The Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO, 9/17/84

Saturday, December 1, 1984

A St. Louis, Mo., woman opened her door to a young man requesting assistance for his sick mother. Once inside, however, the man disrobed and attacked the woman with a pair of scissors. After a struggle, she broke free, got to a gun, and fired, forcing the man to take cover under her bed. The assailant was still cowering there when police arrived.

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