WHITE CENTER, Wash. (AP) - A 21-year-old man who is homeless has been charged with first-degree assault with sexual motivation in connection with an attack on a 55-year-old homeless woman near Seattle.
The Seattle Times reports (https://goo.gl/2ViS1e ) Robert German was charged Monday.
King County Sheriff’s detectives say German told them he finished a fast-food restaurant shift early Thursday and walked to a bus stop.
Charging papers say video-surveillance footage shows German encountered the woman just before 2 a.m. and that he grabbed her and beat her until she was unrecognizable. A witness called 911 and police arrested German in the area shortly afterward.
The woman remains at a Seattle hospital and charging papers say evidence of a sexual assault was also found.
Detectives say German denied seeing or encountering a woman on the night of the attack.
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Information from: The Seattle Times, https://www.seattletimes.com
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