In late January, we reported on a tragic story of Queen Anne resident Heidi Gardner who was stabbed by her boyfriend early one morning.  Heidi wrote to us to say that she wanted people to be aware that the Seattle Times may have overstated the situation.  Says Heidi,

The Seattle Times took my statement and turned it into a drama of more twisted facts than any real truths…  It was not a human sacrifice, there was no alter.  He had a psychotic break and is undergoing evaluation.  I don’t want people to assume that this has anything to do with his religion or culture.  Not that I believe that he is in anyway safe or should be free… I just hate the mass assumptions that are being made out there.

Friends of Heidi have put together a website where people can chip in dollars to help pay her bills so she can recover from the attack.  Says Rachel,

Heidi survived and is healing quickly, but has massive medical bills to pay. She is also unable to work; she is paying a lease on an apartment she never got a chance to move into, and she is facing down a huge pile of bill while trying to recover from an awful trauma.

You can go to http://www.heidifund.org for more information.  We have done our best to verify that this is an honest request for assistance.