Pieces of the puzzle may be coming together in three assaults over the last six months in West Seattle’s Lincoln Park.

Duane Starkenburg, 46, was arrested for allegedly trying to tackle a female jogger in the park on Tuesday, Jan. 25. The jogger called 911 immediately after the incident and Starkenburg was apprehended by police when he attempted to cross Fauntleroy Way s.w.

Starkenburg is now under investigation for two similar incidents in the park that occurred in August and December and King County Prosecutors have until the end of day, Jan. 27 to file charges against him in those attacks.

According to a probable cause document released by the Seattle Police Department and published by the Seattle Times, the victims in those attacks positively identified Starkenburg as their attacker from a photo lineup.

The information below comes from the probable cause document:

In the August 11, 2010 incident a woman was jogging with her Whippet dog near Coleman Pool when she passed the suspect, who stood to the side of the path to let her pass. She nodded in thanks and kept on running, then immediately heard steps behind her. Shortly thereafter the suspect tripped, grabbed her by the hips as he fell and “planted his face in her buttocks.”

The victim looked back and the suspect was on the ground looking at his hands. She told police she felt the act was deliberate and continued to run away. As she ran, the suspect said, “Are you OK?” She ran to the pool and called police.

On December 8, 2010 a different woman was walking up a set of stairs with her Lhasa Apso dog towards the Lincoln Park parking lot when the suspect appeared at the base of the stairs and started to follow her. He passed her and then stopped, claiming he had injured his shin and asked for help getting up the stairs. The woman allowed him to use her shoulder as a brace. Somehow, she told police, the suspect slipped behind her, grabbed her hips and “buried” his face into her buttocks. The victim screamed, began kicking and broke free.

The victim told police she had seen the suspect earlier in the park, wearing a dark blue hooded sweatshirt with black nylon running pants. She described him as, “a nice guy but creepy” who approached her and petted her dog.

When she saw him again (after he had passed her on the stairs then sat down due to his alleged injury) she placed a key in between her fingers “just in case she needed to defend herself,” but the suspect just asked for help getting up the stairs.

The victim in the December assault provided police with enough information to create a sketch of the suspect (which police released to the public on Jan. 26).

On Tuesday, Jan. 25, Starkenburg was apprehended wearing a dark blue hooded sweatshirt and black pants after allegedly attempting to tackle a jogger. The outfit matched the description of the December assault.

On Jan. 26 Seattle police visited the victims of the August and December assaults and showed both women photo lineups that included a photo of Starkenburg. Both women identified him as their attacker.

Starkenburg posted bail ($175,000) on the evening of Jan. 27 and is currently out of jail. A King 5 news crew interviewed him upon his release and Starkenburg said, “I go down to the park to exercise. I ran into a few people.”

He also told King 5 he remembers the December incident but had no recollection of the August incident.

“I do watch women run, they run around half naked …,” he told reporters.

“I won’t be going into any parks, anywhere, ever again,” he added.

If and when charges are filed against Starkenburg for the additional attacks this story will be updated.

For more Herald coverage on the Lincoln Park attacks, please click here.