Rape

I mean the warning sincerely. This post might not be for everyone to read. I will tell you up front that this post deals with rape. I won't get too into detail about the act itself, but it is a story about a rape victim, and even more about a rapist. I will also warn you that I will use some expletives in this post. Sometimes it takes an ugly word to describe ugly things in life. I hope this post to be a catharsis of sorts.



A man raped a woman. I know it happens a lot, too much. Once ever in the history of humanity is too much. This one happened here though. Recently. She worked for him. I won't say much else about them, except that she speaks English as a second language.

After the "event" (I can't think of another way to say it AND stay calm enough to write) man brings his victim to the hospital. She is torn up enough, in two places, to need medical attention. He threatens her life if she squeals. When she checks in, her official complaint in the ER is "Pelvic Pain: due to a fall". Man sleeps in lobby for 4 hours of the night waiting for her to be discharged. We finally kick him out for being "creepy/annoying".

Some 8 hours after woman checks in, an interpreter that speaks her language arrives. THEN the story comes out. She was raped. Brutally. ER staff knew something was not right. You don't get the kind of damage and wounds she had from a fall. You don't bleed the way she was from a fall. ER staff spoke to us about the events. For those who don't know, hospitals have to report violent crimes, felonies and the like to the police. Its law. Provo PD was contacted. They began an investigation. The crime took place at her residence. PD went to investigate. Man had gone back to scene of crime already and destroyed any possible evidence.

I would like to point out now that second most vile crime aside, this man is and was an idiot. He began to call her and threaten her again. He figured his threats would keep her silent. He didn't know that several police were in the room with her while she was receiving the calls. On the last call, he told her that he would be there to pick her up in 30 minutes. We were ready.

One of us ran the cameras from the office, while the other stayed with the PD to relay information. He came, confident that he was safe. He was detained. His vehicle was searched. Enough evidence was present to arrest him. He spent 2 days in jail before posting bail. Small mercy that the bail was set at $100,000.00

I hope this man ends up in prison. With a large and lonely cell mate. One who believes in the law of Moses. Eye for an eye....

I'm not sure what I want people to get from this. I am thrilled that I was able to personally help the PD in catching and arresting this man. I put something like 8-10 of my hours into the ordeal. More importantly. Speak up. Do something. The only reason dumb rat bastards like that one get away with crimes like that is cause we let them. There is little we could do to prevent this particular crime from happening, but at least we started the process of justice.

I don't want to be burst people's bubbles, but there is a lot of scary shi* out there now a days. Be careful.