Police release sketch of suspect in violent Washougal home robbery
WASHOUGAL, Wash. – Police released a composite sketch of a man who they said dragged a 73-year-old woman by her hair and used duct tape to tie her up while he and another man robbed her home in Washougal last month.
It happened on Jan. 22 at in the 3200 block of 37th Court at around 8:45 p.m.
Police said the woman was home alone when her doorbell rang. A man at her door asked her if she had seen his dog, when a second man suddenly appeared and knocked her down. The men used duct tape to tie her up while they dragged her by her hair into another room of the house.
The victim, who has not been identified, didn’t know how long the men were in her home. She freed herself after she didn’t hear the men anymore. Her phone wasn’t working, so she ran to a neighbor’s house and called police.
"She was very upset and hysterical," said her neighbor, Stu Ager. "She was saying they were going to kill me. We brought her in immediately and called 911."
The suspects likely left the area several minutes before the 911 call, police said.
The woman said both men spoke English and a Slavic language that she thought was Russian. She described the man who rang her doorbell as a “clean-cut” white man in his teens or early 20s, who spoke with an eastern European accent. Police said she didn’t get a good look at the second suspect, but told them he was taller than the other man, he wore a hood and possibly wore a mask.
Police said they believe theft was the motive of the attack. It's unclear what was stolen from the home.
Washougal police are encouraging neighbors to call 911 if a suspicious stranger is at the door.
Anyone with information about the robbery or the suspects is asked to call the Washougal Police Department at 360-835-8701.
Everyone should answer the door  with a loaded gun and a Pit Bull.  Who knows she might have thought they were Mormons  handing out their bibles.
Maybe you can't get a gun, but intruder spray can be your best friend when you need it! You don't need a permit or a box of ammo, but it will make you safe from the animals out in the streets.Â
Keep your intruder spray by the door handy like ... You don't know who is on the other side!
Those little spray cans of mace can take the danger out of opening the door. Easy to get, easy to use and better than rape or..!
The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming! Good grief!
Don't open your door for strangers, especially at night when you're alone and unarmed.
It looks a lot like that picture of Ron Wyden just next to it.
should have drawn the picture with a rope around his neck
Russian ...... wonder if he is the kid that lives on S.E. 4th Ave in Battle Ground. Â More drug money to add to the stolen Lowes gift card perhaps?
I hope they are able to catch the cowards that are responsible. Thank goodness this woman survived. She will never feel safe in her own home again. I pray someone knows something that will help the police capture these scum bags. This makes all of us angry. Our heart and prayers are with the victim.
Sounds like Slavs.Â
I wouldn't be Russian to open the door for anyone you do not know!
Can't even answer your own front door anymore...