LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – A girl survived after being stabbed 26 occasions by her boyfriend in a home violence incident.
“I have to talk about that because I’m still alive. I’m here and I have to talk about that,” Edina informed 8 Information Now.
She informed 8 Information Now that she solely wished to be recognized by her first identify.
Her left hand is roofed in a bandage from the stabbing on the evening of Jan. 16 at an condominium complicated within the 3100 block of Tarpon Drive close to Tropicana and Hacienda avenues.
“All the doctors and the nurses come in and everybody told me, ‘Oh my God. This is a miracle. You are alive.’ I’m like, why? What happened,” she recalled.
The injuries function a reminder.
“I feel so much better now. I can take a shower now. He almost cut my ring finger,” she mentioned.
Edina had arrived at her condominium after a 12-hour shift of cleansing homes. She mentioned her boyfriend, who lived together with her, was performing bizarre.
“I’m so mad because I don’t know why he was doing this because he knows I love him, and I know he loves me,” Edina mentioned.
She went to mattress after which he started stabbing her a number of occasions within the abdomen. She used her fingers to combat him off after which escaped the condominium. Her yelling caught the eye of a neighbor who confirmed up with a gun.
In response to the Las Vegas Metro Police Division, her boyfriend died of a self-inflicted wound. SWAT and disaster negotiators responded and when SWAT entered the couple’s condominium, they discovered the person’s physique.
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Edina spent about three weeks at Dawn Hospital.
“They told me he stabbed me 26 times. I’m like what?” Edina mentioned.
She is staying at Steve Csiki’s home. He met her by means of the close-knit Las Vegas Hungarian neighborhood. Csiki mentioned he could not consider she survived.
“Everybody in the hospital told her in the hospital you are one of the blessed ones because [there were] multiple stabs in the stomach. Cutting hands left, right. Obviously, he tried to cut her throat,” Csiki mentioned.
Edina has began bodily remedy. She mentioned she plans to maneuver again to Hungary after residing in the USA for 10 years and expressed gratitude to the person who confirmed up with a gun and referred to as 911.
“I want to thank that guy who saved my life because if he’s not coming. I’m dead,” Edina mentioned.
A GoFundMe was set as much as assist Edina return to Hungary. You’ll find the account by looking below “Help Edina Rebuild her Life after Tragedy.”
Assist is obtainable by way of the Nationwide Home Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) and the Home Violence Useful resource Heart at 775-329-4150.
