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.
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wow.... that guy.... I would NEVER have suspected THAT guy in a MILLION years.
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?
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”
What could possibly go wrong when a woman takes a perfect stranger home? I can't even imagine anyone doing this.
The danger of a stranger in the dark
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.
So you're saying you've never woken with freezer burn? Come on. ;-)
He’s a Ted Bundy type.
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.
I am a pretty good judge of character, and I would of trusted that guy implicitly
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?
Why do females invite strangers up to their hotel rooms or into their homes...its a puzzlement to me..
Sex?
No thanks. I have a headache.
Hopefully not as bad as the woman in the article.
If they want sex, do like the guys do, look up escort service, they probably won’t kill you..:O)
your quick...must have heard that before...LOL
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