Thursday, February 5, 2009

Too close for comfort

This happened in my part of the world.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/pearland/news/6245052.html

"An expanded search begins on Thursday for Susana De Jesus, who was abducted at gunpoint Monday night as she left the Pearland-area clothing store where she worked.

As police Wednesday released a photo of a possible suspect, they said they don’t know why she was targeted.

De Jesus, 37, of Houston, was abducted about 9:15 p.m. Monday as she and a co-worker walked to their cars after leaving their jobs at Catherines Plus Sizes."


I was at the shopping center where this happened in the afternoon that this woman was kidnapped. That is scary. Scary scary scary. News reports of violence and whatnot are sad but thaey don't usually freak me out because I figure the chances fo it happening to me are infiitesimally small. This, though, feels way to close to home. I'm a little freaked!

This last part of the newspaper article makes me feel a little better. No way any one could mistake my 10 year old minivan with 130K miles on it for an impressive new car...
"Miller said single women driving impressive new cars — such as De Jesus’ Cadillac — sometimes become targets.

“I don’t believe this was just random,” Miller said of the kidnapping. “I would anticipate he’d seen her over a few days or few weeks.”

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