[FONT='Arial','sans-serif']A RAPIST TRICK
Know what money you are carrying. You will see why as you read.
Be sure every woman is aware of this M.O. Share it with your wife and daughters.
Know what money you are carrying... This was the first I have heard of a scheme
like this..... I wanted to pass it along. Be safe! Something very serious to pay
attention to.
Criminals are coming up with craftier, less threatening methods of attack, so we
have to be extra cautious.
Read on..
I live in Alexandria , VA , but I often work in Lafayette , LA , staying
with friends when I'm there. As you know from America 's Most Wanted TV program,
as well as the news media, there is a serial killer in the Lafayette area. I
just want to let you know about an "incident" that happened to me a few weeks
ago, and could have been deadly.
At first I didn't go to the police or anyone with it because I didn't
realize how serious this encounter was. But since I work in a jail and I told a
few people about it, it wasn't long before I was paraded into
Internal Affairs to tell them my story. It was approximately 5:15 a.m. In
Opelousas , La. I had stayed with a friend there and was on my way to work.
I stopped at the Exxon/Blimpie Pie station to get gas. I got $10 gas and a Diet
Coke . I took into the store two $5 bills and one $1 bill
(just enough to get my stuff). As I pulled away from the store, a man
approached my truck from the back side of the store (an unlit area). He was an
"approachable-looking" man (clean cut, clean shaven, dressed well, etc.). He
walked up to my window and knocked. Since I'm very paranoid and "always looking
for the rapist or killer," I didn't open the window.
I just asked what he wanted. He raised a $5 bill to my window and said, "You
dropped this." Since I knew I had gone into the store with a certain amount of
money, I knew I didn't drop it.
When I told him it wasn't mine, he began hitting the window and door, screaming
at me to open my door, and insisting that I had dropped the money! At that
point, I just drove away as fast as I could.
After talking to the Internal Affairs Department and describing the man I saw,
and the way he escalated from calm and polite to angry and volatile...it was
determined that I could have possibly encountered the serial killer myself.
Up to this point, it had been unclear as to how he had gained access to his
victims, since there has been no evidence of forced entry into victim's homes,
cars, etc. And the fact that he has been attacking in the daytime, when women
are less likely to have their guard up, means he is pretty BOLD.
So think about it...what gesture is nicer than returning money to someone that
dropped it?????
How many times would you have opened your window (or door) to get your money and
say thank you.... Because if the person is kind enough to return something to
you, then he can't really be a threat....can he????
Please be cautious! This might not have been the serial killer... But
anyone that gets that angry over someone not accepting money from them can't
have honorable intentions. The most important thing to note is that his reaction
was NOT WHAT I EXPECTED! A total surprise! But what might have happened if I had
opened my door? I shudder to think!
Forward this to everyone you know...maybe they can be as fortunate as I was![/FONT]
