91. Just Mom’s Friend
I moved to my dad’s when I was 10 and didn’t know anyone in the area. Being an outgoing kid, I quickly made friends with some of my neighbors. One was a girl who was 12, and we ended up having the same circle of friends. One day, I’m at her house when we hear a knock on the door. My friend thought it was her mom since she knocked a certain way, so she answered the door without thinking.
Meanwhile, since I wasn’t supposed to be there, I took off through the window and went back to my house. Later on, I learned about the danger I’d escaped. The woman at the door was not my friend’s mother. Her mother worked at a mental institution, where one of the inmates had recently been released. She was the one at the door.
Thankfully, my friend’s little brother was able to run away to find help. But my friend wasn’t so lucky. The lady must have had a breakdown because she seriously harmed that 12-year-old girl, removed her head, hid it, and left her body in the tub. The officers eventually found the head in the worst place: the family’s Christmas presents.