{"id":247654,"date":"2025-09-23T01:21:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T01:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/247654\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T01:21:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T01:21:41","slug":"suspect-linked-by-dna-in-violent-phoenix-assault-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/247654\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect linked by DNA in violent Phoenix assault case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4C937C9387FA55E1A51A911F003E1B5F.jpg\" alt=\"Phoenix man arrested in violent sexual assault case\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-7a5d4fdb=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\"><strong>PHOENIX<\/strong> &#8211; Phoenix Police have arrested a man in connection with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/news\/police-seek-tips-after-woman-assaulted-left-phoenix-alley\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>violent sexual assault that took place last month<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KSAZ\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Luis Tapia, 24, is accused of multiple charges, including attempted murder, kidnapping, sexual assault and aggravated assault.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">According to court documents, a woman was found unconscious and bloody in an alley on Aug. 14 with serious injuries and broken bones near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/N+46th+St+%26+E+Oak+St,+Phoenix,+AZ+85008\/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x872b0c3b67a455b7:0x148b68abc110e710?sa=X&amp;ved=1t:242&amp;ictx=111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>46th Street and Oak Street<\/strong><\/a>. Detectives linked Tapia to the assault through surveillance video from a nearby Costco and DNA collected at the scene.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/d3317462-snapshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">After his arrest, Tapia reportedly admitted to having sex with the victim, hitting her 10 times, kicking her and jumping on her during the attack.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The victim has been released from the hospital and is recovering at home.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/5B5209BF8537C0B78E20A2F88B91EBD8.jpg\" alt=\"Phoenix PD searching for sex assault suspect\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-7a5d4fdb=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KSAZ\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Tapia has been booked into jail and is awaiting his next court date.<\/p>\n<p>     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/us\/az\/maricopa-county\/phoenix\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phoenix<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX &#8211; Phoenix Police have arrested a man in connection with a violent sexual assault that took place&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":247655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,6082,1588,50,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-247654","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-crime-publicsafety","12":"tag-maricopa-county","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-phoenix","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115250992742790205","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}