At this point, the reason for the assault remains under investigation. Our victim tells us he knew his assailant only as someone he had seen around the city.

The cause remains under investigation.

When they got into the hallway, they saw blood on the floor, so they knew the information they had was good, ... Abraham Gomez was in the basement apartment. They brought him outside.

The accident remains under investigation by our accident-reconstruction team,

The witnesses saw the assault, and the victim had some marks on her consistent with what they saw. This is a fairly clear-cut case of misdemeanor assault.

It was a catch-22: If you didn’t put the trauma behind you, you couldn’t move on. But if you did put the trauma behind you, you willingly gave up your claim to the person you were before it happened.