A 25-year-old Lethbridge, Alta. woman, who was violently attacked in September, continues to recover at Foothills Hospital.
On Saturday night, the woman’s husband, family and the community came together to show their support for her. A silent auction and 50/50 draw was held to help raise funds for the woman and her family.
The newlywed woman was walking to work on 6 Avenue S. in the early morning of Sept. 30 when she was violently attacked.
The woman was put in a medically-induced coma to help control bleeding in her brain. She also has extensive head injuries. Lethbridge police said the scene was one of the worst they have seen.
Denzel Dre Colton Bird, 20, is the man accused of randomly attacking and sexually assaulting the woman. He is facing charges that include attempted murder and aggravated sexual assault in relation to the vicious attack.
Police have said the 25-year-old woman was approached by a stranger early on the morning of Sept. 30 who allegedly struck her with a weapon before dragging her into an alley, where she was later discovered by a passerby.
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Organizers are hoping to raise thousands of dollars for the family, who said they were overwhelmed by the outpouring of support they have received from the community.
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“We want to be able to help him so he can stay in Calgary, stay with his wife and then once she starts to recover in her release from hospital, she’s going to need care. So we just want these funds to all go to her and to help them out financially as best as we can,” Maggie Hall, the event organizer, said.
The funds raised by the organizers will be administered on behalf of the family by the Lethbridge-based organization Bridges of Hope.
“This is a community again rising up, and standing together to say, ‘Lethbridge is a house of hope and in our town, in our big village – we care for one another, we stand together we hold hands and we weep together,’” Daniel Zopula, chairman for Bridges of Hope, said.
A posting from mid-October on a Facebook site said the woman remains in a medically induced coma in a Calgary hospital due to swelling on her brain, but she is breathing on her own and is being given low-dose medication to reduce pain.
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