A Georgia lady suffered extreme burns to her face and physique after being doused with a poisonous chemical in a random assault whereas she was strolling by way of a park — and her sadistic assailant continues to be on the free.
Ashley Wasielewski, 46, was strolling laps round Forsyth Park in Savannah Wednesday night time after attending a Christmas program at a close-by church when a stranger approached her from behind and poured the corrosive liquid over her head, in accordance with her devastated family and friends.
She let loose a blood-curdling scream because the chemical burned her pores and skin, ate by way of her clothes, and melted her automotive’s key fob in her pocket.
“She was immediately like, ‘Why are you pouring water on me?’ After which her pores and skin began to burn,” stated her shut pal Connor Milam, who described Wasielewski as a giving one who typically volunteered in her group and supplied important gadgets to the homeless.
“She appeared down and her pants had been beginning to burn off her physique. She began screaming. They didn’t rob her. They didn’t take something from her. This was a random individual within the park who went out of their solution to disfigure one other human being.”
Wasielewski was rushed to the Augusta Burn Middle, the place she’s being handled for second- and third-degree burns over half her physique, together with her face, scalp, fingers and legs, in accordance with her son Westley.
The involved son stated he discovered of the assault from a great Samaritan who got here to his mom’s help, including that he may hear her wailing in agony over the cellphone.
“We don’t know who did it,” Westley stated.
“She doesn’t have any enemies. She is a pal to everybody.”
No arrests have been made as native police work with the FBI to determine the chemical used within the savage assault and seek out the vicious assailant. Additional patrols have additionally been stationed at metropolis parks.
Authorities are trying to find an individual of curiosity who was final seen in surveillance footage sporting blue denims and a darkish hooded sweatshirt with a white cartoon rabbit
“Our Police Division is treating this case with the best urgency,” Savannah Mayor Van Johnson stated in a Fb publish Thursday.
“Whereas this assault is deeply troubling, there may be at the moment no data indicating a broader or ongoing menace to the general public.”
With Publish wires.
