ONLY PAID A FRACTION OF THAT.
HIS DAD SAID SIMPSON’S DEATH IS
A FURTHER REMINDER OF RON.
BACK TO YOU.
>>> BEATEN AND BLOODIED, NOT
AFRAID.
A WOMAN SPEAKING OUT AFTER A
VICIOUS ATTACK.
SHE WAS ATTACKED ALONG THE
VENICE CANALS SATURDAY AND
POLICE ANNOUNCED THEY TRACKED
DOWN THE MAN THEY BELIEVE IS
RESPONSIBLE.
MACY JENKINS JOINS US LIVE.
>> Reporter: I SPOKE TO MARY
KLINE WITH HER SON BY HER SIDE.
HER FACE IS SWOLLEN AND BRUISES
COVER HER CHEST AND CHEEKS, BUT
SHE SPOKE FROM THE HEART AND IS HOPING NOW THE ATTACKER IS
BEHIND BARS HER COMMUNITY CAN
ONCE AGAIN FIND A SENSE OF CALM.
>> HE TRIED TO KILL ME.
>> Reporter: JAW WIRED SHUT IN
HER HOSPITAL BED, SHE RECOUNTED
WHAT SHE COULD ABOUT BEING
VICIOUSLY ATTACKED SATURDAY
NIGHT.
>> I LIKE MY STEPS, 10,000
STEPS, THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
I HAD 1,000 STEPS LEFT TO GO.
10:30.
EVERYBODY WAS OUT, I WASN’T
SCARED.
>> Reporter: AN EVENING WALK
PART OF HER NORMAL ROUTINE AFTER
12-HOUR SHIFTS AS A CARETAKER. >> I WAS WALKING, THEN ALL OF A
SUDDEN I WASN’T.
JUST GOT KNOCKED DOWN, AND
HONESTLY CANNOT TELL YOU WHAT
HAPPENED.
IT FELT LIKE I GOT HIT BY A
TRUCK.
>> Reporter: SHE SAYS SHE LOST
CONSCIOUSNESS ALMOST
IMMEDIATELY.
WHEN SHE WOKE UP, SHE WENT HOME,
FELL ASLEEP AND RETURNED TO WORK
THE NEXT DAY.
>> SAID YOU NEED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR RIGHT NOW.
I DID NOT KNOW I WAS IN THAT
SHAPE.
HE HAD REALLY KNOCKED MY HEAD.
>> Reporter: AN HOUR LATER, LAPD
SAYS THE SAME MAN ATTACKED
ANOTHER WOMAN IN A SIMILAR
MANNER.
FRIDAY, INVESTIGATORS IDENTIFIED
29-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY JONES, HE
WAS SPOTTED AND ARRESTED IN SAN
DIEGO AND BROUGHT BACK TO LOS
ANGELES.
COUNCIL MEMBER PARK NEAR TEARS
AS SHE SPOKE ABOUT THE ATTACK
AND STEPS THE CITY MUST TAKE.
>> WE’RE DANGEROUSLY
UNDERSTAFFED IN THE DEPARTMENT.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS WE’RE
LOOKING AT IN THE INTERIM, LIKE
REALTIME CRIME CENTERS TO
NETWORK NEIGHBORHOODS --
>> Reporter: KLEIN’S FAMILY IS
RAISING MONEY TO COVER HER
EXPENSES AND IS ACCEPTING
DONATIONS.
>> I HAVE TO DRINK THROUGH A
SPECIAL NIPPLE.
>> Reporter: HER RESOLVE IS
UNBROKEN.
AS SOON AS SHE RECOVERS, SHE’S
READY TO KEEP COUNTING HER
STEPS. >> I’M A FREE SPIRIT.
THAT’S NOT GOING TO CHANGE.
THING IS, WE SHOULDN’T HAVE
THESE VIOLENT CRIMINALS ON THE
STREET.
>> Reporter: KLEIN SAYS SHE
WANTS US TO SEND OUT A SPECIAL
THANK TO DETECTIVES LESLEY
PERKINS AND A’JA HODGE FOR ALL
THEIR HARD WORK ON THIS CASE.
SHE LOOKS FORWARD TO SPEAKING TO
TRACY PARK IN PERSON ABOUT
MAKING THE COMMUNITY SAFER.