As you read the following story, I want you to remember that all of us, at one time or another, has gone to a store like this thinking that it is safe for all of us.
AUSTELL, GA — Police are searching for a man they say raped and robbed a woman whom he kidnapped as she exited an Austell drug store.
The man approached the 24-year-old woman at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday just after she walked out of the CVS Pharmacy at 800 East-West Connector in Austell, according to Cobb Police. He then forced the woman into her vehicle and had her drive him to an unknown location, where he raped her, police said.
He then forced the woman drive to various ATMs in the Atlanta area to withdraw money from her bank account, according to police.
Cobb Police spokesman Sgt. Dana Pierce said police plan to review the victims’s ATM records to get an idea where she was taken because she had little memory of the ordeal.
“The victim has been traumatized to a point where she was not able to produce much detail as to where she was able to drive to,” Pierce said.
After taking an undisclosed amount of cash from the woman, the man got out of her car and fled the area on foot, Pierce said.
The woman was hospitalized but has since been released, Pierce said.
Store video shows the man walking “very casually” in front of the drug store, waiting for the victim to emerge, Pierce said.
I was obviously not there when this happened, but I can say with most certainty that he didn't decide to pick this woman at the moment she left the store. I am positive that he had been watching her and maybe even following her for some time to make sure that she was an easy target, which unfortunately she turned out to be.
It is far better to be prepared for the worst and never have to use it, than to have the worst happen and not be prepared for it.
PREPARE TO SURVIVE!
Until next time.......
If she would have been more aware of what was going on around her, she may have been able to "see" her attacker as he stalked her, or noticed that the same man she saw at the other place is now outside and done something to protect herself against this kind of attack.
TSA, or Total Situational Awareness is the key to avoiding a situation like this one. Now, what could she have done as the attack occurred to make sure that she was not his next victim? The best thing that she could have done is to drop him like a bad habit and brutally attack him in the same manner he did to her BEFORE he had the chance to do it to her. She could have done this if she had the right mindset and the proper training to learn the mindset and the skills necessary to survive the encounter and go home safely.
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