osuengineer September 02, 2010 at 8:40PM
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Something about this story strikes me as extremely suspicious. As much as I hate to question someone in her situation, I just don't buy her story.
First, random, unprovoked stranger on stranger violence of this magnitude without a robbery or sexual motive is extremely rare. Not that it couldn't or doesn't happen, but really almost all violent assaults come out of either robberies, rapes, fights (including both immediate and ongoing disputes such as jealousy, gang turf wars, workplace retaliation) or domestic violence. A truly random stranger assault like this is just so exceedingly rare, that when coupled with the truly bizarre method of attack used in the assault, it becomes almost totally implausible on its face (i.e. either one of those things is rare, but together? come on...)
And as implausible as it is to start with, there's even more that at least has to raise questions. This was alleged to happen at 7:40 near, a Starbucks. I don't know the area myself but if it's like many others, it's almost impossible to believe someone could walk up at that time of the evening near busy stores and streets (a shopping district, as the police called it) and pull this off without being seen by anyone.
It's even more difficult to imagine when you assume the victim would be screaming in agony, while the assailant would have to be sprinting off (again attracting even more attention to herself -- if she tried to just walk away I'd presume the victim would be screaming at someone to stop her -- either way, how does she get away without being seen?).
(As an aside, I note the story is extremely vague about what happened after the alleged attack - did she call 911? did someone walk by and help her? There's an amazing amount of detail about the attacker, but none about how she was found or got to the hospital. Seems like it would be an important part of the story. )
And speaking of all that detail -- seems also strange that a stranger could come up that fast, douse you with acid and yet you'd have time and presence of mind to notice that not only was she not wearing makeup but had thee piercings in the top of her ear. She also got clothing, height, and hairstyle. Sounds easy if you have time, but in reality (and in studies) most eyewitnesses to a stressful encounter don't get much detail because of how fast and unexpectedly everything happens. Throw in burning acid and sunglasses and her exquisite eye for detail is another red flag of falsehood. (Even the alleged quote said by the attacker sounds a bit camp. "Hey pretty girl, you want a drink of this?" Sounds like something from a bad screenplay.)
Also, at 7:40, while it's still daylight enough for everyone to see you, it's only a few minutes before sunset this time of year meaning there would be no direct sunlight on you. Why was she wearing sunglasses (especially while getting something in her car -- it's hard enough to find things in your car with no direct sunlight but damn near impossible to see anything in a car at sunset with sunglasses on). Again, it's not that people never wear sunglasses at that time, or even at night, but again, it's another of several things, that seems very unlikely rare and/or just a bit strange.
I have no idea what really happened here, but something tells me she's not telling the truth about it. I also have no idea why she'd lie about what really happened, but I'd be willing to bet no assailant (as described) is ever found and the police will end up looking more closely at her and her story before this is over.
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Originally Posted by beli
That park is always full of lunatics. A few years ago someone murdered a homeless woman in the public restroom right in the middle of the park.
