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Flashes of bright lights were all that Sarah could see. Some green, some white, some blue, and some red. A collide a scope of colors. ‘I must be dead.’ She thought. She couldn’t feel her body or see anything but the flashes of light. She couldn’t do anything. She could barely think. She could almost hear noises somewhere far away, but that was all. ‘Maybe, I’m in heaven.’ She thought to herself. She drifted in the color swirl forever, it seemed until she finally heard someone far off call her name “Sarah Carter.” She wondered if it was time for her judgment and if she would pass the test. She wanted to answer but couldn’t. Then she became aware of the pain. The pain seemed to take over her whole body like a thousand knives attacking her. ‘Maybe I’m in hell.’ She thought to herself. She struggled to open her eyes to see something other than the hippie induced collide a scope of colors.

“Ms. Carter.” She heard a female voice call out to her.

“I’m here.” Sarah responded in a dehydrated and cracked voice.

“Ms. Carter, can you see me, dear?” The female voiced asked. Sarah shook her head no.

“Am I blind?” She asked tiredly.

“No dear, you’re not blind. I’m Doctor Michelle Coolidge, MD and you are at Saint Mary Memorial Hospital.” The doctor stated looking at the various needles that were running from Sarah’s arms to their respective machines.

Sarah’s face crumpled in confusion. ‘Hospital? Why am I in a hospital?’ she thought, but the answers wouldn’t come and it was too hard and painful to talk.

“Sarah, I’m going to let your family know you are awake and out of surgery.” Dr. Coolidge told Sarah and patted her ever so gently on her forearm, but to Sarah it felt like she hit her with a sledgehammer. Sarah only nodded slightly in re...

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...eeding from several different parts of her body. He also noted that bedroom door appeared to have been kicked in. He found a coat that had duck-tape wrapped around the lower part of the sleeves. The female was unresponsive to touch or calling of her name. Her body temperature felt normal and she was breathing although she was completely unclothed as well. The ambulance arrived approximately 5 minutes later and transported the female to Saint Mary Memorial Hospital for treatment to her injuries.

Investigator Gault continued to peruse the crime scene information, as well as, the photographs that were taken at the apartment. He could tell by the photographs that Sarah was beaten up pretty badly and had serious injuries. There was no forced entry into the apartment so Sarah must have let her assailant in the residence, which means, that she knew her assailant.