Survivor of 2013 sexual assault in Kent reacts to suspect鈥檚 arrest
Nov 7, 2024, 6:43 AM
Nicholas Keith Hargrave, 31 (Photo courtesy of 成人X站 7)
(Photo courtesy of 成人X站 7)
Kent Police have arrested a person in connection with a 2013 sexual assault of a 6-year-old that happened at a Kent business on May 19, 2013.
The Kent Police Department (KPD) said on Aug. 6, investigators got a break in the case when DNA collected at the scene came back with a match to 31-year-old Nicholas Keith Hargrave in Texas. His previous address was linked to Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) at the time of the crime.
成人X站 7 spoke with the survivor, who鈥檚 now an adult, and her mother, Tracy. They said they鈥檙e both relieved by the arrest.
“It was kind of surreal to finally get that phone call. I guess I prayed that this day would come,” Tracy said.
According to police, a suspect entered the retail store, approached the child, and sexually assaulted the girl while her mother was at the register.
The survivor told 成人X站 7 that she remembers that day 11 years ago from start to finish.
“While they were shopping, I was like playing like in the toy aisle, and then when everything happened, I remember immediately afterwards I ran to my parents,” she explained.
Her mom, Tracy, said she was in complete shock.
“I immediately screamed, took her clothes off, threw it on the wagon and I said somebody call 911,” Tracy said.
Hargrave faced a child pornography conviction in 2022 that required his DNA to be collected and entered into the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) that Kent Police used.
Kent Police, working with the King County Prosecutor鈥檚 Office, were able to have the Brazoria County Sheriff鈥檚 Office in Texas arrest Hargrave.
“I was shocked. I had happy tears though, you know, and I said thank you so much for not giving up,” Tracy said.
She and her daughter said they wanted to come forward in case more victims were out there.
“I鈥檓 glad that justice is finally being served and that hopefully, if there鈥檚 other people who have interacted with this man the way that I did, they can also get the justice that they deserve,” the survivor said.
Hargrave is currently waiting to be extradited to Washington to face charges.
