Chilling Dear Abby Letter

[Cecil]

Chilling Dear Abby Letter

This applies to everyone, especially women.

[note to self: I don't know, could apply to men to, depending on the motivations and inclinations of the criminal]

DEAR ABBY:

I would like to warn women, especially young women, about the danger of
giving their car keys, with their house keys attached, to anyone. A
good
friend's daughter went to a well-known tire company to have a flat
repaired
while she waited. Without thinking, she handed her key ring with all
her
keys on it to the serviceman and waited.

What she didn't know is that most of these places also have machines
that
make copies of keys. One of the servicemen copied her apartment key,
and two
days later entered her apartment late at night and raped her. This was
a
business she frequented, and they had all the information in their
computer
about where she lived, her phone number, etc. The man was caught months
later and the police found out that he had done this before. He is now
in
jail, and my friend's daughter is trying to go on with her life. I
called my
daughter right away and told her this story so she could learn from it,
too.
Please, Abby, warn your readers to have their personal keys on another
key
ring or have a key ring that separates the car keys from one's personal
keys. Perhaps this will save another woman from tragedy.

MARILYN IN MARIETTA, GA.



DEAR MARILYN:

You may never know how many tragedies you have prevented today. Your
letter
is a chilling reminder, and I hope my readers will heed it.