Federal Way police recently arrested a man for violently raping a woman after he broke into her house Sunday morning.

Although he has not been formally charged yet, the man could face first-degree rape, second-degree assault, first-degree burglary and attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle charges.

According to probable cause documents, the woman fell asleep at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday at her Federal Way apartment late. She awoke at 1:30 a.m. on Sunday to send a text message to a friend, but receiving no reply, she fell back asleep.

Some unknown time later, the woman awoke again but this time it was because she was being strangled and beaten.

“She felt tremendous pain to her face and was unable to breathe,” the documents state.

As she grabbed the suspect’s hands, she realized he had gloves on. He squeezed her neck and she lost consciousness.

The woman awoke in a compromising position as the man attempted to rape her. As she begged him to stop, she saw that he had a grey scarf or bandana over his face and a black sweatshirt she recognized as belonging to someone she knew.

When she called him by his name, he proceeded to rape her. After he was done, he sat on the floor of the woman’s bedroom questioning what he did and stating that he could have killed the victim, police documents state.

The woman assured the suspect that it would be OK and he left. The woman then promptly called police, who found him in an apartment complex at about 3:40 a.m.

Officers attempted to arrest him but the suspect got into his vehicle and fled before abandoning it near another apartment building and running away.

Later that day, at about 1:30 p.m., police received a call from the suspect’s friend stating that the suspect was at his house.

The Mirror will update this report as more information becomes available.