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Mary Vincent's 1978 violent attack told...
Mary Vincent's 1978 violent attack told...
Item # 710346
November 01, 1978
SAN JOSE MERCURY, California, Nov. 1, 1978
* Artist Mary Vincent's violent attack
* Arms mutilation with hatchet - ax
* Lawrence Singleton indictment
The top of page 22 has a five column heading: "Girl tells of rapes, ax mutilation" with photos of the victim and suspect. (see images) This crime was committed about a month earlier.
Complete 1st section only with all 28 pages, minor margin wear, nice condition.
wikipedia notes: After arriving in Berkeley, California and staying with her grandfather, Mary became homesick and decided to hitchhike back to the Los Angeles area. While traveling, Vincent grew tired and started flagging drivers down for a ride, eventually coming upon Lawrence Singleton, who let her into his vehicle. During the ride, Vincent grew suspicious of Singleton when he began purposely driving the wrong way. She attempted to escape, but Singleton knocked her unconscious with a sledgehammer before she could get away. When she regained consciousness, Singleton tied her up and violently raped her, then proceeded to chop both of her arms off at the forearm with a hatchet. He then threw her down a cliff, stuffed her in a cement cylinder, and drove off, leaving her for dead.
Vincent survived the fall and climbed back up the cliff despite her injuries. She dipped the stumps of her forearms in mud and held them up to slow the bleeding. She then attempted to flag down drivers for help. After trudging along Interstate 5 for nearly three miles, she got the attention of a couple who helped her get medical attention.
Category: The 20th Century
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