Eighteen years ago, Dorothy Lewis was shot in the head. Unlike 95 percent of people in the same dire situation, she survived. Dorothy Lewis joined a club 18 years ago that no one wants to be a part of.
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Gabrielle Giffords joined in January. Both women were shot in the head. Fortunately, they — unlike 95 percent of people shot in the head — survived. Her two daughters, ages 3 and 7, were shot in the head and killed in the same attack. Giffords was the victim of an assassin who shot her near the left eye. The bullet traveled through her brain and out the back of her head.
More than 20, people in the United States are shot in the head each year.
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About 5 percent survive. That isn't a big number, Lewis said, but in that number there is hope of leading a useful and productive life when they recover. Among people shot in the head, Lewis was relatively lucky. Her assailant placed the barrel of his.
The bullet quickly broke into pieces after piercing the bone and entering a little bit into the brain matter. Surgeons retrieved some of the metal pieces. She was also shot in the mouth and in the knee. Henyard and Smalls took the girls away from the road, out of the clear view of passersby, and killed both Jamilya and Jasmine with a single bullet to the head.
Smalls, Henyard, and a third individual arrived at the home of Bryant Smith in a blue car. Henyard boasted about raping and killing Lewis, unaware that she was still alive. He also showed Smith the gun he used. Later that evening, Henyard went by the Smalls' residence where Colinda Smalls, Alfonza's sister, noticed blood on Henyard's hands.
He explained that the blood was from a minor knife accident. On January 31, the next day, Henyard's aunt, Linda Miller, agreed to drive him to Smalls' residence so that Henyard could speak with Smalls. Henyard made a trip to the Eustis Police Department that same Sunday claiming to have information concerning the Lewis case. He offered knowledge of the crime, and claimed that he was present at the scene of the crime. Henyard's initial story pointed to Smalls and another individual as the perpetrators.
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However, when an officer noticed blood spots on Henyard's socks, he admitted to kidnapping, raping and shooting Lewis, yet maintained that he did not shoot her daughters. The police apprehended Smalls and discovered the murder weapon after a search of his bedroom. The autopsies of the girls confirmed that they were killed by a single gunshot wound at close range and that Jasmine's eyes were open when she was shot. Analysis of the blood spots indicated that Henyard was less than four feet from the victims when they were shot.
The autopsies of Jasmine and Jamilya Lewis showed that both girls died of gunshot wounds to the head and were shot at very close range. Powder stippling around Jasmine's left eye, the site of her mortal wound, indicated that her eyes were open when she was shot. One of the blood spots discovered on Henyard's socks matched the blood of Jasmine Lewis.
Smalls' trousers had "splashed" or "dropped blood" on them consistent with dragging a body. Dorothy Lewis sat in the back seat trying to comfort her young daughters while one of the carjackers cursed and shouted for them to be quiet. As she began to pray, one of the attackers sneered: Dorothy, a young widow, was raped, shot in the head three times, and left for dead, and the children murdered in a crime so senseless the killers couldn't even explain it.
Unbroken: The Dorothy Lewis Story
Dorothy once told her sister, "If anything happens to the girls you might as well lock me up. She had only one question for God: Today, she offers hope and comfort to anyone facing tragedy, or what seems like a hopeless situation, in the telling of this inspirational story. Read more Read less. About the Author Frank Stanfield has been a news reporter and editor for thirty years with the Orlando Sentinel and other newspapers.
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