An Oregon man is heading to prison after he walked into a stranger’s home while the mother inside held her 10-month-old baby — telling her “honey, I’m here” before attacking her — as her husband worked in the yard outside.
“This was absolutely a nightmare scenario by every account,” said Multnomah County District Attorney Nathan Vasquez at Judson Defir’s sentencing last week, according to The Oregonian.
Defir, 43, pleaded guilty to sexual abuse and no contest to kidnapping, attempted rape, attempted sexual abuse and public indecency in connection with the March attack. Police said Defir was smiling as he approached the victim and her baby while she played with her 3-year-old daughter at their home in Portland. A judge sentenced him to 22 years in prison.
“The male grabbed [the mother] while she was holding the baby and pulled her out of the room, across the hallway and into the guest bedroom,” an arrest affidavit obtained by Law&Crime said about Defir.
“Once in the bedroom, the male forced [the mother] onto the bed by her hips,” the affidavit added, noting how Defir “pressed down on her back and hips” while attempting to sexually assault her. “[The mother] was face-down on the bed and held the baby in her arms. The pressure from the male was pressing on her back and causing her to press on the baby.”
The woman, who lives in Portland’s South Tabor neighborhood, asked Defir to let her put the baby in her crib to avoid injuring the child, according to the affidavit.
Defir stopped his attack and allowed the mother to place her baby in the crib in another bedroom. She then returned to the other room with her 3-year-old and barricaded the door with a bookshelf “in hopes of keeping the male out of the bedroom,” according to police.
“The male attempted to force his way into the room,” the affidavit recounted. “[The mother] walked onto the balcony and started yelling for help, alerting her husband.”
The woman told police that her husband was outside “doing yard work” while she was in an upstairs bedroom with her two children, holding the baby while playing with the 3-year-old. She heard Defir enter through the front door and heard footsteps coming up the stairs, but assumed it was her husband.
“She heard a male voice say, ‘Honey, I’m here,'” the affidavit said. “She realized it was not her husband’s voice and then saw an unknown male [Defir] at the threshold of the bedroom door.”
The mother told police that Defir had “messy hair, a messy beard, messed up teeth” and wore a black hoodie and dark-colored pants. “She reported he smelled dirty, like unwashed body odor,” according to the affidavit.
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