Another victim checks in
If you read today’s paper, then you know why I have a personal stake in hoping you can help police catch this rapist: He struck about 100 feet from where I lived up until August.
In the years we lived there, my wife and I saw the neighborhood change from a safe, quiet area to a dangerous, scary place. We suffered a break-in, but didn’t lose much. Now we live in a much safer neighborhood. The difference is almost palpable.
In today’s newspaper story, I recounted some of the recent crimes that have occurred in the 11000 block of N Lincoln Blvd., which probably isn’t even a quarter-mile long. Those crimes include drug dealing, home invasions, beatings and a rape, among others.
A few minutes ago, I got a call from a woman reporting yet another crime there.
About a week ago, she said, her daughter came home to find that someone had broken into the home she’d lived in for seven years. The intruder smashed her belongings, stole some items and knocked holes in the walls with a baseball bat.
The woman and her husband came in from California to move their daughter to safety. They saw another family moving out and talked to their daughter’s neighbor, who said she’s probably going to leave, too.
“I read your story and just started crying,” the woman said. “I didn’t want to read it, but I’m glad I did, because it reinforced that we did the right thing by moving our daughter out of that neighborhood.”
It’s a sad thing. I know people who still live there — good people who would never harm a soul.
The bad guys are winning. They chased me away. They’re scaring others into leaving. And the good folks who are left behind are just becoming victims.
It’s not a cold case, although few, if any, of these crimes have been solved.
But people have been hurt, particularly the two most recent victims. One was hit with a blunt object, raped and stabbed. The other — a good Samaritan just trying to help her neighbor — was also beaten and stabbed.
This monster doesn’t deserve freedom. I hope you can help lock him away.
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I live in a pretty safe town in the midwest. I feel the same way those folks used to, scared and with eyes in the back of my head. That’s why I moved here or should I say escaped here. Hope they find those culprits.