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Mary Klein, 54, was walking near her home around 10;30 p.m. when she was suddenly ambushed from behind by a man who beat her with a pipe.
“All of a sudden, I just get knocked out. My teeth got knocked out. My jaw is wired shut. He bashed my face in.”
In the second attack, which occurred about an hour later, the same man assaulted a woman near the Sherman Canal.
Police confirmed both attacks had a "sexual element," and Jones was caught on surveillance footage walking near the canals that night.
Mary said she was knocked into a daze and only remembers falling to the ground and being punched repeatedly in the head and face by the suspect.
The brutal attack left Mary with severe injuries, including including fractures to her jaw, broken teeth, a large gash on the back of her head and multiple contusions and bruises all over her face and chest.
The suspect, Anthony Jones, 29, was arrested late Thursday night in San Diego on two counts of attempted murder. He is being held on $3.25 million bail.