A mother’s account published by West Seattle Blog describes an encounter between two children and occupants of a car near Arbor Heights Elementary on Thursday afternoon. The mother said a police report was filed and gave Seattle Police Department log number 26-322760. No direct statement from police or the school was available to independently confirm the account or its details.
Details reported by the mother
The mother said her 10-year-old son and a friend had left school after crossing-guard duty at about 2:40 p.m. She described the car as a beat-up teal sedan with no license plates and said one occupant appeared to be a man in his early 20s; the other was not clearly identified. She suggested the car might be an old Toyota Camry.
In the mother’s account, the boys became uncomfortable after the occupants spoke with them near 104th Avenue Southwest and 39th Avenue Southwest. She said the children walked away, then saw the sedan turn around near 40th Avenue Southwest and head back toward them. They hid in bushes and called a parent who lived a few blocks away, according to her account.
The mother said the parent reached the children and saw a teal car matching their description, with no license plate. She reported that the driver spoke to the parent before driving away. Her account described the driver as possibly white, with a goatee; the driver’s hair color was uncertain. These descriptions and the reported sequence have not been independently verified.
The mother said the school had been notified and asked neighbors to report suspicious activity involving a similar sedan to police. Arbor Heights Elementary’s address is 3701 SW 104th St., between 35th Avenue Southwest and 39th Avenue Southwest, according to Seattle Public Schools.
A separate incident reported in 2023
A separate incident occurred near the school in November 2023. KOMO News reported that police said a driver in a sedan pepper-sprayed a woman and drove west on Southwest 104th Street; nearby students were affected. Seattle Fire Department crews treated a 10-year-old girl who was in stable condition, and her parents declined hospital transport. That earlier case is distinct from the encounter described in the mother’s account.
