Detectives are working with an 18-year-old female Bellevue College student to "reconcile inconsistencies between the information she is reporting and the evidence found at the scene" hours after she said she was raped at knifepoint in a campus bathroom Tuesday morning.at noon that it doesn't "believe there is any ongoing threat to the school or local community at this time." Police added they expect to release more information "in the coming days.
around 8:50 a.m. Police said they were searching for a "college-aged" white man with brown hair, clean shaven, wearing a hoodie and "possibly armed with a knife.""A sexual assault was reported on campus in the L Building," Bellevue College said in its. "Police are on site and have requested a campus closure. Please safely leave campus."
"She said that the man held her at knifepoint and raped her," Tyler said. "She did have some cuts consistent with the knife.""This is a very traumatic experience for this young lady," Tyler said. "We’re just fortunate that she wasn’t hurt more seriously. We’re going to be doing everything we can to identify and arrest this suspect. We are asking the public to be on the lookout.