US: Cell phone hit saves woman from rapist and helps stop him

A cellular telephone She served as a weapon for a woman to protect herself from a man who wanted to rape her and also capture her, as traces of blood remained on her surface, which, through genetic analysis, led to the identification of the aggressor, local media reported. FloridaUSA.

Channel 12 West Palm Beach reported that the events took place on the night of December 31 in Vero Beach (US East Coast). Florida) at the exit of the bar, where the assailant and the victim met and had a brief conversation, but the case was resolved only a few days ago.

The woman, whose identity has not been released, told police that while returning to her hotel, she saw a man she met in a bar following her.

When he got to her, he told her, “You have to get used to the idea of ​​being raped today”, he pushed her against the wall and began to rape her.

Woman hit the rapist with her phone

According to the woman, she defended herself and used cellular telephone hit the attacker in the head, causing him to stop and allowing him to run.

When the police examined the phone, they were able to take two small dark spots, which turned out to be blood, for DNA analysis while they continued their investigation.

One of the interrogated suspects, 30-year-old Robert Coleman Jr., had a small laceration near his left eye, which the interrogating officer noticed.

Coleman Jr. denied knowing the victim or being in the hotel parking lot, but the detective was able to collect a DNA sample that showed he was sex offender registered.

The network reported that Coleman’s DNA was later compared with that of a sample taken from the victim’s phone, and the result was definitive; the samples were from the same person.

Finally, on April 12, a warrant was issued for the arrest of the suspect. sexual abuse was subsequently arrested and taken to the Indian River County Jail.

According to EFE.