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together, Lindahl suggested that they to go to his girlfriend's house and drink alcohol, to which Huber agreed. That same evening, when they arrived in the apartment, Lindahl attacked Huber with a knife, stabbing him a total of 28 times. During the attack, however, Huber resisted, causing
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into his Aurora home, where he raped her under the threat of a gun. He later released her after she gave him feigned consent to continue further intimate relationships, after which Lazar contacted the police. However, since she had left him her phone number and the house where she was raped belonged
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but she never returned. The next day, a passer-by noticed a purse with Pamela's identification on the side of
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ambulance took the woman to the hospital, where an examination revealed she had been sexually assaulted. The woman stated that she did not remember what happened after
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