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    Woman Uses Bible Verses to Ward Off Attacker

                                                                                                                                  ABC News

    A North Carolina woman read the Bible to her attacker for an hour and a half after he slashed her throat before the man apologized and left.

    Lindsay Wood, 32, of Shelby, N.C.,  had just arrived home from Bible study on Wednesday. Wood asked her 15-year-old son to collect the trash can from the curb. During this time, Wood's attacker walked into her home and slashed her neck.

    "She told him please not to hurt her, that she loved the Lord and her son," neighbor Faye Cooke told ABC affiliate WSOC.

    Police said Wood's son heard what was happening and hid in the backyard out of sight while Wood continued to reason with the man.

    "She offered her car up, as well as money," Rick Stafford, a captain in the Shelby Police Department told WSOC.

    But the man took none of those things.

    Despite her injuries, Wood opened her Bible and read to her attacker.

    He listened. She even invited him to her church.

    After an hour and a half, her attacker apologized and left.

    Wood is in the hospital recovering from her injuries, which required 20-25 stitches and staples in her neck.

    Meanwhile, police are hoping to apprehend the man, who didn't seem to want anything more than to hurt an innocent person.

    "We want him off the street," Stafford said.

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    • my2cents  •  3 mths ago
      I had to help my mom once back when I was just a teenage "girl", and I ran to the neighbors house, walked past two Doberman Pinchers without even blinking an eye. You don't think of yourself when someone you love is in danger.
    • Smoky  •  Sarasota, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      It is extremely odd that a 15 year old boy would hide for an hour and a half instead of running for help ---- can't figure that one out! But glad the mother is getting better.....
      • Chris Chase 3 mths ago
        Maybe the son was scared and was afraid the attacker would see him and hurt his mom more so he stayed put.
    • 1Mammy  •  Scranton, Pennsylvania  •  3 mths ago
      Just another mentally ill person on the loose here....The laws in this country have failed to protect the innocent. Instead, the mentally ill are protected. We cannot take them off the streets until they become a danger to themselves and others, which, very often, is AFTER someone else has been injured or killed by one of them. We cannot force them to take their medications, either. They can stop taking their medications and nothing can be done until they become a danger to themselves and others. Many of the institutions that housed the criminally insane and svere cases of the mentally ill have been ordered to close their doors due to the costs. Our government has instead, opted to house these people into group homes with case management. This is only a temporary residence for them since the states do not want to take on the costs. After only a few months, when they are deemed to be stable, they are placed in apartments in your community and subsidized housing where there are young children. Many stop taking their medications when out on their own and the cycle continues...
      • Pete S 3 mths ago
        That is a very, very accurate representation of what has happened in Topeka, Kansas. Same scenario. Mental facility closed, moved to Oklahoma, and effectively abandoned everyone who stayed there. One unfortunate side of mental illness is that it is not clear-cut, and there is no recourse to get out if you have been wrongly committed. Some people languish their entire lives in a facility simply because the doctors refuse to release them, or a family member insists they're still insane. Happens all the time. Thorazine cocktails and lithium chasers.
      • Devon 3 mths ago
        Or we can all agree to pay more taxes to better address this issue. That's not going to happen and as budgets are slashed, you'll see much more of this.
      • John 316 3 mths ago
        1Mammy, you can blame Reagan for that one. He and the conservative controlled congress voted to close down the institutions and put these people on the street.
    • Jeff franklin  •  3 mths ago
      why didn't the dumb kid go to the neighbors house and call the police????
      • Babydoll 3 mths ago
        Because he's a dumb kid. They don't teach survival skills in Sunday school.
    • Lupi  •  Montreal, Canada  •  3 mths ago
      The most important thing is that she's O.K.
      • Independent 3 mths ago
        Good point.
      • C C 3 mths ago
        That's subjective. I think she's far from OK and has been since she was an uneducated teen-pregnancy who hid her identity in the bible statistic.
      • Lupi 3 mths ago
        Well, that's a different subject. She could have told him fairy tales, for that matter. What's important is that she wasn't killed and that she'll hopefully be able to completely recover.
    • ISHI  •  3 mths ago
      There is something missing in this story.
      • 911 3 mths ago
        do tell
      • Darissa 3 mths ago
        Thank you for being sensible enough to just state the obvious without adding ignorance without knowing all the facts!
      • U 3 mths ago
        Ishi...did you eat fruit from the obvious tree?
    • 1 Tim 3  •  Atlanta, Georgia  •  3 mths ago
      Why didn't son go for help if he was outside?
    • H  •  3 mths ago
      What 15 year old would hide for an hour and a half and not call the police or run to a neighbor's house?!?
    • amwhoiam  •  Chicago, Illinois  •  3 mths ago
      Sooo...the perpetrator waits outside until someone conveniently leaves the door open, then, when the sone leaves...he RUSHES in and slashes the mom's throat for no reason but is not concerned that the son is coming back any moment? Lies.
    • Ron  •  Raleigh, North Carolina  •  3 mths ago
      so many stictches, that will hurt as it heals. bless her and no matter what really happened, she and her son are still alive.
    • alex  •  Durham, North Carolina  •  3 mths ago
      All of these atheist posting negative comments make the rest of us(atheist) look bad.
    • Greg  •  3 mths ago
      Clearly this was a crime that went from bad to verse.
    • hkt  •  3 mths ago
      I am glad she is ok and her son too.
    • Positive Spin  •  3 mths ago
      First question…….what did her 15 year old son do for that hour and a half? Calling the police from a neighbors phone would have been a good idea, don't you think!
    • Oucho Cinco  •  3 mths ago
      The son hid for an hour and a half?? Whats up with that?
    • spindrift  •  Lake Worth, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      Why did a big 15 year old boy do nothing but hide while his mother was being attacked; do they have no neighbors????????????
    • TheReality  •  3 mths ago
      Simply do not believe it. 15 years old and just 'hid' for an hour and a half. Is he mentally impaired? Why would he not seek help? A slashed throat bleeding out for an hour and a half? She is reading with a slashed throat for an hour and a half? Lots of missing details and misinformation here.
    • Katherine  •  Kingfisher, Oklahoma  •  3 mths ago
      What a shame, how cynical and negative as a society we have become towards one another. Everyone is pointing fingers making accusations, stirring up more drama than life already had dispensed.No one looks at the good side any more, the no one died side, weather there is a God or not, this lady is alive, no one died that is awesome.Thats all i have to say have a blessed day.
    • B  •  Youngstown, Ohio  •  3 mths ago
      I want to know what she read to him...
    • True Colts Fan  •  Tyler, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      I keep a bible in my left hand and a glock in my right; which ever one they want to hear is fine by me.