Attack on disabled writer apparently random

Police investigating Monday's attack on a woman in a wheelchair in her home have determined she was not targeted.

"They believe it was a crime of opportunity," said police spokeswoman Patrycia Chalupczynska.

Edmonton playwright Heidi Janz was alone in her condo Monday afternoon when a masked man entered, then stabbed, strangled and robbed her. He left with her purse when she fell unconscious

Chalupczynska said the attacker got into the building through an outside door that was not property secured, possibly because of the weather.

The building has a front lobby where an inside door is controlled by keys or a buzzer, as well as service doors at the rear.

A home-care worker said Janz was doing a lot better today. She's still in the hospital with a fractured shoulder, but hospital officials decided it was not serious enough to require operation.

Source: Edmonton Journal