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From: barrylewis@sbcglobal.net
On 14 Dec 2025, "Leroy N. Soetoro"
posted some news:lnsB3B5B7B9616AE6F089P2473@0.0.0.1:
> SAVANNAH, Ga. -- A Georgia woman has been hospitalized with severe
> burns after someone poured a corrosive chemical onto her head while
> she was walking at a public park in Savannah, the victim's son and a
> close friend said Friday.
>
> Savannah police confirmed they are searching for a suspect in the
> chemical attack at Forsyth Park, one of the historic city's landmark
> green spaces that attracts runners, picnickers, playing children and
> sightseeing tourists. Police said the woman appears to have been
> attacked by a stranger.
>
> The victim, 46-year-old Ashley Wasielewski, was being treated for
> second- and third-degree burns at a burn center in Augusta, her son,
> Westley Wasielewski, told The Associated Press. He said the injuries
> cover roughly half her body, including her scalp, face, hands and
> legs.
>
> “We don’t know who did it," he said. "She doesn’t have any enemies.
> She is a friend to everyone.”
>
> Westley Wasielewski said his mother was walking laps at the park on
> Wednesday night after attending a Christmas program at a nearby
> church. He found out about the attack in a call from a bystander who
> came to his mother's aid. He said he could hear her agonized screams
> over the phone.
>
> From her hospital bed, Ashley Wasielewski told family and friends she
> was walking the sidewalk along the park's perimeter when she noticed a
> shadow from someone approaching her from behind. She was turning to
> face the person when he poured some liquid over her head, said Connor
> Milam, a close friend.
>
> “She was instantly like, `Why are you pouring water on me?' And then
> her skin started to burn,” said Milam, who has been at the burn unit
> with her friend. “She looked down and her pants were starting to burn
> off her body. She started screaming.”
>
> Savannah police spokesman Neil Penttila said Friday that detectives
> are working with the FBI to identify the chemical used in the attack.
> Wasielewski's son said investigators told the family it was so
> corrosive that it melted the key fob to his mother's car that was in
> her pocket.
>
> Savannah Police Chief Lenny Gunther said officers have been conducting
> extra patrols at parks throughout Savannah since the attack. No
> arrests had been announced by Friday afternoon.
>
> Police said they were seeking a person of interest and released a
> security camera image of a man wearing what appeared to be a dark
> hoodie with a large cartoon rabbit on the front. Police said in a
> social media post that the man was “not currently a suspect in any
> crime.”
>
> “Our Police Department is treating this case with the highest
> urgency,” Savannah Mayor Van Johnson said in a Facebook post. He
> added: “While this attack is deeply troubling, there is currently no
> information indicating a broader or ongoing threat to the public.”
>
> Police did not name Wasielewski as the victim. Her son and Milam both
> said she wanted to share her story in hopes that people would come
> forward with information that helps police make an arrest.
>
> Milam described her friend as a giving person who volunteered at a
> local nature center and packed grocery bags with snacks, toiletries
> and other essentials to give to homeless people. She said those close
> to Wasielewski are shocked and baffled by the attack.
>
> “They didn’t rob her. They didn’t take anything from her," Milam said.
> “This was a random person in the park who went out of their way to
> disfigure another human being."
>
> https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/georgia-woman-suffers-severe-burns-
> chemical-attack-savannah-128360842
That's terrible. Had to be someone who knew her.
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