"Rock Creek Victim Named
The young woman who was attacked in Rock Creek Park last week and who died later at Georgetown University Hospital was named by DC police yesterday as Brigid Henry.
Ms Henry was a nurse at Georgetown University Hospital where she worked on the casualty unit up to the day of her death. The brutal attack on her in broad daylight and in full view of witnesses, none of whom immediately realised what was happening, left Ms Henry's face so disfigured that she was not recognised by her work colleagues when brought to the University hospital afterwards.
Ms Henry hailed from Wilmington, Delaware, and had moved to DC last year, living in a Georgetown apartment close by the hospital where she worked. She is survived by her grandparents, parents and three siblings, all of whom are said to be devastated by Ms Henry's shocking murder.
Wilmington schooolteacher, Pug Tansey, a longtime friend of the Henry family described Nurse Henry last night as "an irreplaceable treasure with a bubbly personality and a gentle soul whom no-one could fail to love". He requested that the media give Nurse Henry's family some privacy in which to mourn.
Closer to home, DC police are mystified as to the motive for the attack on Nurse Henry and have been urging locals to avoid visiting isolated sections of DC's public parks until her assailant is captured. They have also asked for any witnesses who may have seen Ms Henry's attacker in the time prior to her murder at Rock Creek Park. He was a bearded man, dressed distinctively in a woollen jumper and hat and carrying a plastic bag containing the hammer that he used to bludgeon Ms Henry. The beard and clothes are known to have been a disguise and were quickly discarded after the attack. One feature the attacker will find less easy to discard is a pronounced foreign accent, possibly English.
Anyone who thinks they may know the attacker's identity is urged to contact DC police directly and not to confront the (clearly dangerous) man directly."
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