Police looking for man who robbed 80-year-old woman in her Seattle home

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SEATTLE – Detectives released a sketch Wednesday of a man they say kicked in the back door of a West Seattle home and robbed an 80-year-old woman as she was watching TV.

Police said the woman was at her home in the 4400 block of 47th Ave. SW at around 8:45 a.m. when she realized there was a man standing in her room.

The man told her he wouldn’t hurt her, and said he only wanted her cash.

“You take a female who is there all by herself," said retired Det. Myrle Carner with Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound. "There’s no family, nobody to protect her, and then all of a sudden there is a guy standing in her room.

"Of course she’s terrified.”

The woman pointed the man to her purse, and he took the cash and left. The man told her to stay in bed, then left.

Officers responded with a K-9 unit, but couldn’t track the man down. She said he was white, about 5-foot-8 and had a medium build with sandy blond hair. He was clean-shaven, and wearing a tan windbreaker and jeans.

If you recognize him, you can submit an anonymous report to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.