Haunted

A woman was beaten and raped a week ago in a subdivision north of ours. It's an affluent neighborhood, well populated, with a great jogging trail. She left her house at 6:26 in the morning for a run and not ten minutes later she was being pistol-whipped and raped. In broad daylight. She was beaten within an inch of her life and her injuries were so brutal that she was physically unable to talk to detectives for several days. They have a description of her assailant, but haven't caught him yet. The attack has been haunting me ever since I heard of it. I always thought we lived in a safe neighborhood, a safe part of town, but of course crime doesn't care about geography. It can happen to anyone, anywhere. I wake up every morning thinking of this woman, hoping that her attacker gets the punishment he so justly deserves.