ReportDoctor Killing Suspect Elijah Hemingway Faces Separate Rape ChargesAired September 27, 2026 at 6:01 PM UTCWritten September 27, 2026 at 6:07 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:11The man charged in a doctor's killing now faces rape charges in a separate case.0:15A woman says she was attacked in Wilkinsburg the day before Dr.0:18Idris Evans was fatally stabbed at his home in nearby Edgewood.0:22Elijah Hemingway, 32, faces allegations arising from both incidents.0:26The sexual assault charges do not concern Evans' wife or the attack inside their0:30home.0:31How is Hemingway linked to the woman's complaint, and what remains unverified about0:35his identification?0:36The woman described an attacker grabbing her from behind as she walked on a0:40pedestrian path toward West Street in Wilkinsburg.0:43She says he raped her and threatened to kill her.0:45Her identity has not been made public.0:47She initially described a man she could not identify, and her complaint preceded0:51Hemingway's arrest in the Edgewood case.0:53Police announced the Wilkinsburg charges two days after arresting Hemingway near the0:57Evans home.0:58The woman's alleged attack took place around 10.30 in the morning on September 23rd.1:02An intruder stabbed Evans and his wife in the early hours of September 24th.1:06During the homicide investigation, Wilkinsburg police contacted county detectives1:10about the earlier complaint.1:11On September 25th, the district attorney said a sexual assault was under1:16investigation and charges were expected.1:18County police announced the additional charges the following day.1:21Evans was 46, a pediatric critical care physician at UPMC Children's Hospital of1:26Pittsburgh, and an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh.1:29He died after the attack at the Linden Avenue home where he and his wife Gina had1:33been sleeping.1:33Gina was seriously injured and hospitalized.1:36Later accounts described her condition as stable.1:38They did not establish that she had recovered.1:40Their children, ages 8 and 12, were in the home and were not injured.1:44Police found Hemingway hiding nearby and arrested him that morning.1:47He faces criminal homicide and aggravated assault charges in the home attack.1:50Local accounts also identify burglary among the accusations.1:54In the Wilkinsburg case, the announced allegations include rape and sexual assault,1:58and local accounts identify robbery.2:00The complete charge lists and filing paperwork for the two cases have not been2:04reliably reconciled.2:05Hemingway has not been convicted of either attack.2:08The initial account described an unknown attacker.2:11Investigators linked Hemingway to the complaint after his arrest.2:14A claim that the woman recognized him in news coverage has not been corroborated by2:18the independently checked investigative sequence.2:20That sequence also does not settle what evidence establishes identification in the2:24Wilkinsburg case.2:25The allegations have not produced a finding that he committed either attack or that2:29the two attacks were connected beyond the charges against the same man.2:33Hemingway is reported held without bail in the doctor killing case.2:36That custody status is different from his earlier unrelated case over an alleged2:40February burglary.2:42He was arrested in July and released on non-monetary bail before these September2:46events.2:46An initial account gives October 9th for a preliminary hearing but does not2:50establish its year or which new case it concerns.2:53Independent checks did not verify that listing for either case.2:56The woman in Wilkinsburg and Evans' surviving family now face separate criminal3:00proceedings tied to the same defendant.3:02The hearing timetable and the evidence behind the alleged identification remain3:06unverified.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSSThe shortThe short ↗