Jessica Lloyd Explains Murder Attempt On Her Life
Jessica Lloyd, a victim of an attempted murder and aggravated assault allegedly carried out by an American citizen, Lucas Richards, has opened up on the near-tragic incident on her life.
In a testamentary video recording after regaining consciousness, the victim, Jessica Lloyd, explained [edited], “At first, he [Lucas Richards] wanted to throw me in the water. But when we went there, the ‘gronna’ boys were around. You know, when the children see ‘white man’ they can want money. So he said he missed the road. The children directed him…He couldn’t do anything because the children were still behind us.”
Lloyd explained that, before they got down from the car Richards took a knife, claiming that he is afraid of snakes, just in case they came across one. “We went down to the river side, but he couldn’t do anything because the people were plenty around there. So we went to a bush area, and he said he wanted to pee. We used the narrow pathway inside the bush [inside Bardnersville]. I told him I will hold the water bottle and wait for him. While peeing, he said he saw some kind of animal in the bush and that the eyes were shining. He told me to come and see. All along he had the knife with him. For fear of the animal, I stood behind him.
“After peeing, I handed him water to wash his hands. He asked for sanitizer, but I insisted on him using the water. We walked a little while, and he said he wanted to pee again. He told me to stand behind him to block him from the little children who were passing. So I stood up right behind him, but not too close. After he got through, we searched for the direction of the car, got in it and went to the road that leads to Duala. We passed by all the quiet places, so I told him that we should find a place to sit and talk, then we can go.”
Further explaining, she said, “While driving, we passed by a cemetery, and he said we should enter it and take a look, but I refused. So we passed by the cemetery and got around a bushy place, where he parked and said the tire had problem. But it’s like [a] boy was watching us. So he got down to change the tire. I was sitting in the car at first, but he requested my help. He had an iron that he was turning, with another long iron in the other hand. He told me to help him turn the iron until he could finish with the other side.
“I wasn’t thinking on anything, so I was turning the iron. While turning it, he said, ‘Oh dirt is in your hair.’ So he opened up my hair—I felt like he was cleaning the dirt—and hit it with the iron. I heard ‘boom!’ I felt it was the car’s tire that bust, or maybe the thing I was turning had current in it and that was what jerked me. I fell on the ground and started jerking. But then I woke up, but he pushed me back to the ground. But it’s like the boy saw him hitting my neck.
“When he pushed me back, it’s like that was the time he started cutting my neck, but I was not feeling anything. I previously took some medication he gave me in the car.
“I was pregnant for about two months, at which time he gave me an injection in my vein to stop the vomiting, malaria and fever, but the pregnancy damaged. So I was taking infection medicine to clear my system. My stomach was hurting in the car, and that was when he gave me that medicine to take. He told me the medicine will help, and it won’t make me to sleep. So I took it.”
According to her, “When I lay on the ground, he came over me—thinking that he wanted to help me—but I told him I was alright even though I was still jerking. He pushed me back to the ground, rolled me over, and that was the time he was chopping my neck.
“So the boy who saw him picked up stick and rushed on the scene with yelling. That’s how he didn’t go deep on my neck; he just left me. But I don’t know how all the cuttings took place on my hands and feet.”
Meanwhile, The Liberia National Police (LNP) has arrested and is investigating Lucas Richards, an American citizen, on allegation of criminal attempt to commit murder, and aggravated assault.
According to a LNP release, on Thursday, September 14, 2023 at about 3:00 p.m., it is alleged that suspect Richards drove the victim, Jessica Lloyd, around Dixville, Caldwell, where he attacked and injured her, leaving her with lacerations on her neck, the back of her head and fingers.
Victim Lloyd is currently undergoing treatment at the John F. Kennedy Medical Hospital, while suspect Richards is detained at the headquarters of the Liberia National Police (LNP).