kidnapped girls fought back with knife!

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Abducted girls fought for their lives
They attacked rapist with his own knife, whiskey bottle

Chuck Squatriglia, Chronicle Staff Writer Saturday, August 3, 2002

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Determined not to go out without a fight, two Southern California girls attacked their kidnapper with his own knife and whiskey bottle a few hours before sheriff's deputies caught up with him.

"We got this plan we were gonna try to kill him," Jacqueline Marris, 17, said tearfully in a televised interview Friday.

They waited for Roy Dean Ratliff to nod off, Jacqueline said, and then she plunged a Bowie knife into his neck while the other girl whacked him in the face with the bottle.

Although the girls failed to kill Ratliff, a repeat offender whose criminal career started at age 7, police praised them for fighting. Two sheriff's deputies shot him dead Thursday afternoon and rescued the girls.

"I think they're tough girls," said Kern County Sheriff Carl Sparks. "They knew what was going to happen to them, and they knew the only way they were going to get out alive was if they took care of business themselves. I say, God bless them for doing it."

Although an autopsy isn't scheduled until Monday morning, investigators found a bruise on the right side of Ratliff's face and a knife wound to the right side of his neck, Sheriff's Commander Willy Wahl told The Chronicle.....
 
Thanks for sharing this Nuggett.

So much for the "roll-over and play dead" advice that women are usually told to do when attacked.

Now imagine if the boyfriends had been armed in the first place-

"Attempted abduction halted when victims disarm\kill\mortally wound attacker."

Justification of people being given a fair chance to defend themselves by carrying a weapon is more than evident in this case I believe.
 
You just watch. No doubt some therapist or child 'expert' or other schmuck will come along and tell how these girls should never again consider violence and somehow make them feel as though they were wrong.

I really think these girls should be praised for going on the offensive and realizing they had to take responsibility for thier own safety. I hope that they are made aware of the good that they did, and get positive support from people for thier actions. There are so many people that could learn a positive lesson from the bravery of these girls. As soon as my daughter gets home I am going to make her read this thread as a good example for her to follow should she ever (God forbid) end up in such a situation.
 
That is a great point.

It just occured to me that maybe a few hundred postitive letters of support from people might go a long way toward making these women feel "good" and "right" about what they have done?

I don't know where they could be sent, perhaps throught the sheriffs dept.?

Dear Sheriff Sparks, I was hoping to get this letter of support to the young women who were abducted recently in your county. I thought it best to go directly through you to avoid any confusion over my intentions or actions. Basically I want to commend these women for their bravery and resourcefulness while in a very bad situation at the hands of this 'scumbag'.

If possible could the enclosed letter be forwarded to them through your office?

Sincerely.....

Maybe if it were done in the above manner it would get to the women without creating a hysterical "he must be a stalker\nutcase" mentality.

Anyway-these ladies should be fully supported and praised for their actions. If we are ever going to escape the cowardly mindset that has overtaken our society we need to emphasize whenever possible that it is RIGHT TO FIGHT BACK!

Mongrel
 
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