Southern California woman survives attack, attempted abduction

A Southern California woman recalls the terrifying moment she was Tazed and attacked during an attempted abduction.

The incident happened on Dec. 18 as the victim, Erin Quinn, a Temecula resident, said she was picking up toys for a local holiday toy drive.

That morning, she received a text message from an unknown number with a 213 area code. The texter claimed to be an elderly woman named Connie who asked Quinn to pick up toys for a holiday toy drive she was participating in.

Quinn agreed to help and was told to meet the texter at a property located on Memory Lane in Winchester.

When she arrived, she was walking to the front door when she received another text asking her to stay in her car as someone would bring the toys outside.

Quinn, who had left her car unlocked, said she obliged and walked back to her car before getting back into the driver’s seat.

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