Woman viciously beaten, raped

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Saturday, March 28, 2009 5:39 AM EDT
By Ann DeMatteo, Assistant Metro Editor

HAMDEN — A town woman, 25, survived a vicious attack by a co-worker who allegedly tried to snap her neck, stomp on her chest, rape her and leave her for dead early Friday in East Rock Park, police said.

After the man drove off in her car, the severely beaten woman made her way from the park, down a hill through grass and branches, to a house on Ridge Road, and frantically rang a doorbell.

A resident who had been sleeping on the couch on the first floor heard a commotion and opened the door to a horrifying sight.

“The girl’s eyes were completely closed and blood was all over her face. It was like something out of a horror movie,â€