There’s one thing similar about the evil-minded people, they always prefer to target the weaker or innocent section of the society. Kids and elderly people are always soft targets for thieves, snatchers, pocket pickers, and even worse, burglars. No wonder why people worry for kids as well as elderly people going out late and that too alone. One can still take care of kids, the people who live under extreme danger are of older age.

Most of the elderly people prefer to live alone in their own comfort zone, a peaceful life. And this story is about one such old lady who lived alone and some wrongdoers spotted her as their next target. Why this incident is different from all the rest is because neither was this lady ready to give up so easily nor were the burglars. So, what exactly happened that day was everything but ordinary.

Ethel Mills


Ideal old age is spent in peace with satisfaction, and Ethel Mills, a 60-year-old resident of Lynwood, California resident was living the ideal. At this age, she molded her life in a manner that she could plan every day beforehand. Be it an afternoon lunch out with friends or a weekend night with her grandkids she had it all mentioned on her fridge. 

A Day Worth Shopping

Ethel lived a pretty ordinary life. And her old days were going exactly as she wanted it to be. So that Thursday morning Ethel was supposed to do some grocery shopping, as well as get some dining essentials, for a get together she was organizing for her school friends. However, she had an even more important thing to do for which she was heading out of the home.

A Medical Appointment

Also, earlier that day, she called at a nearby eye clinic to make an appointment with the doctor. It wasn’t a routine checkup but an issue that has become a concern from quite a while now and it wasn’t just deteriorating eyesight. Little did she know her journey will never end up as it was supposed to be.

Blur Vision

Ethel was suffering from a high rate of blurry vision. From the past week, she was only able to see the things right in front of her. Her left sides looked cloudy to her. Yes, it wasn’t an obstacle in her day to day routine but she knew this problem will only become severe with time. Hence, consulting an eye specialist was the best thing she could have done.

No Parking

The parking lot was fully pact. She wondered what so many cars were doing in that parking lot on a Thursday afternoon. After spending almost half an hour Ethel eventually found a place to park her car. Although it was in the farthest of the corner, something was better than nothing. Well, the strange thing being, she didn’t figure out the parking space herself rather a man who stood there suggested her the place in the corner. Ethel thanked him and waved at the young man while she headed towards space… She thought of him to be a nice man but he had a dangerous plan going on his mind.

At The Mall

The mall was overcrowded and the Ethel wanted to finish her shopping quickly so that she could reach the eye clinic on time. Stores were displaying huge discount offers but Ethel had no time to get attracted to all these sparkling offers in the mall. She tried to make her way out of it as soon as possible.