""She told them he put a .22-caliber revolver to her head and threatened to kill her and then himself," Shupe said. "But when he pulled the trigger, the gun jammed. He then grabbed a knife from the kitchen and stabbed himself in the neck".

The woman said he then forced her and their 2-year-old child into his vehicle. She was driving and managed to talk him into going to the hospital."
(April 27, 2004 - GA)

"A woman really scared for her life was screaming that her ex had just shot and killed her friend," said Dave Epperson, a Galloway teacher who said he saw the woman in the hallway. "She was really scared and said he was coming to kill her too. We were both very scared"."  (January 21, 2004 - NV)

But she knows this: Her life is never going to be quite the same. And she doesn't want others to suffer the way she did.

"Always lock your doors", she says." ...

"As the robbers headed down the driveway in a three-car caravan of Laing's cars, Laing freed her hands, popped the trunk of the BMW with the inside lever, and rolled out onto the driveway."  (May 5, 2003)

Then last week, at a crowded QuikTrip in the middle of the afternoon, the other woman, 24-year-old TemekaBryant, attacked Wilson, authorities said.

Wilson fought back, pulling out the knife she carried. Swiping blindly at Bryant, Wilson stabbed her three times.

Security video recorded the scene on tape, and Sedgwick County District Attorney Nola Foulston ruled Friday that Wilson killed Bryant in self-defense."  (April 17, 2003 - KS)

Sheriff John Zaruba said that a man entered the building in the 9S000 block of Lake Drive shortly after midnight Sunday and attacked the woman. He said the woman fought off her assailant, fled the room and called police." ...

"The victim was treated in a local hospital and released."  (March 24, 2003 - IL)

Then he drove back into Nebraska and raped her a third time. She said the man then got out, forced her on the floor of the car and told her not to look up."  (March 12, 2003 - KS)

Michael Walker, 38, described by friends as a well-liked family man, admitted to police that he killed his daughter and son, ages 9 and 8, in his apartment Monday evening, court records show. Police said he then walked two blocks to his wife's apartment and tried to kill her with a knife." ...

"Neighbors on Tuesday reported hearing a woman's voice pleading from inside Karen Walker's apartment.

"The first time it was, 'Oh, please don't do this'," said Kathy Kane, who lives in the apartment below Karen Walker's. Kane then heard screaming and crying.

Karen Walker, 34, crawled to the telephone and called 911 just before 9 p.m. Monday.  She told a dispatcher "that her husband had stabbed her and was killing her," a police report said."  (February 17, 2003 - IA)

On Sunday night, Jorge Gonzalez, 25, was riding with his wife, 22, in the back seat of a car driven by her 19-year-old sister when he said he had a gun and ordered the sister to pull over and get out"...

"He was convicted of raping his wife in January 2001 and sentenced to 5 years in prison."  (February 2, 2003 - IL)

"the man slashed her in the face, hands and head, then jumped onto the subway tracks and fled north, police said.

A track worker heard a scream on the platform and alerted police, New York City Transit spokesman Paul Fleuranges said."  (January 10, 2003 - NY)

Shortly after midnight Monday, two armed men wearing gloves and masks broke through a bedroom window at the John Deere Road home of Tara Susan Tarbush, 19. The men held Tarbush's parents at gunpoint and abducted her."

"Tarbush had a temporary protective order against Garrick, who was charged in October with battery and attempted feticide after allegedly assaulting Tarbush." 
(December 30, 2002 - GA)

The 24-year-old victim was attacked at gunpoint in the Inverrary Village apartments in the 2900 block of Northwest 56th Avenue. Police said the early hour, the darkness of the room and the suddenness of the attack combined to prevent the woman from immediately offering any useful description of the man."  (December 30, 2002 - FL)

Officer Craig Yokemick allegedly smashed the woman's head against a counter after pushing his way into her home in Mahopac in Putnam County on Saturday.

The woman was released after treatment at a local hospital, and Yokemick was freed on $30,000 bail after being busted on charges of assault, burglary and criminal mischief."
(December 14, 2002 - NY_

Green then jumped over the counter and pulled the clerk into a nearby hallway, where he raped her, police say.

