Wash. woman tracked down attacker on Facebook after he allegedly slit her throat, left her to die
The woman told police she was able to get help after regaining consciousness inside of an abandoned Spokane home last month, KXLY reported. After being released from a hospital, she used Facebook to track down her attacker and identify him to police as Avery Quin Zion Latham.
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Friday, January 9, 2015, 10:05 PM
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FACEBOOKAvery Quin Zion Latham is charged with attempted first degree murder, strangulation and kidnapping after a Dec. 28 attack in Spokane, Wash.
A Washington woman who was left for dead after having her throat slit inside an abandoned house went on to hunt down and identify her attacker on Facebook, according to a report.
The woman's incredible story of justice and survival follows the brutal experience of allegedly being dragged unconscious into a boarded up Spokane home on Dec. 28 after rebuffing a male acquaintance's sexual advances, KXLY reported.
She told police she was alone with Avery Quin Zion Latham in her home when the man, whom she then only knew by his first name, went berserk over her refusal.
He just snapped, he later told police, and used his hands and then his shirt to strangle her until she appeared dead, according to the police report.
KXLY 4 NEWSAvery Quin Zion Latham of Spokane, Wash. allegedly slit a woman's throat, dragged her away in a recycling bin like this one and left her for dead. But she later recovered and identified him to police via Facebook.
Latham allegedly said he then wrapped her body in a sleeping bag and dragged her in a recycling bin to a boarded up home about a block away. There he dumped her, but not before taking out a pocket knife and running it across her throat for good measure.
In a final unexpected twist, the woman somehow regained consciousness once her attacker left and was able to alert a next-door neighbor who called 911.
When the woman was interviewed by police, she could only provide them with her attacker's first name. But after being discharged from a hospital, she turned to Facebook where she was able to track him down and identify him to police.
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Latham allegedly told police that he used his hands and then his shirt to strangle the woman until she appeared dead.
Latham was consequently arrested and has reportedly confessed to the sick crime.
He's being held on $100,000 bond on charges of attempted first degree murder, strangulation and kidnapping.
