| Show VN1 ViaW 4swoei 1 The Salt Lake Tribune Sunday June IC 1991 Shell-- S ir o ticouct Sylvia Hauser a residem of Charlotte NC was raped in 1989 in the rural Appalachian mountains She killed bff attacker Two and a half years later sbe is std1 trying to get her life back together letter to the editor of She recently wrote a The astriolfe Observer descnbing her ordeal The letter was so comelling that the newspaper decided to run it in its entirety The newspaper agreed DOt to publish her assailant's name or age ber busband's name and the location — even general area of the rape Hauser agreed to let the newspaper run her story Tribune News Wire and to run on the Knight-Ridde- r photographs tier story has been condensed NEWS SERVICE Since readIng that some newspapers are publishing the names of rape victims I have been able to think of little else I will get to my thoughts as to whether a rape victim's name should or should not be published First I would like to try to help those who have never experienced rape to gain insight into exactly what a victim's thoughts and feelings are both during and after the rape My case resulted in a ruling of justifiable homicide I will be as brie as possible in ordeal telling about my 312-ho- Sunday Jan 15 1989 4:30 am: I rarely work the midnight shift at the convenience store My husband realizes I'd forgotten my gun and brings it to me at work About 4 am I am cleaning some shelves when a deputy sheriff comes in to check on me for a few minutes He could not see me when he was driving by r One later I am held at gunpoint At that hour on a Sunday morning only a few customers come and go I am told that if I indicate anything is wrong he will kill me He does not tell me what his intentions are I hope he will rob me and go Instead he makes me drive my kind-lookin- 141ril-1-yinct 1z7 tal? A paper hospital suit Good Let's create some embarrassment to go along with everything else I'm feeling I feel dirty DIRTY May I go home and clean up before going to the sheriff's office? While I shower and show er and shower I ask my husband to please burn everything I had on that day including my shoes and the hated hospital suit The sheriff is supportive lie tells my husband and me "Remember no matter what anyone else says or does you are the vic- had one heart attack Daddy has had a stroke I'm a smoker May I go to the waiting room and have a ciga- "Good Well not good but it makes it easier to get a semen sam- rette! ple" Going through the door to the e waiting room I come with the rapist's mother We stop and stare at each other We do not speak but quick thoughts run through my head I have taken her son's life Mother to mother I can feel some of her pain Woman to woman I believe I detect sympathy in her eyes for my pain The moment passes we go on My examination is over The doctor tells me that because I was raped by a drug user I should have an AIDS test every six months for the next few years have to go to the sheriff's office for questioning and to make a statement They are keeping my panties and jeans for evidence What will I wear from the hospi They comb my body hair for tests to see if any of the rapist's are there I feel sick There is blood under my fingernails They scrape it out into a little plastic bag A nurse is taking blood I'm not told why and I don't ask A detective from the sheriff's department comes in I am told the rapist is the son of a police official Oh God just what I need! 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Before knowing the 'A circumstances she thinks on top' of everything else I will be going tajail My husband and I o home andlt go to bed We hold each other tight a and we cry fv The next day it starts Even though the media does not 1 release my name it is not a real See Column 1n tim" 1 f g ifoS& A come to the hospital Mother has "Yes" you He is angry because a police operator called him and said "Your wife has been raped but she's not hurt" What does that mean? Raped but not hurt? I'm in a small room with a grandfatherly doctor He softly says to my husband and me "It's OK to cry both of you" But by this time I am past tears I'm numb which is probably good If I feel anymore if I start to cry again I will go off the deep end Aftermath -- 4ta "Did he ejaculate inside you?" the doctor asks crying and illogically feeling guilty because he hasn't protected half-hou- 1 4ro7tel (6-1-4-v- pickup truck out into the middle of nowhere in the rural Appalachian mountains We go up an old dirt mining road that is no longer in service During this ride he tells me his first name and tells me in explicit terms what he wants to do to me In fact he does these things gun is pointed at my head the whole time My feelings during the rape are of humiliation lack of control anger degradation and fear — total terror I pray He tells me to get out of the truck slowly He leaves no doubt: He intends to shoot me My purse is on the floor of the truck at my feet I kick it out in front of me grab it and run to the back of the truck I have a gun in my purse and this is my first opportunity to get to it My hope has been that I will not need it that he will just put me out of the truck and leave That doesn't happen When I stand up at the truck he shoots at me I shoot at him We both miss We have a gunfight across the width of the truck He fires several shots at me We are firing at the same time I kill him Rape is arriving at the hospital and your husband is already there By Sylvia Hauser KNIGHT-RIDDE- 11 A 4f-- 0-b- A151 STORE HOURS: MON - FRI 10 am to 9 pm SATURDAY 10 am to 7 pm Closed Sunday j 1' l A 11 1 f - 4 ' il ie- 1 - ::-- -- ii 1 This pretty dressing table lamp lecterns an elegant frosted rose glass shade and a striking brass finish betel NOW JUST SCA L-REG 095 $3995 --- |