Wow. So the mother, a petty officer, stayed living with her teenage daughter in the same house after she was raped there once. So the guy comes back and does it again and the mother hasn’t increased her security or aquired any weapons for their defense?!? Not blaming the victim here, but holy cow...
Yes, I thought that too. I don’t think I could keep living there.
Many years ago, when living in a bigger city, outskirts anyway, my house was broken into while I was at work. I came home to it about 1 am.
The next morning, I had an alarm installed, bought 2 dogs.
I had the exact same thought, how did he come back in.
She may not have had the means to move financially. Her failure to upgrade security is shameful. There are portable alarms you can put on your door that don’t cost much. Or to get a gun and learn to shoot. At least keep a sharp butcher knife under your pillow.
It was hard mentally to remain in the home that was just a few hundred yards from where my 16 year old was ambushed and murdered just so some sociopath druggie could get his jollies. But due to lack of funds we had no choice. My husband kept the pistol by the bed at night after that. When he died I slept with it under my pillow. And yes it was hard to stay in the same house then to. No money to move, trailer paid for. All I had was monthly lot rent and utilities to worry about. I was 57 no job skills and in the beginning phase of bad health at the time that has lingered for years just growing worse over time. Thank God my husband insisted we both take CCW courses and get guns.