Julie
It’s official…my roommate hates me ☹️
Mom
I’m sure that’s not true, honey.
Julie
Well, she moved in this morning and didn’t say a word to me…
Mom
Maybe she’s just shy.
Mom
Going off to college is hard for everyone.
Julie
When I asked her how she was, she just stared at me…
Mom
Give it time. She’ll open up.
Julie
She’s muttering to herself…
Julie
I can’t make it out…
Julie
Now she’s drawing something.
Julie
It’s a bunch of circles and strange symbols.
Julie
She keeps looking over at me.
Julie
Now I’m kind of freaked out.
Mom
I can call the housing department. Maybe it’s not too late to move you.
Julie
Please call? She just smiled at me.
Mom
Well, that’s a good sign!
Julie
It wasn’t a friendly smile…
Julie
It was like…a threat.
Julie
And she said, “Don’t worry, we’ll cleanse you soon enough.”
Mom
It’s going to be okay, honey. Maybe just try and get some sleep.
Mom
I’ll call the University tomorrow.
Julie
She’s standing over me!
Julie
YES! I was sleeping but then I woke up to this scraping sound.
Julie
I looked up and she was just standing there, holding a pocket knife, staring at me!
Mom
You should call campus security.
Mom
And get out of there!
Julie
Wait…she’s leaving.
Mom
Get your stuff and go to your friend Liz’s room!
Mom
I’ll call the University.
Julie
You know how she was drawing something before?
Julie
There are more drawings…
Julie
Everywhere. Hanging on all of the walls.
Julie
And there’s some weird smell…
Julie
It’s coming from under her bed…
Julie
OMG! There’s a dead animal!
Mom
Julie…get out of there.
Julie
She has that KNIFE! It’s BLOODY!
Julie
She came toward me and she tried to stab me!
Julie
But I pushed her away and ran out of the room.
Mom
Oh, thank God! Where are you now?
Julie
Running for my life!
Julie
I’m heading down the stairs.
Julie
There’s no one around.
Mom
Keep going until you find someone!
Julie
She’s running after me. She’s two flights up.
Julie
She’s yelling something.
Julie
I don’t know where to go!
Mom
Can you find an exit?
Julie
I’m still new to this place. I have no idea where anything is.
Mom
Just run until you find a door.
Julie
I did, but it just led me to more rooms.
Julie
Oh, God. I see her behind me.
Julie
I’m banging on the doors but no one is answering me!
Julie
She won’t stop shouting at me.
Mom
Don’t stop to listen! RUN!
Julie
There’s a storage closet. I’m going to hide in there.
Julie
Still in the dorm hallway.
Julie
I’ll try and wait her out.
Julie
I hear her…she’s dragging the knife along the wall…
Mom
Stay put! I’m on the phone with the police.
Local Newspaper, front page story:
Police were dispatched to the local University campus last night at 11:15 pm after receiving several 911 phone calls reporting a disturbed young woman wielding a knife, chasing and harming students.
After arriving on the scene, police spoke to a number of students, many of whom heard screams outside of their dorm rooms — every student was too fearful to leave their room.
Sending uniformed officers into multiple dorm buildings, police quickly located and apprehended the young woman, who did not resist arrest.
After a brief interrogation, the young woman, discovered to be Ingrid Kenson, not even in fact enrolled in the University, admitted to harming several students, and gave officers the location of each victim.
Julie Sundry, a freshman at the University and the perpetrator’s roommate, was found in a janitor’s closet, severely injured but conscious. She was rushed to the hospital and is expected to make a full recovery.
Fellow students Maria Parker, Sophia Marks, and Liz Applegate did not survive the attack. We send our thoughts and prayers to their families.
When asked why she made these vicious attacks, Kenson claimed to be sent by her “family,” a well-known cult outside of Iowa, in order to “…cleanse the campus of sinners. Those who engaged in debauchery and sacrilege in the name of ‘the college experience.’”
Kenson will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
