Woman carjacked while on her way to help church friends

WDTN.com (Dayton’s NBC affiliate) is reporting that a woman was on her way to take some church friends to dinner when she was carjacked at gunpoint.

The carjacker put a gun to her head in an alley near Grand Avenue as Joan Franks was taking dinner to her friends. Franks told WDTN it's one of the most frightening things that ever happened to her.

"I asked him, please just take my car, and my purse, and the keys, and let me be. And he did do that, and I'm very grateful.

Police are still looking for her 1996 blue Cadillac Deville.

Commentary from OFCC Senate District 10 Coordinator Larry Moore:
This woman is very fortunate. Grand Avenue is less than 2 miles from where Tony Gordon was car-jacked, and ultimately died as a result. This actually happened late Monday but was still daylight.

The story serves to point out that there is a need to be vigilant and ready to defend yourself. Apparently car-jacking is a safe crime - it appears in Dayton that very few car-jackers are caught. We certainly see a number of them in the news, but hear very little about anyone being apprehended.

That is certainly true in the case of Tony Gordon, whose killer is still at large.