Elderly Qualicum woman wakes up to stranger in her bedroom
QUALICUM BEACH — Oceanside RCMP are looking for a suspect after an elderly woman woke up to find a stranger in her bedroom.
Oceanside RCMP Cpl. Michelle Lebrun said it happened at 4 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 16 at a Willow Rd. home.
“A 70-year-old woman who was there had awoken to somebody who had been in her bedroom. There was a short struggle and then the male left the house,” Lebrun told NanaimoNewsNOW.
She said the woman didn’t suffer injuries serious enough to require a trip to hospital, noting it’s believed the man got into the home through an unlocked garage door.