Written by Barton Dieters at WoodTV.com
Two Western Michigan University football players are in jail thanks to the actions of a gutsy 20-year-old who did more than simply survive, she kept her wits about her, her eyes open and pretty much solved this case for police.
“I haven’t slept since then, I haven’t ate, I’m completely nauseous 24-seven, I’ve never felt so just like violated,” the woman who 24 Hour News 8 isn’t identifying at this time.
Having moved to town only a week ago, she was looking to make friends and gave her cellphone number to a woman she only just met.
Then Friday, she started getting texts from what she assumed was this woman and made plans to meet up here at the California West Apartments where she moved to be close to campus.
The knock came at the door.
“I cracked the door about an inch and I saw bandannas, sunglasses and two men holding a gun,” the woman told 24 Hour News 8. “I tried to shut the door as quick as I could, they forced themselves back in, they threw me over my couch, they told me they were going to slit my throat if I didn’t tell them where my money was and they kept asking for drugs.”
A friend who was in the apartment hid in the closet and called police as the men searched the apartment.
But soon she was forced into the bathroom by one of the men who hit her with a gun, and then demanded she take her shirt off.
“And I was like I’m not taking off my shirt and he was like take off your shirt before I blow your brains out,” she said.
She said the other robber told his accomplice to leave her alone and that made her think about whether there was some connection there.
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