When Violence Hits Close to Home

A woman who appeared to simply be waiting for her ride, was violently attacked this morning, just a few miles from where I live. CNN reports that police are trying to find a man who ambushed and attacked a 27 year old woman with a bat and tried to kidnap her.

The video of the attack is disturbing. A quick (unofficial) transcript of the report is as follows:

Det. Corporal Andrew John, with the Tacoma Park (MD) Police Department said: "We believe she was waiting for a ride." The incident occurred at 7:50 am. The man was behind the wheel of a white delivery-type truck that he positioned just right so he could commit the crime. "He is either trying to trap her ... or he's trying to block any further view of what he's about to do from the roadway."

Seconds later after raising the back door of the truck the man pulled out a baseball bat and went on the attack. "Whoever did this is a dangerous person."

"He grabs the victim, she struggles, he throws her to the ground. Picks her up and tries to full body slam her into the back of the truck, but she's fighting."

She continues to fight until the suspect hits her with the bat and gives up -- fleeing east on University Blvd.

It is very likely that the woman was just getting off from work and was waiting for her ride home. It would also seem that the man was either deliberately after this woman, or had been plotting to attack and kidnap ANY woman that might appear vunerable. I certainly hope he is found and locked up for a very long time.

I had just finished watching this video, when another headline caught my eye: "Body parts found in 8 bags along Interstate"

A woman's severed head was found Tuesday in a trash bag along an interstate highway, one of eight bags containing body parts discovered beside expressways in northeastern Pennsylvania, authorities said.

The parts are believed to belong to the same victim.

It was unclear whether all the body parts have been found, investigators said.

What sick bastard would kill a woman, cut her up into pieces, and then toss the body parts along side a road.

These two stories both speak to what seems to be the never ending problem of violence against women. The woman attacked near my home was the "lucky" one. She is still alive. What would motivate ANYONE to treat another human being in this way?