A 92-year-old woman was beaten and sexually assaulted in her Lincoln County home on Star Avenue in Stanford, Friday.
Police are still searching for answers, but say they may already have the woman’s attacker behind bars. They say they arrested a man Saturday on burglary charges who they say is a person of interest in the case, but have not yet charged him in the Friday incident.
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Police say the victim was able to call 911 after the attack, but did suffer injuries.
The attack is a situation that is unimaginable for neighbors, and just about anyone.
“I just really hate that this has happened to her,” said neighbor Mabel Releford.
Releford says her friend had family over Friday night. They left and moments later the woman heard a knock on the door.
“To break in on her like that, to rape her and rob her, and beat her up for $20, that is terrible,” Releford said.
Police say battered and bruised, the woman managed to call 911, but say it’s going to be a long road to recovery.
“Everybody, remember her and hold her family in your prayers because they could really use them right now,” Releford said.
Releford says this has truly shook neighbors to the core.
“A lot of ladies are moving out and I said, ‘you know you can’t move from trouble,’ and I said, ‘you just keep your doors locked and ask the Lord to take care of you an watch over you,” Releford said.
