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28 April 2009

The woman left the grocery store about 2 p.m. and was approached by a man. He made small talk, but she ignored him, said police. He followed the woman to her apartment and again tried to talk to her. ... He then pulled a gun from his waistband and demanded her purse. The man ordered the woman into her apartment and "told her to sit and be quiet." ... After the man found a few items to take, he forced the woman into her bedroom. He said he was going to tie her up. She tried to run out of the bedroom, but the robber caught her and punched her several times. She thought the man was going to shoot her to death. She tried to escape again, this time screaming hysterically and running out of the bedroom. She somehow got away from the man and fled. ... The robber didn't chase her and simply left the apartment.
Excerpted from The Minneapolis Star-Tribune – 26 December 2008

Safety Tips for Women: I’m glad her bravery and resilience saved her, very possibly, from a worse fate. But she would’ve been far better off by taking action earlier – before her life was on the brink of disaster (see SET YOUR BOUNDARIES toward the bottom of Outdoor Safety - Friendly Predators). She could have confronted him earlier (as he followed her) while still able to run to nearby safe havens, thereby avoiding what amounted to a Home Security - Mug-In (a “Follow-Home” attack).

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