mommyIam
Member since 7/09 9209 total posts
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Shana
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rapists and abductions using elderly people to lure women and children
Someone sent this to me in an e-mail, its very scary but god to know, watch out for you and your kids safety
Sunday afternoon around 5 PM I headed into the Target. It was still light outside and I parked fairly close to the entrance. As I got out of my car and began walking towards Target, an older lady shouted to me from the passenger seat of a car about 30 feet away from me.
"Ma'am you must help me, help me please, help me
Ma'am!" I looked at her in the eyes and started to walk towards her when I remembered an email my Mom had sent me a week or two ago about rapists and abductions using elderly people to lure women in.
I paused, memorized the license plate and immediately headed into Target to get a manager to come help this lady, just in case something was up.
While the woman manager headed out there, I kept a close watch just because I was curious what was wrong with the lady and wanted to be sure
nothing happened.
As the Target lady walked up towards the car and got very close to the old woman in order to help her, the back door of the car flies open and a large man with a stocking cap on, jumps out and sticks a gun to the
lady's stomach as he shoves her into the back of the car.
I yelled out "call 911" several times and just as I was saying that, a policeman who happened to be on the other side of the parking lot and who,luckily had seen the entire thing happen, raced over to the car.
He was able to stop the car and arrest the male as
well as the old lady, who was involved in the scheme.
By God's grace everyone was all right, including myself, although I think we were both shaken up.
Like many of you, I would not in a million years have left an elderly person who was yelling for help if it weren't for the e-mail I had read last week. So, I wanted to pass this along so you all can be aware and remember that you really can't trust anyone these days.
You just never know when something like this could happen. I would have never dreamed it to happen to me especially on a Sunday afternoon at a Target in a safe area!
It definitely was not a coincidence that my Mom sent
that email just a few days before this all happened. Please, be careful and always be aware of your surroundings.
Just because you individually don't go over to help someone doesn't mean you have to leave them in trouble, but don't go ALONE, you really don't know what might be going on.
This was checked with Snopes - this is true and they also use children to lure the victim!
Please pass on to all your girlfriends, wives, etc.
Just to be on the safe side. Please be aware and
pass it on to anyone you think this will help.
Message edited 1/6/2011 8:10:17 AM.
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Bxgell2
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Beth
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Re: rapists and abductions using elderly people to lure women and children
This really pisses me off... it's false stories like these that desensitize people to the reality of the dangers that are out there  No one should EVER make up a story about an assault...
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mommyIam
Member since 7/09 9209 total posts
Name:
Shana
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Re: rapists and abductions using elderly people to lure women and children
I'm sorry it didn't strike me as fake, I read it too quick in the morning (pre-coffee always a mistake), and it scared me. Thanks for chiming in, ladies!
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MsMBV
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Member since 5/05 28602 total posts
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Me
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Re: rapists and abductions using elderly people to lure women and children
Posted by mommyIam
I'm sorry it didn't strike me as fake, I read it too quick in the morning (pre-coffee always a mistake), and it scared me. Thanks for chiming in, ladies!
I think it is a good lesson even if not true, per se. Before we had kids, DH would stop for anyone that he thought needed help. Now, he takes a pic with his cell phone and calls 911. No reason to take a chance.
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Why b/c she was the Target manager? 
