An 80-year-old American woman was rescued from the hands of a man who held her hostage for many hours, after her daughter realized that he had not shared with her the result of the popular Wordle word game and suspected that something had happened to her.
Denise Holt, from Lincolnwood, a suburb of Chicago, was alone on the night of February 5 when a man broke into her home and threatened her with scissors. He then held her hostage for 17 hours, according to CBS.
The man, who was naked and bleeding because he had broken a window to enter the house, assured her that he would not hurt her. But he forced her to shower and bathe with him – without taking off her clothes – and then locked her in the basement.
“I did not think I would come out alive,” said the 80-year-old woman.
Lincolnwood police believe the perpetrator is suffering from a mental illness.
The daughter of Denise Holt, who lives far away from Chicago, in Seattle, realized that something was happening to her mother because that day she did not send her the result of the word game she played every day. The goal of the Wordle game is for the player to find a word with five letters, having only six attempts at his disposal. Its popularity has skyrocketed in recent weeks and millions of people are looking every day to solve the “riddle”. At the same time, versions of it have been published in many other languages ​​besides English.
“I did not send Wordle to my daughter this morning. “And that troubled her,” said the 80-year-old.
The daughter called Lincolnwood police and asked for someone to visit her mother’s home to check if she was OK. Police found that a man had been holding her against her will for several hours. Special forces then intervened and a police officer neutralized the suspect, using a teaser pistol, rescuing the elderly woman.
Denise Holt, although in shock after the adventure she lived through, was not injured.
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