A Shelby , North Carolina
He told police "a man he didn't know rushed past him. He saw the man run toward the back of the house. His mother was unlocking the rear door at the same time. Wood's son told police he heard his mother talking to the man but couldn’t understand their conversation. He said the man had a “deep voice,” according to a police report.
Moments later, the man pulled out a knife. He swung the blade and sliced into the right side of Wood's neck. After the attack, Wood started speaking to the man about Bible verses and church, Stafford said. Wood didn’t call 911 until 10:24 p.m., after the attacker left."
He held her hostage for an hour and a half while she was bleeding from her neck wound. She invited him to church...and read Bible verses to him. All this after he slit her throat! It's a miracle she is alive and that she could breathe, yet she read the Bible. Woods is in the hospital recovering from her injuries. She required 20 -25 stitches and staples in her neck and she is attached to a ventilator and a feeding tube.
Why didn't her 15 year-old son go for help rather than listening and hiding for ninety minutes in the backyard? He heard what was happening to his mom, but he stayed hidden. It seems odd that he would hide rather than get help for his mom. There were neighbors close by but he decided to sit, listen and wait.
Police say they want to get this guy off the streets, but there is no description of the intruder. Maybe I watch too many crime television shows, but this story sounds off. I hope it is not another case of a child wanting to get rid of a parent. I can't imagine any15 year-old child listening to his mom pleading with her attacker for ninety minutes and doing nothing.
Obviously, the intruder was there to do her harm...probably to kill her. But he didn't and before he left, he apologized! What stopped him from finishing her off?
Something she said to him changed his mind...and what she said to him came from the Bible.
Peace
