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On the news here today they were showing videotape of a mid-day attempted kidnapping from a Walmart parking lot. Woman was putting her groceries in her trunk and a guy stopped his car behind hers and grabbed her, dragging her towards his car. Another woman a little bit away ran up and held on to her until he let go and drove off. Lots of people around, no evident links between the two. Evidently just a matter of convenience.
Just a reminder to be careful.

Now that is scary....broad daylight and very risky for the criminal. It is wonderful that the other woman stepped up and helped. She may have saved that womans life.
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Definitely scary and I think you're right about the woman saving her. From the video and my natural assumptions, thought it would be a young woman. Later, they briefly showed her on tv and I'd guess her around fifty, of average size. So, not a matter of grabbing a cute young thing nor an elderly woman who couldn't struggle. The quickness and unexpectedness of the whole thing was amazing.

How lucky she had the other woman there to help her -- and they had it on video tape. Did they get the license of the man's car on the video tape? Have they been able to locate him from the tape?

Our Super WalMart is about 8 or so years old. Not long after it opened up, they had a large volume of women being abducted and raped (but not killed) at our WalMart. Usually after dark. Several were grabbed (seemingly by the same guy with no easy pattern).

Your story scares me because I do not shop after dark. In College, we all worked retail at the mall, etc., (I was at Target). A guy would wait outside the stores for lock-up and would cut the achilles tendons in girls, pull them into his van, rape and murder them. We always had a guy or guys with us (that worked with us) when we closed up at Target that walked us to our cars after dark.

Because of that, over these many years, I NEVER shop after dark. My shopping is always done by afternoon. I am also very careful leaving restaurants after dark and am with a group of friends. If I am parked further out, we always make sure eachother gets in our cars safely.

I also NEVER park near a van, daylight or otherwise. I will give up a premium parking space if it is next to a boxy van or something where you can't see clearly inside if someone is in there.
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Tammy and Pookey
(Stanley 8/91 - 8/07)

Those are very wise decisions and ways to shop. I never park by vans. That's what made this one wierd. Early afternoon, people around (but evidently only the one woman close enough to save her), lots of cars......not like a dark and lonely lot. They say it was probably a crime of opportunity.
I don't carry a purse (to give less of a target) but I do tend to put my groceries in the trunk so now will be more aware when doing that. Maybe leave the cart between me and the open lot rather than being beside it.
I don't know what all they got from the survelliance tape. Witness was able to give a description of guy and car but not sure about the tag.
It's a matter of always being careful throughout life. Before cars locked automatically, I'd already gotten in the habit of locking mine. In college eons ago, stopped at a light and a guy who'd been walking tried to get in the passenger side. I didn't know him but was surely thankful that door was locked!

Yikes, is no place safe
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PHTessie