WHY THE DELAY? Sketch of sexual assault suspect released to public . . . two months later. “‘Anybody who’s vicious enough to sexually assault an 11-year-old female won’t hesitate to do it again, and to continue victimizing children and others in the community,’ said Crime Stoppers spokesperson Ryan Sullivan. ‘He poses a great threat.'” Then maybe the police should have released a sketch of him as soon as they can.

Related: Sketch of suspected murderer released to public . . . nine months after death of victim.

Nine months after an 84-year-old San Bernardino woman died after she and her husband were robbed and badly beaten, sheriff’s detectives are calling the death a homicide and seeking the public’s help in finding the man who broke into the victim’s home.

“This case is now being investigated as a murder,” sheriff’s officials say in a bulletin released Tuesday, Nov. 12. . . .

The bulletin also contains an artist’s sketch of a suspect who is described as a black man in his late 20s to early 30s. about 5-feet-9 and, at the time of the attacks, had a medium build.

The bulletin doesn’t explain why so much time passed between the death and detectives classifying the case as a homicide, and a call to a sheriff’s spokeswoman for clarification wasn’t returned.

Within two weeks, a suspect was arrested whom the sketch resembles.