it was more like an internal reaction. so with the physical appearance, and that, i was very confident that that was the person who attacked me. and kaye s son also identified de silva. the man actually came into his room and he was able to see him, but he pretended to be asleep. so he was able to also get a good enough look at the person that he was able to also identify him in a photo lineup. when de silva completed his job application to become a policeman, he turned it in. that s when investigators noticed the most bizarre thing they d ever encountered. there was a smiley face on the bottom of the document and that had the same chilling effect on the investigators because they knew that on kaye robinson s back, the attacker had drawn a smiley face in blood. since this detail hadn t been released to the press,
mark eskridge was the prime suspect in the rape and attempted murder of kaye robinson after he committed a similar crime in maryland. a background check revealed that eskridge, who was married and had a small child, lived in the same mobile home park as kaye robinson when the attack occurred. he lived, in fact, just a few streets away from kaye robinson. he may have had the opportunity to observe her and know that she resided in that house with her son. investigators were sure that eskridge was their man. but there was only one problem. kaye robinson was unable to identify mark eskridge as her attacker. that was not the man that broke into my home. but it had been nine years since her attack. memories change. and so did eskridge s appearance.
911, what s your emergency? it s my next door neighbor. she s been robbed and stabbed. it sounded like he might have raped her. police arrived to find kaye near death. her neck was cut as bad as anyone s neck i have ever seen in my life. she was stabbed several times in her back. it was over 25 times. and her neck was cut basically from side to side. as kaye was rushed to the hospital, paramedics noticed that her attacker had drawn a smiley face on her back in her own blood. the smiley face is one of those chilling details of the crime scene that seems to serve no purpose other than sort of to mock or demean the victim of that attack. you have to know that this person s very sick, very violent, and possibly a serial killer.
doug desilva never did deny that he was involved in the kay robinson case. he d made several statements that he was sorry for what happened to her, wanted to apologize for what happened. but investigators and kaye robinson were in for a big surprise. at od, whatever business you re in, that s the business we re in.
just two weeks after kaye robinson s vicious attack, she identified doug desilva as her assailant. from the photo lineup, i was very certain. i wanted to hear him say something to be sure that that was him. when i heard him speak, i thought that that was the person that was in my home. desilva had no alibi for the night of the crime. i ve never been so sure in my life as a detective that doug desilva was the right person. desilva was arrested and charged with the attempted murder of kaye robinson. he said, tell her i m sorry. i didn t mean to do it. i remember going there, but i don t remember stabbing her. to me, that s a confession. but then came the bad news. desilva s fingerprints did not match the prints taken from the blue plastic glass in kaye s home. the fact we didn t get any