Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Reasons for Assault

A good friend of mine, we'll call her Monica, was raped a couple years ago. She was stopped at a gas station late at night after a concert. He snuck into her car, then came at her with a knife and made her drive away. After he finished everything, she asked him why he did it. I can't remember everything he said but I know a big part of it was that his mother had recently died and that he was not ok from that. Monica lost her mother a few years before this incident as well. She said "well my mom died too." He then responded with "Well I wouldn't have done this to you if I knew that."

She immediately went to the police. After she reported it and gave a description, five more girls came forward, saying they were attacked by someone with a similar description and at the same place or close by.

I don't think Monica or any of those girls were at fault by any means. People should be able to stop at a gas station without some jackass getting in the car and nearly killing them. Losing a family member is no excuse to hurt a complete stranger. Karma is a bitch, and it came to him. I seem to recall he was found in Mexico and was severely beat by the mexican police. Serves him right...

1 comment:

John Doe said...

Thats a very unfortunate situation for ur friend, she did not deserve that at all and i feel the rapist was on a power trip like we discussed in class. If he had previously raped over 5 girls its evident that he enjoys the control and especially because he is not getting caught. I do feel the other girls should have responded sooner and it may not have taken this long for him to get caught or take advantage of these other young ladies. This further proves the inaccuracy of these stats on rape victims.