I 100% agree with every last word, Crimesnooper. I breathed a huge sigh of relief when my kids started to register that they weren't invulnerable which only happened after a male popped up in the backseat of my good-looking blonde daughter who also had a good-looking blonde roommate (K and M remind me of them too much) and grabbed my daughter by the throat. She had black bruises from his fingers for more than a week. We did our best to prepare her which was enough martial arts to earn a black belt plus a cell phone before they became common. And I told her to never, ever get the car with anyone no matter how heinous the threat. (Ted Bundy was operating at this time). She managed to pry the attacker's fingers loose and stagger out of the car. He came right after her, and she had just enough air left to kick him in the groin with a right foot that could break two inch oak boards held higher than her head, and when he went down, a double knife hand strike at the base of his skull. She sped away, then got scared, so drove back around the block to see if he was dead. He was still laying there, but she went home when she should have called 911 for ambulance and police. She was afraid she'd get in trouble (lack of maturity on her part, not realizing her neck damage was all the proof she needed). Plus she had been drinking underage but, thank God, not enough to fully impair her. This was the moment she learned true fear, along with a degree of confidence. The reason he was lurking in her backseat was she chose not to lock her car. She learned her lesson, but I've always wondered if he did. Or did he move on to hurt someone else?
