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Woman Survives Attack by Killer Who Stored Body in Freezer
ABC News ^ | November 10, 2011 | MICHAEL KOENIGS and ALICE GOMSTYN

Posted on 11/10/2011 6:45:15 PM PST by decimon

"I can talk," said Lydia Tillman with pride and great effort. For a woman who spent over five weeks in a coma after being sexually assaulted, strangled and doused in bleach, this is no small feat.

"I'm tough," said Tillman, an acclaimed sommelier and a seasoned world traveler.

At a 4th of July fireworks celebration in downtown Fort Collins, Colorado, Tillman, 30, met a stranger who returned with her to her apartment, sexually assaulted and strangled her, beat her head, shattered her jaw, and left her for dead. To cover his crime, police say the man then poured bleach on her body and throughout her apartment, then started a fire.

Despite the physical trauma, Tillman found the strength to survive by leaping out of her second-story window and running into the awaiting ambulance. When the medics asked whether she knew the assailant, Tillman repeatedly told them "No, no, no" before suffering a stroke that left her in a coma for over five weeks.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: survivor
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1 posted on 11/10/2011 6:45:16 PM PST by decimon
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2 posted on 11/10/2011 6:46:55 PM PST by decimon
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wow.... that guy.... I would NEVER have suspected THAT guy in a MILLION years.


3 posted on 11/10/2011 6:49:44 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Cain 2012!)
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Well, it’s never a good idea to “go home” with a total stranger, but particularly when he has crazy eyes. This guy looks like a loon.

Glad they caught him. I wonder how many other women he has killed?


4 posted on 11/10/2011 6:52:42 PM PST by livius
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She’s not bad looking, I can just imagine her thoughts while this was happening “of all the guys I could have taken home I had to pick the serial killer”


5 posted on 11/10/2011 6:55:11 PM PST by Newtoidaho (Fight organized crime. Vote out all incumbent Democrats!)
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Tillman, 30, met a stranger who returned with her to her apartment

What could possibly go wrong when a woman takes a perfect stranger home? I can't even imagine anyone doing this.

6 posted on 11/10/2011 6:56:38 PM PST by Tammy8 (~Secure the border and deport all illegals- do it now! ~ Support our Troops!~)
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The danger of a stranger in the dark


7 posted on 11/10/2011 7:01:24 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (ya don't tug on Superman's cape/ya don't spit into the wind--and ya don't speak well of Mitt to Jim!)
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At a 4th of July fireworks celebration in downtown Fort Collins, Colorado, Tillman, 30, met a stranger who returned with her to her apartment

What a horrific story. When I was younger, and still in the dating game, my girlfriends and I all saw "Looking for Mr. Goodbar." It was life-changing for some of them, and in a good way. I wish Ms. Tillman had seen it. Prayers for her continuing recovery.

8 posted on 11/10/2011 7:05:42 PM PST by lonevoice (The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers, impeach we much. We will much about that be committed.)
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What could possibly go wrong when a woman takes a perfect stranger home? I can't even imagine anyone doing this.

So you're saying you've never woken with freezer burn? Come on. ;-)

9 posted on 11/10/2011 7:06:42 PM PST by decimon
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He’s a Ted Bundy type.


10 posted on 11/10/2011 7:10:52 PM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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From my long ago single days...I recall no short supply of young, attractive women going quite enthusiastically to my place or theirs within a few hours of meeting.


11 posted on 11/10/2011 7:11:34 PM PST by Grizzled Bear (No More RINOs!!!)
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I guess so, because he is like leading man kind of handsome.

I am a pretty good judge of character, and I would of trusted that guy implicitly

12 posted on 11/10/2011 7:14:15 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Cain 2012!)
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To: decimon

The crime is horrific, no one deserves that. And this guy should be hung. But, didn’t her mother ever tell her never to let a stranger into her house?


13 posted on 11/10/2011 7:29:09 PM PST by MsLady (Be the kind of woman that when you get up in the morning, the devil says, "Oh crap, she's UP !!")
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Why do females invite strangers up to their hotel rooms or into their homes...its a puzzlement to me..


14 posted on 11/10/2011 7:38:01 PM PST by goat granny
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15 posted on 11/10/2011 7:41:13 PM PST by Shimmer1
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Why do females invite strangers up to their hotel rooms or into their homes...

Sex?

16 posted on 11/10/2011 7:45:07 PM PST by decimon
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No thanks. I have a headache.


17 posted on 11/10/2011 7:48:29 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (I won't vote for Romney. I won't vote for Perry.)
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I have a headache.

Hopefully not as bad as the woman in the article.

18 posted on 11/10/2011 7:51:57 PM PST by decimon
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If they want sex, do like the guys do, look up escort service, they probably won’t kill you..:O)


19 posted on 11/10/2011 8:00:41 PM PST by goat granny
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your quick...must have heard that before...LOL


20 posted on 11/10/2011 8:01:42 PM PST by goat granny
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