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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Robert Frank, City Editor frank@heraldnet.com   Published: Friday, October 31, 2008 Suspect identified in Monroe girl's 2000 rape Herald Staff MONROE -- Investigators believe they have identified the man who raped a teenage girl eight years ago. Wayne Falcon, 32, was charged Thursday with second-degree rape in connection with a 2000 attack on a 15-year-old girl in Monroe. The victim, now 23, told investigators she was hitchhiking when a stranger picked her up in a black truck. The man drove her to a secluded area and when she resisted his sexual advances, he beat and raped her, Snoho­mish County deputy prosecutor Chris Dickinson wrote in a court document. The girl remembered that the man told her his name was Wayne and he was from Montana, Dickinson wrote. Prosecutors filed a rape charge against an unnamed person in 2003 based on genetic evidence collected during the investigation. Last month the state crime lab reported that the sample matched the DNA of a man imprisoned in Montana. Falcon was convicted in 2006 of forgery and burglary. As a convicted felon, he would have been required to submit a DNA sample. Falcon was scheduled to be released from prison soon. Monroe detectives will notify prison officials that Falcon has a warrant for his arrest, Dickinson said. He is expected to be returned to Washington to face the rape charge. READER COMMENTS Be the first to comment. You must be a registered user and verify your e-mail address to post comments to blogs or articles on HeraldNet. To register, click here. To read other terms and conditions, click here. Log out

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