Midnight on the 25 of August screams were heard on Westwood Drive as a home intruder was reported to the RCMP ending in a horrible assault.
The victim of the assault was the father of his beloved family as he tells the story of what started out a typical night and ended in a shocking outcome.
“That night the kids happened to want to sleep in the living room when I see the backyard light turned on” said the father. Something seemed off, but not too much thought was given as they assumed the sensor could have been triggered by an animal.
“But then I saw a reflection of what looked like a man” he further stated. “Right away I thought about my kids and I start turning on all the house lights”
As each light flicked on in hopes to deter the danger away, the father came to flip the switch by the door on but before he could get to it, the door swung open bursting the two locked dead bolds locks that ripping out of the wood frame in one single body slam.
The father, having a good strong build on himself dedicated every ounce of strength in resisting the force on the other side of the door. “he was strong! I could not stop the door”.
The attacker’s arm swung around the door and grabbed hold of the father’s hair. The father was whipped and yanked by his latched hair, and then hauled outside to the porch and dragged to the front lawn where the attacker continued to thrash the victim around.
Like a beacon of hope, the victim suddenly looked up to see a police car parked at the end of the street. At the same time, the attacker saw the car too and fled the scene immediately.
“When the attacker saw the cop, he started to run away. While he was going I grabbed his shirt and he slipped out of it”
The police called for backup as a full night search was deployed but resulted unsuccessful in the attacker’s capture.
The family was all escorted to the hospital for a checkup even though the father of the home took the brunt of the abuse and was bruised and concussed from the thrashing.
“I feel pain in my neck everyday since this incident took place. All my body weight he took it from my head and he was shaking me vigorously. He was very strong”
Such an alarming event has caused the family to question what possible intent could be behind the violence seeing though nothing was stolen or came in favor of the attacker.
“I still don’t know his intention. He didn’t ask for money, and I even took the brunt of the abuse. I’m glad I took the beating instead of my family. With the amount of force he gave me, I don’t think the rest of my family could have taken it”
Steady procedures have been since taken for not only the safety of the home but as a reassuring measure to cope the children’s trauma.
The unidentified attacker was described as a fair-skinned male of average height and build, with tattoos down his arms and a clean trimmed haircut buzzed on each side and thicker on the top. Police warn to be on the lookout for such an individual and alert the police of anything suspicious.
