TERRIFIED...

ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT THERE WAS A HUGE COMMOTION OUTSIDE OUR BUILDING. WE LIVE ON THE GROUND FLOOR, SO IT WAS IN OUR FACES. A FIRE TRUCK, A POLICE CAR, AND AMBULANCE WERE PARKED OUTSIDE AT ABOUT 11PM. SOON AFTER, A HUGE POLICE BUS PARKED ITSELF WHERE THE FIRE TRUCK WAS. THE NEXT MORNING MY BOYFRIEND SAW A POLICE OFFICER SITTING IN FRONT OF AN APARTMENT DOWN THE HALL FROM US WHEN HE LEFT FOR WORK. THE BIG POLICE BUS WAS STILL THERE. AT ABOUT 530PM ON THURSDAY MY BOYFRIEND CALLED FROM WORK AND TOLD ME TO CHECK OUT THE NEWS...A WOMAN HAD BEEN STRANGLED TO DEATH IN THAT APARTMENT.

I'M HORRIFIED. TERRIFIED. I HAVE A DAUGHTER, WHO I WORRY ABOUT EVERY SECOND OF THE DAY. I'VE LIVED IN FEAR HERE BECAUSE WE'RE ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND I NEVER REALLY FELT SAFE IN THIS BUILDING. NOW MY FEARS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED.

AFTER THINKING ABOUT IT I REALIZED THERE WAS NO WOMAN THAT LIVED THERE. I KNEW WHO DID. IT WAS A MAN WHO WORE RED SNEAKERS. I'VE PASTED HIM IN THE HALLS A THOUSAND TIMES. I'VE PASSED HIM IN THE HALLS WITH MY DAUGHTER. HE ALWAYS SAID HELLO TO ME.

I JUST CHECKED OUT THE NEWS FOR ANY UPDATES. AND THERE HE WAS. FRONT PAGE...ARRESTED FOR THE WOMAN'S DEATH.

I'VE NEVER BEEN THROUGH ANYTHING LIKE THIS, AND AM SHAKEN TO MY CORE. I PRAY FOR HER, FOR US.