08-14-2016, 10:50 AM
These stories are so sad. Between the sierra joughin case (I live in Ohio- that murder happened damn near my parents house) and the Katrina and Vanessa cases I just feel so friggin sad. These women were around my age, beautiful girls just starting their lives. It's so unfair. I'm a pretty independent woman and live in the city and as a photographer, am often out and about on my own exploring. Makes me think twice about being by myself honestly. I try to be alert and aware of my surroundings but it's terrifying knowing that someone could literally pop out of nowhere and attack. I carry pepper spray and a knife on me but I think typically when women get attacked in this manner it's very sudden and quit - no time to react. Just sucks. Life shouldn't be this way :'(