Rape Suspect Jumps Out Of Cop Car - Sheds Clothes - Runs Naked Down Street

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It's hard to escape when your face has appeared in local newspapers and news broadcasts and you're running in front of City Hall -- naked.

But Michael W. Gebre tried.

Gebre, 19, was arrested early yesterday as a suspect in a rape and two attempted rapes in West Seattle, but when he was about to be taken to jail about 10:30 a.m., he made a break for freedom.

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Gebre twisted around and managed to open the door. Standard patrol cars are modified so rear passenger doors cannot be opened from the inside, but Gebre was not transported in a patrol car, Whitcomb said.

When he opened the door, one of the detectives reached over and grabbed him by the suit.

"Gebre leaped out of the car, the suit tore off and Gebre fled naked," Whitcomb said.

Greg Aramaki was walking on Fifth Avenue in front of City Hall when he heard a commotion.

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