WSOC-TV reported today that women who use a bus stop at Albemarle Road every day are fearful after a 30-year-old mother was abducted from the bus stop and raped."I think it's horrible," said Charlotte resident Norma Dunn.
Investigators said the woman was walking from a friend's house on Farm Pond Lane to catch the bus at about 8:30 p.m. Sunday, but she never made it. Instead, she was abducted by a man who at first asked for directions.
"When she first approached the car, she went to the passenger side, which is the smart thing to do. But he acted like he couldn't hear her so she went to the other side of the car and he tricked her," said Sgt. Darrell Price.
The victim said the man, driving a blue Jeep Cherokee, started writing down directions, dropped his pen, and when the woman bent down to get it, the man grabbed her hair and pulled her into the vehicle.
The woman said, after several hours, the man took her to an abandoned parking lot, assaulted her and raped her.
She told police the man dropped her off at a Bi-Lo grocery store. Investigators said someone called police after they saw the woman pass out. Women who work in the area said the attack is horrifying.
"It's terrible. You can't trust anyone anymore," said local resident Dawn Butler."It makes you not want to assist anyone anymore," said local resident Rhonda Flowers.
Police said the woman got a good description of the suspect and that may help lead to an arrest. The victim describes the man as a black man in his 40s with a small, slender build. She said the man had shoulder length curly hair with some kind of chemical in it.
Flowers hopes the rapist will come forward.
"Actually, if he's watching, you need to turn yourself in because that's a horrible thing. If you have family, would you want someone to do that to your family?" she said.