CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — A Clayton County woman said she was asleep in her bed early Friday when a man broke into her apartment and sexually assaulted her around 2 a.m. Now, she is determined to find the attacker.
The victim, who does not want to be identified, told Channel 2 Action News she feared for her life when the man entered through a window in her unit at Tara Bridge Apartments.
The woman said a male suspect wearing a blue T-shirt and black shorts started to choke and punch her.
"I was just screaming, 'Help me! Help me! Help me God! Just help! I don't want to die!'" the woman said.
She said the man kept telling her he was "going to put her to sleep." The woman told Channel 2 Action News she thought she was going to die. She detailed the attack as the most horrible moment of her life.
"I don't want this to be it. I haven't had kids. I never been married. I don't want to die and not have kids," the woman said.
She said she put up a ferocious fight by screaming, punching her attacker and trying to run away. She used the skills she learned in a karate class when he choked her. She said she knew to keep her chin down.
“He was saying, 'You're frustrating me. You're frustrating me. Just let me have what I want,'” the woman said.
In the end, he was too powerful and too determined.
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"I said, 'OK, OK, I'll cooperate. I will do whatever. I just want to live,'" the woman said.
He sexually assaulted her then told her to start counting.
“He said count to 60 starting from 1 or else I'm going to come back,” the woman said.
A neighbor heard her screams and called 911, but the accused rapist got away.
The victim said she is left hurt, angry and frightened.
“It's like I'm not going to take this lying down. I'm not gonna be a victim,” the woman said.
She did not get a good look at her attacker because he would punch her when she looked at him.
Police dusted her apartment for fingerprints, and they're investigating.