Family: Intruder crawled into bed with our 12-year-old daughter
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MILTON, Wash. - A family in Milton held a suspected intoxicated intruder at gunpoint after they say he took off his pants and crawled into bed with their 12-year-old daughter.
The terrifying ordeal began when the intruder pushed through a locked front door and entered the home as the family was sound asleep.
"This is where we found his coat; his shoes were sitting right here on the floor," says Emily Kiely as she recounts the events of that night.
But she says the intruder didn't stop there. He then went into her 12-year-old daughter's room, taking off his pants and crawling into bed with her.
Kiely says her daughter was petrified when she realized what was happening.
"She didn't know if we were dead, and was wondering, 'Why is this guy in my room? Why is he in my house? And where are my parents?'" says Kiely.
The girl held still until the intruder fell asleep, then bolted for her parents' room.
Emily Kiely says, "My husband flew up, grabbed his gun."
She says the intruder woke up and kept trying to reach for his pants.
"My husband said, 'If you move I'm going to shoot you. If you move I'm going to shoot you," she recounts.
Her husband held the man until police arrived. Keily thinks the intruder may have been under the influence.
"He didn't make any sense; nothing he said made any sense," she says.
But she thinks even a confused drunk person wouldn't make that kind of mistake.
"They don't go into a 12-year-old's bedroom, take their pants off and get into bed with her," says Kiely.
"Thank God my husband didn't shoot him - otherwise that would have been a whole other story," says Kiely. "But I'm glad we did have something to defend ourselves and glad my daughter is safe."
Nevertheless, it will be a while before anyone in the family sleeps easy again.
The terrifying ordeal began when the intruder pushed through a locked front door and entered the home as the family was sound asleep.
"This is where we found his coat; his shoes were sitting right here on the floor," says Emily Kiely as she recounts the events of that night.
But she says the intruder didn't stop there. He then went into her 12-year-old daughter's room, taking off his pants and crawling into bed with her.
Kiely says her daughter was petrified when she realized what was happening.
"She didn't know if we were dead, and was wondering, 'Why is this guy in my room? Why is he in my house? And where are my parents?'" says Kiely.
The girl held still until the intruder fell asleep, then bolted for her parents' room.
Emily Kiely says, "My husband flew up, grabbed his gun."
She says the intruder woke up and kept trying to reach for his pants.
"My husband said, 'If you move I'm going to shoot you. If you move I'm going to shoot you," she recounts.
Her husband held the man until police arrived. Keily thinks the intruder may have been under the influence.
"He didn't make any sense; nothing he said made any sense," she says.
But she thinks even a confused drunk person wouldn't make that kind of mistake.
"They don't go into a 12-year-old's bedroom, take their pants off and get into bed with her," says Kiely.
"Thank God my husband didn't shoot him - otherwise that would have been a whole other story," says Kiely. "But I'm glad we did have something to defend ourselves and glad my daughter is safe."
Nevertheless, it will be a while before anyone in the family sleeps easy again.
