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TERROR.
CHANNEL 13 IS THE ONLY T.V.
STATION IN TOWN THEY ARE
STELLING THEIR -- TELLING THEIR
STORY TO COLLUSIVELY.
WE ARE LIVE WHERE THE ABSUCTION
OCCURRED.
STEVE.
>> Reporter: THE VICTIMS WHO
ASKED US NOT TO REVEAL THEIR
IDENTITY ARE SPEAKING OUT ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM AT THIS
WAL-MART PARKING LOT HERE AVON
AS THEIR ATTORNEYS TAKE LEGAL
ACTION.
>> HE PUSHED HER IN THE CAR, AND
TOOK HER -- OUR PHONES AND OUR
IDS.
>> THESE TWO WOMEN SURVIVED
BEING KIDNAPPED, SEXUALLY CALLED
AND HELD AT GUNPOINT IN THEIR
OWN HOME.
IT STARTED AT FEBRUARY 6th
AT THE AVON, INDIANA PARKING
LOT.
POLICE SAY THEY VISUALLY
IDENTIFIED MICHAEL PARRISH WHO
ATTACKED THEM AS THEY LEFT THE
STORE.
>> ALL OF A SUDDEN, THERE'S THIS
MAN AT THE WINDOW, AND SHE WAS
ON THE GROUND.
>> HE JUST CAME UP FROM BEHIND
AND GR GRABBED ME.
I TRIED TO SCREAM AND GET AWAY
FROM HIM.
HE PUT THE GUN TO MY NECK AND
TOLD ME, BE QUIET OR I WILL KILL
HER.
>> HER IS THE 3-YEAR-OLD GIRL
WITH THEM AT THE TIME.
HE FORCED THEM TO DRIVE TO THIS
COMPLEX, WHERE HE SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED THEM IN FRONT OF THEIR
HOME.
>> WE EVEN DROVE PAST WAL-MART
AND STILL NOBODY NOTICED.
HE KEPT TELLING US TO BE QUIET
SO I CAN'T -- I DIDN'T WANT HIM
TO SHOOT HER OR GO INSIDE AND
FIND MY SON AND SHOOT HIM.
>> ACCORDING TO POLICE PARRISH
EVEN ATTACKED ONE THE VICTIM'S
BOYFRIENDS AT THE HOUSE.
>> AND HE KICKED ME IN MY RIBS,
AND CRACKED ONE AND DISLOCATED
THE OTHER BECAUSE I TRIED TO
LOOK AT HIM AND HE TOLD ME NOT
TO LOOK AT HIM.
FROM THERE, HE TOLD ONE THE
GIRLS TO GET SOMETHING TO TIE ME
UP WITH.
>> I FEEL LIKE I'M GOING TO BE
ATTACKED, AND I KNOW IT'S
POSSIBLE NOW.
>> NOW THE VICTIMS SAY THEY
AWAIT THEIR DAY IN COURT TO FACE
MICHAEL PARRISH, THE MAN WHO
THEY SAY ATTACKED THEM AT THE
WAL-MART PARKING LOT.
AS FAR AS THE LAWSUIT IT WAS
JUST FILED TODAY.
WE ARE STILL WAITING TO HEAR THE
REACTION FROM THE WAL-MART
CORPORATION CONCERNING THE
LAWSUIT.
LIVE AVON, STEVE JEFFERSON,
CHANNEL 13, EYEWITNESS NEWS.
>>> THANK YOU, STEVE INSIDE IN
ADDITION TO SPEAKING OUT THE
VICTIMS ARE TAKE LEGAL ACTION
AGAINST THE RETAIL GIANT.
THEIR ATTORNEYS ARE SEEKING
PUNITIVE DAMAGES IN THE MILLIONS
AND ALLEGED SERIOUS SAFETY
CONCERNS IN THAT LAWSUIT.
>> WE THINK IT'S IN THE PUBLIC'S
BEST INTEREST TO BE INFORMED OF
THE DANGERS THAT GO ON AT THE
WAL-MART PARKING LOT.
AS A MATTER OF PARKING RECORD,
THERE'S OVER 800 POLICE RUNS TO
THAT LOCATION SINCIAN OF 2009.
WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A
LOCALIZED PROBLEM OR IF IT'S