Kirkwood Police say the victim, who lived alone, called police and said she had been sexually assaulted in her home on Harrison around 1:30 a.m. She woke to a man wearing a ski mask and armed with a knife. She was assaulted and suffered non-life threatening injuries.

According to police, Adams may have jogged in the area and observed the victim’s patterns. Adams allegedly entered the woman’s house through an unlocked door. The police used dogs to track Adams to his home, not far from the victim’s residence, and neighbors say they saw Adams arrested in nothing but his underwear at about 7:30 a.m. His parents were not home.

He was charged with burglary 1st degree, assault 1st degree, forcible rape and three counts of forcible sodomy, and each charge is accompanied by one count of armed criminal action. Adams is the son of Kirkwood’s Finance Director, John Adams.

Adams is being held at Saint Louis County Jail on bond set at $1,000,000.

Editors’ Note: The Kirkwood Call has made the decision to cover the Sean Adams case in order to present the facts to the student body and eliminate rumors. As every major news outlet in the St. Louis area has posted information about the arrest, we felt it was newsworthy. Our intent is to cover the incident respectfully and present the facts as more information is released. We ask all commenters to use respectful language, as obscene comments will not be approved.