Man sought for attempted murder

COEUR d'ALENE - The Coeur d'Alene Police Department is searching for 44-year-old transient Robert Gerald Davis on a charge of attempted murder.

Davis, known to frequent the Coeur d'Alene and eastern Washington area, is wanted on a $100,000 warrant and is considered to be dangerous.

Davis is 6 feet tall and weighs 200 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. He is missing two teeth, has a scar on his upper lip, a scar above right eye and tattoos on his chest and left wrist.

Detectives secured a warrant for attempted murder and burglary after a 54-year-old female reported he strangled her.

On Saturday around 7 p.m., Davis entered her travel trailer and attacked her, the victim said. Her trailer was parked in the 100 block of south 23rd Street at the time .

The victim said she fought back, but Davis overpowered her and she went unconscious from the strangulation.

She said she regained consciousness a few minutes later and was on the ground outside her trailer. A witness in the area saw the suspect flee on foot from the trailer. Davis and the victim are acquaintances and he had been at her trailer earlier in the day.

Davis is known to frequent transient camps and facilities that serve the homeless population. Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Davis is asked to call Coeur d'Alene Police at 769-2320.