A SKing County prosecutors contend Emilio Robert Hernandez, 45, attacked [a 63-year-old woman] without provocation late last year on Beacon Hill. Hernandez is alleged to have made off with her purse; he was arrested on March 4, a day after DNA from the scene was found to be his.
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According to charging documents, the woman was walking in the 1700 block of South Angeline Street when Hernandez approached her from behind just before 6 p.m. on Dec. 28.
The woman attempted to walk away from Hernandez, but he closed the distance and forced her into an abandoned property, where he sexually assaulted her, a Seattle detective told the court. As she struggled with him, Hernandez is alleged to have grabbed her purse and fled.
A passing UPS driver stopped to assist the woman and called the police. Officers responding to the scene noted that she had been brutally beaten.
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