Is there a way to confirm this?

[Aggie_Ama]

Yup cell phone reception but it is still very isolated and does suddenly make me feel a bit less safe. It a major east-west thoroughfare even though it is not high traffic it is the way to the hill country so there is no way to assume this scum lives nearby or that this would happen again. But it did shatter my sense of well-being and I think most people would feel the same.

I think being concerned and suddenly knowing this road is not quite as idyllic as I have always felt is smart. I may be sounding paranoid but I was stopped at this same intersection riding my bike alone that evening about an hour before dark. I stop at this general area everytime I ride home, sometimes I have to wait up to 5 minutes for a car to come my way and set off the signal for me to cross the highway.

I feel most people would suddenly have their red flags up upon hearing this crime was committed practically in their back yard. This is less than 10 miles by bike from my house. Much like your situation this is an area where you trust someone offering help, you don't think the worst of people. I wasn't raised that way, people are good, things like this don't happen. I mean duh I was told not to talk to strangers and all that stuff but really no one assualts you while you are broken down. But wait they do.

Sorry to go off on a tangent but this is my home, I mean really my home. Not the metro area, not my work, it is where I live and play. Obviously sleeping on it didn't make me less angry about it. But I have found several places to call about self-defense classes. And my husband is still adamant about looking into pepper spray, we believe the gun shops sell it.

Honestly I should have done both things in 2003 when I started running or even before when I was just a woman walking across my college campus. I just honestly hate the "preparing so you aren't the victim" feeling. My MIL carries a concealed handgun because of things like this, I always wanted to believe that was stupid. I won't get a gun, I don't have an desire for one.