Placerville Woman Attacked With Hatchet Recovering From Eye Surgery

PLACERVILLE (CBS13) — Two women accused of a hatchet onslaught faced a justice Wednesday aft allegedly attacking a pistillate and antheral connected Halloween night successful Placerville.

“It was truly shocking that it happened particularly conscionable retired of nowhere, the callousness of it and the randomness of it, explained Mandi Rodriguez, a person of the victims.

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Rodriguez is inactive stunned aft her friends were attacked with a hatchet and knife. The melee earnestly injured her person Kristine Hall.

“She has important harm to her eye. Also, you person to retrieve not lone her eye, she is going to person imperishable scarring to her face,” Mandi said.

Kristine saw Theodora Economou and Vivian Bertrand allegedly vandalizing spot connected Main Street. That’s erstwhile Placerville constabulary accidental she asked them to halt and the women attacked her and a person who stepped successful to help.

Video posted connected Snapchat appears to amusement a information of the women’s alleged crimes, including smearing what looks to beryllium fake blood.

“When they came astatine my friend, they were laughing. They were going down the street, hitting windows, they were kicking implicit signs, they had smeared humor each implicit the bathroom,” Mandi.

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Theodora ran and was arrested aft hiding successful a adjacent creek. The 2 suspects appeared successful tribunal Wednesday for the archetypal time. They are facing respective charges, including battle with a deadly weapon.

Court records item the onslaught connected Kristine with a hatchet that caused an wounded that “put retired an oculus oregon importantly render it useless…”

Kristine has already had country connected her eye, according to friends. Mandi said it is unclear if she volition beryllium capable to usage it again oregon if she volition request further surgeries.

“This is simply a life-changing acquisition and a life-changing wounded to her,” Mandi said.

It’s a horrific onslaught she hopes volition extremity with justness for her friends.

“I anticipation that our [district attorney] does everything helium tin to marque definite these girls are punished to the afloat grade of the law,” she explained.

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The suspects are some being held without bail. They are expected to beryllium backmost successful tribunal successful December.

Velena Jones