A YOUNG woman’s Christmas – and her life – was shattered Tuesday when she was kidnapped, sexually assaulted, robbed and beaten in her own car by three teenagers over five hours, according to police.
About 11:40 p.m. Christmas night, the 22-year-old victim was in her Jeep Cherokee in the parking lot of George’s Water Ice, at Grace and Marshall roads, waiting for her boyfriend to come out of a nearby bar, when three men – one of whom had a gun – forced their way into her vehicle.
They made the woman move to the back seat and drove her around Philadelphia for hours, police said. One by one, the men took turns in the back seat forcing the victim to perform sex acts, even after she repeatedly vomited on them, according to court documents.
The men also hit her and robbed her of her Coach purse, a wallet, a car stereo, a cellphone, a camera, a GPS, a ruby ring, a diamond necklace, a bracelet and her insurance and registration paperwork, according to police.
After going through her belongings, the men realized that the woman had a 2-year-old daughter, and they threatened her life and the child’s life if she said anything to authorities. They then parked the car at Long Lane near Marshall Road, told the woman they would throw the keys under the car and fled on foot.
After waiting several minutes, the woman got out of the car, grabbed her keys from underneath and drove to her boyfriend’s house. Together, they went to the police station around 5:30 a.m.
Culled from Philadelphia Daily News