OPINION (Charisma) – Kathi and David Byker woke up abruptly at 4 a.m. on August 9, 2011 to the sounds of yelling in their bedroom. Two men wielding knives and dressed all in black stood over Kathi and her husband. They wore ski masks and all the couple could see were their eyes. Kathi, believing she was having a nightmare, closed her eyes hoping when she opened them again the men would be gone. When the 60-year-old grandmother opened her eyes, what she had feared most was true:
The men were still there. Kathi was terrified. One of the intruders demanded money from David. The other intruder wound duct tape around Kathi’s wrists and ankles and she suddenly realized they were going to take her away. The thought of being separated from her husband of 40 years was horrifying and she began kicking the man to get free. “Stop, honey,” her husband said, “he’s got a knife to your neck! “Kathi, who hadn’t realized that the intruder was holding her at knifepoint, stopped struggling. READ MORE
