Wordle Saves a Grandmother From Hostage Situation with Armed, Naked, and Bloodied Home Invader
EXCERPT:
HOLT: "I was trying to survive. That’s all. He said, 'I won’t harm you or molest you.'"
GRAVES (voice-over): "She says he then ordered her to take a shower with him."
HOLT: "Then he said, 'No, not warm enough. We have to take a bath.'"
GRAVES (voice-over): "They got in and out of the bath, her nightgown soaked. The man then dragging her around the house, disconnecting phones, leaving trails of blood. He had gashes from the broken window he used to get into Holt's Lincolnwood home."
HOLT: "He took two knives from my kitchen and he told me he liked those."
GRAVES (voice-over): "He then led her to this basement bathroom, barricading it with this chair."
HOLT: "I didn’t think I was going to live."
GRAVES (voice-over): "With no windows, in darkness, Holt did exercises in the 17 hours of captivity."
HOLT: "I was doing marching and stretching as much as I could."
GRAVES (voice-over): "All the while the man was making himself at home, as family and friends noticed something was off."
HOLT-CALDWELL: "I’m across the country, and I noticed this."
GRAVES (voice-over): "Holt's daughter in Seattle saw texts weren’t being read by her mom. There were also no updates on a popular phone game."
HOLT: "I didn’t send my older daughter a Wordle in the morning, and that was disconcerting to her."
GRAVES (voice-over): "Friends and family called Lincolnwood police, leading to this hours-long standoff with the man. Family says the SWAT team used a stun gun through this hole in the door to subdue him."
HOLT: "I can’t say enough good things. They were beyond wonderful."
