Think that attacks only happen in bad neighborhoods at 4 AM?
The true stories below tell of women in everyday scenarios that experienced violence first-hand. If you've ever taken out the garbage, ridden in an elevator, or parked your car in a garage - you could have been a victim of assault, rape, even murder. We share these stories not to frighten you, but to help inform you. Realizing that violence against women can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere is the first step to prevention.
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CHICAGO—A man grabbed a woman walking on a street early this morning in a North Side neighborhood already on edge from two recent sexual assaults…
www.chicagotribune.com
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CHICAGO—A woman in her mid-20s was sexually assaulted and struck in the head around 4:30 a.m. Sunday as she tried to return to her apartment building…
www.suntimes.com
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CHICAGO— Shocking surveillance video shows off-duty Chicago police officer Anthony Abbate, 38, a 12-year veteran of the force, brutally beating a female bartender...
www.cbs2chicago.com
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CHICAGO— According to police, the woman was on her way to work at the Sunglasses on the Beach kiosk when she was stabbed in the back around 10:30 a.m. Police interviewed several people who witnessed the incident. "It really scared me. I mean, I had a physical reaction, like, you know, your gut and your stomach just starts twisting," beachgoer said…
www.nbc5.com
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CHICAGO— Chicago police are searching for a man who sexually assaulted a woman at gunpoint this week inside a bathroom at the South Side insurance agency where she worked…
www.chicagotribune.com
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Stories from other cities across the United States
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CINCINNATI— According to police, the woman went into the restroom and the man forced his way in with her. The man struck the woman several times, tore off her clothes and sexually assaulted her…
www.channelcincinnati.com
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COBB COUNTY— A woman setting a bag of garbage outside the front door of her Cobb County apartment Monday evening was suddenly attacked and later raped by a man... The incident happened about 8 p.m. at a residence... The woman told police the man surprised her at her door and forced her back into the apartment, where he…
www.11alive.com
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OMAHA— Police are looking for the man responsible for sexually assaulting and robbing an 80-year-old Omaha woman over the weekend… "It makes you think, how would you feel if that was your own grandmother that it got done to? How would you feel if someone…
www.wowt.com
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CLEVELAND -- A woman was robbed and beaten last Tuesday in broad daylight at a west side RTA rapid station…
www.wkyc.com
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ORLANDO— The scary thing is it was late afternoon, in broad daylight and the woman was walking to her car after work. The guy passed her as she walked up the stairs to where her car was parked on the 2nd floor and then followed her... She quickly opened her car, but the attacker pushed her down onto the driver's seat and started grabbing her…
www.wftv.com
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BLACKSBURG— A 23-year-old woman was attacked early Wednesday in the heart of downtown Blacksburg, and was left severely beaten in the face and possibly sexually assaulted… The woman, whom police are not naming, was on her way home from a night out with friends… The man told her she was going to be sexually assaulted and began beating and choking her…
www.roanoke.com
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COLUMBUS— According to detectives, a 25-year-old woman was attacked at about 8 p.m. while she was entering the front door to her residence… The suspect pushed her inside and onto the floor of her living room, police said. The suspect, who had a knife, attempted to sexually assault the woman, police said….
www.nbc4i.com
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VIRGINIA BEACH — police are asking for the public's help in finding a man they believe raped and robbed a 21-year old woman early Friday morning. Officials say the suspect pulled the woman from her bicycle and began choking her with a metal pipe. The suspect then struck the victim with the pipe and carried her into a nearby wooded area, where he…
www.wavy.com
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LOWER POTTSGROVE TOWNSHIP— Police said the 32-year-old Norristown woman stopped at the convenience store for directions when three men forced her into her own car, blindfolded and beat her, and then sexually assaulted her. Police said the attackers drove the woman to a two-story house under construction and sexually assaulted her again…
www.nbc10.com
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SAN BENITO — police continue to search for three suspects who are accused of abducting and attacking a pregnant woman over the weekend… "She did have some injuries to her facial area and then there were some internal injuries that we were not aware of until the doctors were able to look at her."
www.team4news.com
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YPSILANTI— Electrical outages on Sunday resulted in an east-side Ypsilanti woman falling prey to three men who posed as DTE Energy workers to gain entry to her house…
www.ypsilanticourier.com
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EAST CLEVELAND— East Cleveland police said the teens followed a woman into an elevator… When she stepped off, they pistol-whipped her in the head, stole her purse then drove away in her car…
www.newsnet5.com
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GREENVILLE— A Greenville woman was attacked early Friday morning while getting into her car in a downtown garage, a police spokesman said… The man grabbed her by the throat and threw her to the ground, holding her face and throat, he said. The woman told police she struggled and grabbed at something pointing at the back of her head, discovering it was his…
www.greenvilleonline.com
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GREENBELT— Greenbelt police said a woman was walking to her car when she was approached by a man. Officers said the woman got into her car, but the man pushed her over to the passenger's seat…
www.nbc4.com
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