While a woman was walking her dogs in her suburban Los Angeles neighborhood, she was assaulted by a suspect who was released from jail only hours earlier. Believing she wouldn’t survive, the brave woman made sure that her attacker would never forget her.
A woman who survived a brutal rape and assault is telling her horrific story as a warning to other women. Marissa Young was walking her two 13-year-old dogs late at night in the Torrance neighborhood of Los Angeles. She had just finished her shift at a nearby restaurant.
While walking near the Nova Community Church, a man attacked Marissa from behind. “I was tackled from behind, I heard nothing,” she told KTLA . “I didn’t have headphones in, I wasn’t looking at my phone, I was just walking straight forward to my destination.” Read the full story here ▶