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I hope that everyone has a happy and safe Mardi Gras!!
I got this email today.....> >
A message I received from a friend this morning........good advice!
> >
> > Hi friends and family. I know that with all the psychos out there, we
> > still think that something couldn't really happen to us, right? Wrong!
As
> > most of you know, I live in Alexandria, but I work in Lafayette where I
> > stay 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 that
> > 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 am in Opelousas, La. I had stayed with a
friend
> > there and I was on my way to work. I stopped at the Exxon/Blimpie
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 and screaming at me to open my door and
that
> I
> > had dropped the money! At that point, I 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. At this point, it is unclear as to how he gains
> > access to his victims since there has been no evidence of forced entry
> > into homes, etc. And the fact that he has been attacking in the daytime
> > when women are less likely to have their guard up...and 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...it
> > probably wasn't...but anyone that gets that angry over someone not
> > accepting money from them, can't have honorable intentions.
> >
> > Forward this to everyone you know....maybe they can be as fortunate as
I
> > was!
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