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Redmond Police are continuing the search for a man who broke into a woman's apartment and sexually assaulted her early Tuesday morning.

Redmond woman sexually assaulted in own home

BY Josh Kerns  on July 17, 2012 @ 4:05 am (Updated: 10:05 am - 7/17/12 )

Redmond Police are searching for a suspect who reportedly broke into a woman's home and sexually assaulted her early Tuesday morning.

The woman was reportedly studying at about 2:00 a.m. when the suspect entered through a rear sliding door, went into the bedroom, put a knife to her throat and then sexually assaulted her.

The police don't think the woman knew her attacker.

"It is very rare for somebody to be sexually assaulted and not know the suspect, but at this point we don't have any reason to believe the victim knew the suspect," says police spokesman Jim Bove.

A K-9 unit searched the area in the 8500 block of 148th Avenue NE but could not find the suspect. Detectives believe the suspect fled north through the parking lot, but likely got into a car and drove away.

The suspect is described as a white or light skinned Latino male with a strong foreign accent, medium build, wearing a dark colored baseball hat, white T-shirt underneath a dark colored sweatshirt or jacket. Police are asking the public to call 911 with any information.


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Josh Kerns, MyNorthwest.com Reporter
Josh Kerns is co-host of KIRO Radio's Seattle Sounds (Saturday nights 7-8) and a digital content producer for MyNorthwest.com.
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  • YouGotNothin wrote...
    What's the matter caravanb?
    July 17, 2012 11:56 am
    It looks like maybe you got your account banned and now you are coming back with another name, or exactly what's going on? Don't worry, we know who you are because you vomit the same hate filled, race baiting filled garbage with every post. It's black people, it's brown people...why don't they tell us what race this person was....I know they couldn't have been white. You sitting in your gated community counting your millions of dollars and spewing your tripe?
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  • 333 wrote...
    caravanb
    July 17, 2012 12:15 pm
    he's back! Back doing the biggest accomplishment of his life, blogging...wear that badge proudly.
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  • dori monson fan wrote...
    sounds a little fishy
    July 17, 2012 4:25 pm
    any witnesses? anyone hear noise? any evidence? did the k9 pick up a scent? waiting for more info here...
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  • dori monson fan wrote...
    sounds a little fishy
    July 17, 2012 4:34 pm
    any witnesses? anyone hear noise? any evidence? did the k9 pick up a scent? did the victim get a license number? waiting for more info here... seems like rape by total stranger in redmond is less likely than college girl making up a story.
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