A WOMAN was brutally beaten and raped in a horrific attack by a homeless man, who was released from jail just a few hours earlier.
Marissa Young, 44, was walking her dogs around one in the morning on July 31 when she was allegedly attacked by Darrell Waters, 46.
Marissa Young, 44, was walking her dog when she was brutally attacked in July.
Waters was arrested a few days earlier on a misdemeanor charge of unlawful possession of a dagger, said police.
Twelve hours before the sick attack, Waters was released on his own recognizance, according to the report.
Young, a resident of Torrance, California, told KTLA: “I was tackled from behind, I heard nothing.
“I certainly wasn’t looking at my phone, inebriated, I didn’t have any headphones in or anything when he came up behind me. He was just that quiet.”
Young claimed that the man pushed her to the ground and raped her.
“This person punched me in the face, closed-fisted, 15 to 20 times at least,” she said.
“My nose is broken in four different places and this bone was shattered … You can still see a lot of swelling in my face.”
Young said that she fought for her life “probably three-quarters of the attack,” which lasted nearly half an hour.
She called it a “crime of opportunity, because I’m of a small stature and my back was to him.”
The homeless man was captured a day later a few miles from where the attacked happened.
He was charged with one felony count each of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation, and sexual penetration by use of force, reported CBS News.
Young said it was “horrifying” that Waters was able to be released from jail so soon after his previous arrest.
“It’s horrifying to think that they were holding this guy with a huge knife that was taken off him that’s illegal, and he was let go the next day even though he has a record,” she said.
“It’s a difficult thing to discuss, cause I don’t want to warn women necessarily, because we have to be able to go out and do things like walk our dogs.”
The Torrance City Attorney’s Office said in a statement that Waters’ release was “in accordance with penal code.”
* Article from: the-sun.com