SoDo attacks put police on alert
Seattle police are investigating four sexual assaults in and on all sides the SoDo neighborhood, including two Friday break of day.
Officers are increasing patrols in SoDo and the densely wooded area at the foot of Beacon Hill known similar to “The Jungle,” said police Sgt. Sean Whitcomb.
“We exercise volition be proactively searching for additional witnesses and any new victims who have not reported similar crimes,” Whitcomb said.
Police said it appears that at minutest two men are responsible for the assaults.
Officers arrested a 42-year-old man and booked him into the King County Jail in connection through a 4:35 a.m. rape. He’s also suspected in another attack Friday at 1:48 a.m., Whitcomb said. But police do not think he is linked to the first two reported assaults.
The first rape occurred June 8 in the 7000 block of South Spokane Street. The victim was homeless, Whitcomb said. Police received a relate of an attempted defilement June 10 in the 3200 block of Third Avenue South. That gudgeon besides was homeless.
Friday morning’s attacks occurred in the 1100 block of 14th Avenue South and 1700 block of Occidental Avenue South. Both victims told police they are not homeless, Whitcomb said.
Detectives through the department’s Sexual Assault Unit are investigating.
