Dramatic moment bloodied woman rescued after escaping from her kidnapper
A couple were left stunned when a bloodied and barefoot woman arrived at their home hammering the door after fighting off her kidnapper.
On Saturday, Gary and Robin Marcello were enjoying a lie-in when the 27-year-old escapee arrived at their home in Gig Harbour, Washington, early in the morning.
Now, bodycam footage from the authorities of the harrowing incident has been released and shows the moments first responders arrived to help the injured woman before trying to find her attacker.
Robin explained: "Gary brought her inside and closed the door to just kind of protect us for a minute. And she just kept saying 'he's gonna kill me. He's gonna kill me'. There was so much blood, I couldn't really tell where exactly it was coming from. It was coming from her head and her ears."
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The 27-year-old woman showed up at a couple's home banging on the front door after escaping her kidnapper (KIRO)The quiet morning turned much more frantic at around 10am when the couple's doorbell began to ring like crazy, prompting Gary to head out to the door and check out what was going on.
When he opened the door he couldn't see anything at first, but after taking a step out and glancing to the left he noticed the young woman standing there with blood dripping down her face.
Bodycam footage shows the dramatic moment a woman was rescued in Washington (KIRO)That's when the alarm bell began to ring for Gary and he brought the woman inside, who at this had run around a quarter of a mile, and rang 911.
First-aid trained Robin explained: "It was obvious she was bleeding from her head and her ear and I couldn't really tell all where she'd been hit,' said Robin who has first-aid training.
Gary and Robin Marcello were enjoying a lie-in when the woman arrived at their home in Gig Harbour (KIRO)"But when I tried to hold her and move her because she started to slump forward, it was hurting her to hold her arms, to hold her. And then she went into shock and fell to the floor."
Despite struggling to stay conscious, the woman was able to tell her the couple and emergency services where she had been held captive.
Gig Harbor Police Chief Kelly Busey detailed how the young woman had been abducted by David Paul Ruffier, 66, a few days before she was found.
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The woman was able to point to direction she escaped from (KIRO)He said: "As she tried to flee the house, he tried to prevent her from doing that. And he hit her several times with a piece of furniture, a chair leg, or something like that. She was heavily injured, she'd had lacerations to her head, and she was panicked."
During the dramatic video, you can see paramedics carrying the injured woman out of the Marcello's home while trying to find out details of her attacker
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She asked if she could remember who did this to her, whether it was someone she knew or a family member. The victim can then be seen raising her finger to point towards Ruffier's home.
David Paul Ruffier, 66, kidnapped the woman a few days before she was found (KIRO)Police then make their way to his house, banging on the door, before one notices blood drops on the floor. Ruffier was found dead inside from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Chief Busey said: "It's tough because the victim in this case really doesn't have a lot of recollection, she doesn't even recall where she met the man or how long she had been at this location, that's becoming a little tough."
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