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48 Hours explores a very strange attack on a woman in her own home Morgan metzer
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survived what was a violent ordeal telling police that her attacker sounded like Batman the biggest surprise turned
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out to be the identity of this suspect though 40 hours contributor Nikki batist has a
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preview Morgan metzer was startled awake in her Canton Georgia home in the early
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hours of New Year's Day 2021 I saw the shadow of a man's body standing there you know all in black and just lit up by
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the light in the background he had a mask on she thought she was just seeing things but then he pounced on me he then
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hit me with a gun then he punched me deputy chief assistant district attorney for Cherokee County Rachel Ash he turned
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her over and he put these handcuffs on her that were fashioned with zip ties in addition to the mask the Intruder had
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taken great pains to disguise himself self black hoodie jacket black pants black gloves was he saying anything yes
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he said you're going to regret this you've done really wrong now it was the sound of Batman's voice she described it
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like Batman kind of like Batman trying to disguise his voice her asalin strangled Morgan nearly unconscious
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twice did you think you were going to die yes I did eventually her attacker left Morgan on her back porch still
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bound with a pillowcase over her head what did he say as he left he said do not get up until you hear two car honks
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or I'll kill you 40 long minutes went by then Morgan Heard footsteps approaching
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followed by a very familiar voice oh honey what happened it was Rod metzer Morgan's ex-husband they'd recently
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divorced he rescued her off the porch and called police for Morgan it seemed like a bit too much of a coincidence
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while she didn't know who her as salent was initially she told First Responders she grew suspicious as the attack went
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on I just thought it was him when you say him you're talking about your ex-husband investigators started digging
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and quickly found a telling clue one of the items that was seized when his residence was search was a book and it
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was entitled seven ways to be her hero oh man wow Nikki P now Nikki nck there's nothing you can say honey what
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happened W not the best idea yeah investigators told us Rod metzer was trying to get his wife back so he had
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this idea that he would violently attack or leave and then come back and rescue her play the hero play the hero we hear
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from the prosecutor he had this book seven ways to be your hero the subtitle of that book is the one your wife's been
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waiting for and the fact that he left the book guys I mean that's one of those stupid with two o kind of moves well
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police were smart enough to check his phone they were able to arrest him right on the scene he never had time to get
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rid of evidence he didn't think he was what was his explanation for why he was wandering in the backyard that's find
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her yes investigators told us Rod told them he was getting ready for bed in his apartment he heard a knock on the window
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someone said Morgan Morgan he called her she didn't answer so we went to their where he previously lived with her to
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try to save her and found her beaten up on the back porch with a pillowcase on her head are they still
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together unfortunately for Rod they are not it's not looking good it's a very sad story it is a s we're making light
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of it but it's a very sad sad story thankfully Morgan is alive the details of this case are unbelievable tune in
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Saturday night I think some Jaws will drop wow we're looking forward to we are very glad very happy about that yeah you
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can watch Nikki's report the Batman Intruder on 48 hours tomorrow night at 109 Central here on CBS and streaming on
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Paramount plus they come up with some titles over 48 hours