A man broke into a home in Seattle's Maple Leaf neighborhood before dawn last Sunday and sexually assaulted a child before fleeing, and police still have not found him. Investigators say the burglary report came in around 5 a.m. on September 13, and the search for the suspect remains active five days later.
Seattle police are investigating the case as a sexual assault involving a child, according to KOMO. The Seattle Police Department opened its investigation as a burglary report before the case grew to include the alleged assault, and the man is reported to have entered the home, attacked the child, and then left the scene before officers arrived.
The Seattle Police Department has assigned the case to its Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Unit, the outlet's report notes. Neither the child's age nor the exact location of the home has been released.
Suspect Description Released as Search Continues
Police describe the suspect as a white man between 20 and 50 years old, weighing approximately 200 pounds. He has thinning short brown hair and a round face with some stubble on his chin, per the same account.
He was last seen wearing a black hoodie and dark pants. Officers canvassed the Maple Leaf neighborhood following the report, and the FBI assisted with evidence collection at the scene, the station's report states.
How to Report Information
Anyone with information is asked to call the Seattle Police Department's crime tip line at 206-233-5000. Callers with urgent information are asked to dial 911 instead.
The investigation remains open, and police have not said whether they have identified any additional leads since the initial canvass of the neighborhood.
