Woman Said She Was Stabbed During Attempted Robbery in Orient Heights; Police Think Differently

Early Tuesday morning residents living near the intersection of Bayswater Street and St. Andrew Rd. in Orient Heights woke up to a bunch of commotion.

Witnesses who live in the area told police they found a woman on the corner of the two streets sobbing into her phone and bleeding from an apparent stab wound to the leg. Soon the block was a scene of police cars, crime scene tape and reporters.

The unidentified woman told police she was attacked by three men who attempted to rob her at 6:30 a.m. as she walked down the street towards Orient Heights MBTA station. She said when she resisted her attacks one of them stabbed her in the leg and fled on foot.

Hours after the alleged attack police said the incident may not have involved a crime at all and the story may have been fabricated by the victim. Police would not elaborate on why the woman’s story did not add up. Some residents in the area have doorbell cameras but it’s unclear if these videos were provided as evidence to police.

However, neighbors in the area who know the woman said she suffers from mental illness and may have suffered an episode early Tuesday morning. Neighbors also reported that they heard nothing that sounded like a woman being attacked by three men. Some reported only hearing a person faintly moaning around 6:30 a.m. near the intersection. Further complicating the victim’s story is the fact the area is usually a beehive of activity during the morning commute with children waiting for school buses at nearby street corners, workers heading to the MBTA station and construction workers working on several development projects a stones throw from the alleged crime. No one in the area at the time of the alleged crime could corroborate the woman’s story

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *