First set is from the medical examiner, all fingers on left and right hand. Second set was taken at the funeral home, I believe just from the thumb and ring finger on the left hand. These are supposed to be from the same person. Is there any reason the fingerprints would have changed like this between the two locations?
In April 2024 | was assaulted at an open house I was hosting and I've struggled to feel comfortable hosting them ever since. I’ve tried, not alone of course, but I’m still incredibly uncomfortable.
I would always set up about an hour early, just to make sure everything looked nice and nothing was forgotten.
As I was bringing my things into the home, a car drove by slowly with the window down. The man who was driving the car waved. I waved back thinking it was just someone curious about what I was doing. I’m used to getting nosey neighbors or whatever, never anything nefarious.
I kept setting my things up inside and when I walked back outside the same car was driving back down the street, only this time he was slowing down more and pulling into the grass. I thought this was odd, why not the driveway? There was plenty of space. He stayed sitting in his car and I continued setting up, putting snacks and drinks out. The man walked into the home and I let him know the open house wasn’t ready just yet. He began walking around the home, looking into each of the rooms. As he was walking, he asked questions about the home.
“How many bedrooms and bathrooms?”
“What is the square footage?”
“How much is it?”
Typical questions, nothing too odd. Not until he asked
“Are you here alone?”
I was caught off guard by this question as no one has ever asked me something like that before.
I responded “I’m expecting a colleague to arrive shortly, any minute now” I was spooked, so I lied.
“It’s not safe to be alone”
At this point, I’m way more than spooked. I grab my phone from my pocket and text my address to a few people, but not with much context before he walks up to me. He starts telling me what type of home he’s looking for and his budget. I took notes down, feeling foolish for thinking this person was scary when all they were probably doing was warning me that being alone like this in general wasn’t safe.
He thanked me for my time and went to shake my hand. I reached my hand out and he grabbed it. His grip became oddly firm and he suddenly pulled me into him. He began trying to kiss my face and I turned my head as far away as possible. I shouted “NONONONO” and tried pulling my hand away. He gripped my hand tighter, breaking my nails as I continued trying to get away. His other hand was squeezing my forearm tightly and continuing to pull me closer, at this point he’s kissing my neck and smelling my hair.
I was finally able to push him off of me. He laughed, grabbed one of my cards and said “I’ll see you later”
I called the police and he was found nearby. He lied to them a few times before admitting what he did. He said it was only a friendly kiss and I was overreacting.
He was detained for 3 days before being released. I pressed charges and received a protection order. After about 7 months of them pushing the court date back, the state attorney’s office called me to tell me the charges were being dropped and so was my protection order. They said he was not mentally fit to stand trial and in the state of Florida, individuals with that status have certain protections from legal consequences. At least this is what I was told.