A friend of mine was going down the hall of her rural home yesterday morning and a man (who happened to be black and on drugs) came out of her master bedroom and began beating her with a two by four. She managed to get herself, her teenaged daughter and her wheelchair bound son out of the house, and the man was chased down by law enforcement. My friend was sent to the hospital and thankfully, has no permanent injuries. The perpertrator was a repeat offender, and will likely be sent away for a VERY long time, perhaps for life.
My cousin was attacked in this same manner in this same community for the same reason, $$ for drugs, about 5 years ago, and was nearly killed. If her father had not gone over to her house, she would have been killed. If I'm not mistaken, the man who attacked my friend may be a relative of the man who nearly killed my cousin.