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Originally Posted by Lea N
I hadn't thought of that but you are right.
Many years ago my husband and I lived in CT. I rented an apartment that was downstairs from the apartment he lived in. I was the only single woman living in the apartments in this house (old Victorian that had been renovated to apartments.)
The original landlord was a kind older man (I was in my 20's, he was in his 80's.) He passed away and left the rental property to his two daughters. They really didn't want anything to do with it and did minimum work on the place.
They hired someone to paint the outside of the place. He painted by himself. At that time I worked two jobs but was home and was vacuuming. He knocked at the door and asked if he could use my phone. I let him in and he made a quick phone call and then sat on the couch as though he was invited to do so. I was busy cleaning and told him to leave. He wouldn't. So I started vacuuming again and he left right away.
I told my husband what happened (remember we weren't married yet.) About a week or so later I looked out my back window and there was a police car parked in the back parking area. I called my husband and jokingly said there is a police car in the back, what did you do? He said he is here with me right now and wants to talk to you to. At first I thought he was joking.
I went upstairs to talk with the police officer. He asked all kinds of questions about this man and if he had hurt me. He seemed very concerned. This painter had a tattoo on both hands, one said love and one said hate.
It turns out he had raped and murdered several women, I don't know how many. I don't know if he was ever caught. He had been on America's Most Wanted but I didn't know it at that time he showed up at my door.
My heart goes out to the woman this happened to. She must have been so scared and probably doesn't feel safe in her home anymore.
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That IS a pretty nasty story and I am glad that you survived. Today MORE women have MORE things to worry about - like date-rape blackout drugs. I talked to a lady who said that her daughter experienced twice being drugged by blackout drugs while at college.