NJ police: Woman's ex-friends used cold as weapon

[Adsos Letter]

Source: By VICTOR EPSTEIN
NORTH BERGEN, N.J. (AP)

- A 19-year-old woman who thought she was going to a party was instead driven to a rural wooded area and abandoned in 8-degree weather in a long-planned attack by three friends angry with her over an insurance claim, police said Thursday.

The victim was wearing only a dress and one shoe, having lost the other in a struggle as she was dragged from the car, said Lt. Frank Cannella of the North Bergen police. A motorist soon stopped and let the victim use a cell phone but refused to give her a lift.

The victim used the phone to call one of the women who abandoned her, Cannella said. She spent more than an hour in the freezing cold before flagging down another motorist, who took her to a hospital, he said.

The North Bergen woman, whom police did not identify, may need surgery after suffering frostbite to both feet Jan. 16 in Alpine, a town on the Hudson River about 18 miles north of New York City, Cannella said.

"These actions were so profound that it leads you to believe there was a tremendous indifference to human life," Cannella said.

Maria Contreras-Luciano, 22, of Dumont, and Amber Crespo, 20, and Dyanne Velasquez, 21, both of North Bergen, face kidnapping, assault and conspiracy charges and are free on $200,000 bail. Crespo is also charged with making terroristic threats.

The women planned the attack for more than a month, Cannella said. The suspects wanted revenge after the 19-year-old sued Crespo's auto insurance carrier after a car accident, he said, adding that he didn't have details about the accident or claim.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090130/D9615AT03.html

[Why Syzygy]

1. Conspiracy to commit murder, I hope. nt

[midnight]

2. I don't know what is wrong with people. Planning to destroy

a person for weeks?

[arcadian]

3. Motorist stopped but wouldn't give her a ride?

What kind of fucked up brain dead ignoramus was that? Stupid fuck.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

4. It's not out of the question for someone to flag someone down appearing in distress....

....and pull a knife or gun on them once inside the car.

What is fucked up is she used the cell phone to call the assholes who left here there instead of 911, and waited another hour.

[JerseygirlCT]

5. Yes, that's the part I don't get. nt

[DoctorMyEyes]

6. She's 19

And thought they were her friends. I can totally see a 19 year old calling her friend who just abandoned her and asking her "WTF, bring your asshole self back here, I'm freezing!"

[FedUpWithIt All]

8. What an asshole. The motorist couldn't call the police?

Humanity really does suck sometimes. I am so sick of reading stories and just aching for the people involved. She must have been so scared.

:-(

[LisaL]

9. Somebody should have called the police.

Either the motorist or the woman herself since the motorist did give her a cell phone. Possibly the victim did not want to involve the police at the time of the incident and only decided to involve the police days later.

[TwixVoy]

7. Obviosly these people are rich

They are free on $200,000 bail. Not exactly small change. Obviously these 20 somethings parents have some cash.

I have noticed rich young teens acting increasingly indifferent to human life the past few years.