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I can't find the thread on the alleged assault on the woman in the village of Duval. I would like to know what really happened. Have more facts come out about the case?

I don't mean to be rude...but why dig this up again? Why not let the victim have her privacy and just be aware of your surroundings, keep your garage door closed and lock your doors when you go inside?

If this is keeping you up at night, why not give the police a call and see what they have to tell you?

And if it has you more upset, why not have a security system installed at your house?

Bring it up because the paper and law enforcement did her an injustice.

A man came thru unlocked door, physically, not sexually, assaulted her with an instrument of some kind when she resisted, primarily on the limbs, forced her to swallow a pill. Disabled garage door, locked her there. Heard her banging wall of garage. Repeated assault, forced another pill, barricaded her in a closet. She passed out and awoke hours later.

The house had been burglarized and dry wall cut in a closet. She is recovering and has family support. If I were in her place, it would take longer for emotions to heal than the wounds of the physical brutality. That's how I am praying.

I did not do anything to try to get this information. But it came to me from a reliable source and I feel obligated to share it for the sake of our community being aware as well as to contradict what we were told by news sources.

Thank you for the update. This woman's privacy is not being invaded since we don't know who the person is.. We/I need to always be aware and careful, even in our ow home. I am sad for this woman but glad this information was made public.

A gun is the answer carry one at all times and dont be afraid to use it

Mountaineer, if I had been locked in the garage I would've gotten the gun out of the car and if possible I would've killed the thug. That said, nobody can pack a gun all the time or wants to. And anyone licensed to carry has the right to do it regardless of their gender.

You are new here, right? Many of my neighbors have guns and have been trained to use them. I was surprised too.

They are responsible folks and I love them. You learn new stuff every day. Never had neighbors back in Ohio who had guns or who went to gun clubs. A very big bunch of people have guns here. Don't fool with old people.

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Good to know, but this is entirely different from this (below) on the other thread a few days ago. So which story is it??

I cannot believe how people make up anything that comes to mind when they have no facts. This entire thread is chock full of assumptions, and claims to have known an eye witness or relative of the alleged victim, even though perhaps they only know what the alleged victim told them, but they believe what they heard is truth, even though law-enforcement says the victim making the allegations was confused.

My sense of it is, the alleged victim had issues, and so do most of us. Regarding her hospitalization, she was apparently substance impaired. Would that not explain confusion without having to fabricate a story about a brain injury?

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...7/index11.html

Florida has issued 1.3 million concealed weapons permits with a population of about 20 million. That's means about 1 in every 19 people in Florida are probably carrying a concealed weapon. In TV with a population made up of a large amount of retired military, police and responsible seniors, the quota is probably even much higher. I'm glad for it, because license holders take the responsibility seriously and wouldn't even use a phrase like 'pistol packing mama' to describe themselves.

what I am missing from this story ( or else I am a dunce).. who was the man that assaulted her?? Stranger danger or relative?

The update that I received from two reliable sources Monday is that the woman was confused, and there might be nothing to the story. Now that sure is one end of the spectrum to the other.

Yup, don't fool with armed old people who take the responsibility seriously!

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What I have told you today is the woman's history of what happened, which agrees with many of the earliest reports in the prior thread that came from Duval residents. Everyone has to make their own mind up what they want to believe.