry, comment time is over.