Attempted student abduction near Shorewood - elementary school student targeted in Lake Forest Park

Shorewood suspect
The Suspect is a White Male, approximately 60 years old, 6’3” 210 lbs,
white hair - balding, mustache, 2-3 days growth beard.
Wearing blue long-sleeved dress shirt, khaki dress pants.
His vehicle is an older blue 4 door sedan, with paint peeling on it.
The inside was dirty and full of clothes.

Shoreline Schools have only been in session for a week, but already there have been an attempted abduction and an incidence of targeting behavior, from two different men. The first happened on Monday, September 9, 2013 near Shorewood High School when a 16 year old girl was grabbed by a man who followed her. The second was Wednesday, Sept 11, when an elementary school boy in Lake Forest Park was subject to unwanted attention from a strange male.

According to the King County Sheriff's Department, the 16 year old victim had gotten off a Metro bus at Fred Meyer at N 183rd and Aurora Ave N. As she walked westbound down N 182nd, the suspect hollered at her from the parking lot behind Jack in the Box. The victim continued to walk westbound until she got to Linden Ave N. The victim turned south on Linden. When she got to the 17900 block behind the Ronald Methodist Church, she heard a car pull up and stop. The victim said the suspect left his car running and came over to where she was walking and grabbed her. The victim broke free, dropped her back pack and ran towards the school. An unknown female adult picked up the back pack and got it back to the victim.

Police would like to find and talk to the woman who found the victim's backpack and gave it back to her. The woman was walking in the area of the 17900 blk of Linden Ave, which is near the church where the incident happened, and gave the victim her backpack near the same area. 

If you have any information on the identity of the suspect or are a witness to the incident, please call the King County Sheriff’s Office non-emergency line at 206-296-3311.

In Lake Forest Park, according to a letter sent to families from the Lake Forest Park Elementary principal, on Wednesday, September 11, 2013, a LFP student was approached by a stranger while the student was walking to school. This student was again approached by the same stranger on his walk home from school. The stranger walked with the student and talked to him along Ballinger Way near the LFP Market and followed the student to the student’s home. The student described the person as a Hispanic male, average height, thin build.

The Lake Forest Park Police Department is investigating this matter. If you have any information, contact them at 206-364-8216.