Additional Charges Expected Against Stranger-Rape Suspect

Sheriff’s detectives believe an additional rape charge will be filed against Phillip Baldwin, age 20 of Maple Valley. Baldwin is already in custody and charged with a rape that occurred in Seattle on September 22^nd, and a rape that occurred in Maple Valley on Sept. 30^th.

DNA evidence has linked Baldwin to a July 28^th attack on a woman in Covington.

The victim, 21 years old, had just left the LA Fitness at 27245 – 172^nd Ave NE when the suspect grabbed and choked her, then dragged her to a nearby wooded area where she was raped.

“Stranger-rapes are very difficult to solve”, said Sheriff Sue Rahr. “We are very pleased that his man is off the street and in jail where he belongs”, she added.

Baldwin is currently held on $1,000,000 bail. Detectives believe the Prosecutor’s Office will add the additional charge shortly.