In a shocking incident, a woman who was on vacation in Southern Mississippi with her husband and children was allegedly raped and physically assaulted in a bathroom stall in a mall.
According to investigators, the suspect tried to escape with the victim’s wallet after committing the crime, but was arrested by the woman’s husband and others before being handed over to the police.
The incident happened on Monday night.According to the police, the defendant was 28-year-old Andrew Malik Jones, who was waiting in the bathroom of the Gulfport high-end branch. The unsuspecting woman walked in around 6.43 pm Broadband TV.
According to the victim, Jones pushed her into a cubicle before physically assaulting and raping her. Then he stole her wallet and tried to escape the scene. The suspect tried to escape through the parking lot towards Interstate 10, but was stopped by the victim’s husband and others. They held him until the police arrived.
The wife’s husband said WLOX The victim suffered serious physical injuries during the attack, including a skull fracture. She was transferred to a hospital in New Orleans for treatment.
The couple came from Oklahoma and took their young children to Mississippi on the Gulf of Mexico on vacation.
It is not clear whether Jones was working in the mall or why he was there when the incident occurred.He is now facing robbery and Sex battery.
Jones is currently being held in Harrison County Jail and is awaiting his first appearance. A deposit of $500,000 has been set for each charge.
according to UN Women, Sexual harassment in public places and other forms of sexual violence are commonplace for women and girls around the world. The United States has also recorded several cases of sexual assault in public bathrooms.
In February, a woman Raped Macy’s Center City in Philadelphia. According to the police, the suspect hid near the bathroom cubicle entered by the 55-year-old victim for nearly 20 minutes. After she entered, he jumped over the cubicle to enter her cubicle, and then brutally raped her. After the attack, the suspect fled the store.
Another case occurred in 2019 when an Oklahoma man sneaked into a McDonald’s bathroom and Raped A 4-year-old girl took part in a daycare field trip there.
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