Elderly woman shares story of home invasion
An 82-year-old woman who was assaulted and had both her new car and purse stolen, said her biggest regret was opening the door.
The woman, who spoke exclusively to paNOW, requested her name not be published to protect her and her family. She lives alone on an acreage west of the Sturgeon Lake First Nation. At roughly 3:30 a.m. Friday morning, she was awakened by the sound of her security alarm. She said she immediately went to the door to see what was going on outside, but didn’t see anything.
“I thought I’d better just open the door and look, and he forced his way in and he kept saying ‘where’s the keys? where’s the keys?’ and then I kind of tried to push him away and he just shoved me against the washing machine,” she said. “He had this bright light he just kept shining in my eyes the whole time.”
The woman said her intruder then made his way to her bedroom and grabbed her purse off the dresseer. When she tried to intervene, she was shoved against the wall. With the purse still in hand, the stranger, dressed in dark clothing, left the house, and sped off in the woman’s new Buick Encore. He made it as far as the end of the driveway before losing control and sliding into the ditch.