When Deputy Gerald Creaser arrived, he followed the clerk's screams to the hallway. Dennie said Green then pointed his gun at Creaser. The deputy fired four shots, and three hit the teenager." (December 14, 2002 - FL)

Ruben Fortune was charged with two counts of aggravated sodomy and five counts of kidnapping after police established a forensic link through the GBI's DNA databank. 

Fortune, who worked for UPS, is also a suspect in other sexual assaults involving college students, including an April attack at the State University of West Georgia in Carrollton, authorities said today."...

"Five women, three of them residents, were in the suite at the Sparta dormitory on Dec. 2 when a man, armed with a knife, knocked on the door around 2:45 p.m.

One of the students opened the door and the intruder forced his way in, police said.  He tied up three of the women with a phone cord and sexually assaulted the other two before running down a nearby stairway, Mullis said.

The suspect was in the four-bedroom, apartment-style suite for nearly two hours, Mullis said."  (December 2, 2002 - GA)

"A woman in her 30s woke to find a male intruder in her residence," Pratt said. "A physical fight erupted between the two. Fortunately, she was able to fight him off and was able to actually flee the residence."

The woman was taken to the hospital, Pratt said. It was unclear if she was sexually assaulted."  (November 7, 2002 - CA)

Pattrick said the man attempted to sexually assault the woman, and when she resisted, he shot her three times in the head and neck area.

The victim was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital and then transferred by ground ambulance to a Kansas City-area hospital. Authorities said she was in critical condition this afternoon."  (November 5, 2002 - KS)

It happened here near the Convenient Food Mart in Cecil Township.

The suspect escaped after the woman sprayed him with pepper spray." 
(October 28, 2002 (?) - PA)

As Mr. Burton was on top of the victim, cutting her, the woman's female friend returned to the van and yelled for him to stop, according to police. The victim managed to get out of the van and escape with her friend.

Police said Sunday they had no motive in the attack."  (October 19, 2002 - OH)

During the initial investigation, officers were able to determine that the victim was inside her home and was confronted by an apparent burglar. The suspect struck the victim in the head with a blunt object and left her inside the residence."  (October 11, 2002 - TX)

"We did have a victim that had been assaulted when she came home this morning after taking her children to school by two black males," said Granville County Sheriff David Smith.

Authorities said the men then intentionally set the mobile home on fire. Authorities say the woman suffered injuries from the assault, but she was able to escape the fire."
(October 10, 2002 - NC)

Article dated January 10, 2003

 Police said Sean Earl Ray, 34, dragged the 34-year-old woman into his third-story home in the Hempfield Heights Apartments on Oct. 3. According to a police affidavit, Ray punched the woman in the face, struck her in the back and legs and said she would experience "a slow and painful death."

The woman escaped by jumping from Ray's balcony, police said. She was found on the ground with her clothes torn, suffering from multiple fractures and contusions, police said.

The woman showed up at a preliminary hearing Friday, but took the stand only to say she did not want to testify. She did not explain the reason for her decision." 
(October 3, 2002 - PA)

According to reports from the Huntington Police Department, the woman was watching television in her home Thursday night when a man used force to break through her front door."
(September 26, 2002 - WV)

"According to the IPD, the assailant threw the woman to the ground and attempted to rape her. When she screamed, neighbors came out of their houses to investigate. At that point the assailant ran from the scene."
(August 21, 2002 - NY)

Michele Billy Michele Billy was about to take her first ride ever on an RTA rapid. She was waiting at the West 65th and Madison station at 9 a.m. when a man grabbed her from behind and dragged her underneath the platform.

"He just started punching me in the face and told me to shut up," said Billy. "I thought he was going to kill me."

The rapid station has an emergency call box, but it wasn't of much help to Billy who was more than thirty feet away, underneath the platform, lying on a bed of gravel, fighting for her life."
(August 20, 2002 - OH)

"Her daughter came over to check on her and found her on the floor of her bedroom. She was covered with blood and severely injured," said Lt. Sam Pennica, of the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office. 

Investigators say Wood was stabbed several times and the motive was robbery. They say the thief entered the house by breaking a piece of glass out of the front door."
(August 16, 2002 - NC)

The victim reported her clothes were ripped from her body, and she was forced to have
intercourse with the attacker.

The victim was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital and treated for minor injuries. Prior to being taken to the hospital, the victim told police she knew her attacker.

Police have a suspect, but no arrests have been made."  (July 24, 2002 - WV)