It Could Have Been Me: Donna Ongsiako

Summary

48 Hours: "It Could Have Been Me" – Donna Ongsiako's Story

Introduction

In the gripping episode titled "It Could Have Been Me: Donna Ongsiako," CBS News' 48 Hours delves deep into the harrowing experience of Donna Ongsiako, a courageous survivor of a violent home invasion. Through detailed narration and poignant interviews, the episode unpacks the night that changed Donna's life, the subsequent investigation, and her ongoing journey toward healing.

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The Attack

July 7, 2013, Colts Neck, NJ – Donna Ongsiako recounts the terrifying events of that night. Living with her 21-year-old daughter, Donna was home alone when a seemingly ordinary act of letting her cat inside turned into a nightmare.

Donna Unshako (01:09): “I survived a violent home invasion. After everything was said and done, I lost in total close to three quarters of the blood in my body. There's no earthly reason why I'm alive. None. There is none.”

Donna describes encountering an intruder attempting to breach her home:

Donna Unshako (05:20): “Right, so when I opened the door, I saw a kid standing on the porch. That's what I zoned in on. And then like a millisecond later, I saw the knife that he had and he was cutting into the screen and the window.”

The attacker proceeded to stab Donna multiple times in the face and chest, leaving her with severe injuries. Despite the excruciating pain, Donna's survival instincts kicked in as she managed to crawl upstairs to her cell phone and call 911.

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Immediate Aftermath and Response

Donna's call to 911 was a lifeline:

911 Operator (02:14): “Where did you get stabbed in the neck. Blood is cushing out and in the chest. Okay, I'm pouring gushing blood.”

Before losing consciousness, she provided a detailed description of her assailant, which was crucial for the investigation.

Donna Unshako (09:17): “I could just imagine Kirsten coming in, you know, walking in through that door and finding me laying there, and that couldn't happen. That just wasn't something I was prepared to let happen.”

After enduring seven hours of surgery, Donna was discharged from the hospital after four days, heavily reliant on her family for support.

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Identification and Arrest of the Suspect

Thanks to Donna's vivid description and DNA evidence, law enforcement identified 16-year-old Brennan Doyle as the perpetrator. Doyle was apprehended nearly four months after the attack.

Donna Unshako (15:00): “I stood face to face with him. So I saw him and I knew he was young. I didn't realize he was that young and kind of shocked because I was in really good shape physically.”

Doyle pleaded guilty to attempted murder and carjacking in 2015, receiving a 15-year prison sentence. However, Donna remains anxious about the possibility of his release.

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The Trial and Sentencing

Donna attended every court appearance, determined to ensure Justice was served.

Donna Unshako (16:04): “Yes, I went to every single court appearance there were throughout the two years between the time the attack and then the actual trial in 2015.”

Opting for a plea deal offered her a sense of closure, though it left lingering concerns about Doyle's eventual release.

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Donna's Recovery and Ongoing Struggles

Physically, Donna has healed remarkably, yet the emotional scars persist.

Donna Unshako (03:58): “Physically, all of my injuries have healed. I have some, you know, nerve damage, pins and needles in my left arm, but other than that, physically, I'm okay. You know, psychologically, I'm still working on that.”

She describes symptoms of post-traumatic stress, including nightmares, anxiety, and emotional volatility.

Donna Unshako (20:17): “I followed the steps of, like, what I was supposed to do, follow doctor's orders and things like that. It wasn't until things started happening to me that it really set in.”

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Support Systems and Coping Mechanisms

To navigate her trauma, Donna has embraced various therapeutic practices:

• Therapy and Medication: Continuous professional support to manage anxiety and PTSD symptoms.
• Yoga and Meditation: Practices that help center her mind and body.
• Aromatherapy: Utilizing scents to create a calming environment.

Additionally, Donna founded a support group for victims of random attacks, providing a safe space for others to share their experiences and find hope.

Donna Unshako (21:21): “With the support group, I wanted to be able to be a safe place for somebody else to tell their story, you know, hold space for somebody else.”

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Impact on Family

The attack has also strained Donna's relationship with her daughter, Kirsten. Both are navigating their trauma, leading to unintentional emotional barriers.

Donna Unshako (24:10): “She's doing well. She's building a life of her own with her husband. There's still that... I feel like I don't want to put that on her because that then causes her to think about it and then, you know, so there's a wedge there where I kind of try to protect her from my stuff and she kind of tries to protect me from any of her stuff.”

Despite these challenges, Donna remains optimistic about healing together.

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Conclusion and Insights

Donna Ongsiako's story is a testament to resilience and strength in the face of unimaginable violence. Her journey underscores the importance of swift action during crises, the critical role of detailed eyewitness accounts in justice, and the long, arduous path of emotional recovery. Through her advocacy and support groups, Donna not only aids her own healing but also empowers others to find hope and strength after traumatic experiences.

Narrator (25:46): “Donna, you're incredible. And it's such a privilege to get to know you... perhaps in helping us understand how best to talk to victims of random attacks, you are creating an opportunity as well to let us just understand people going through traumatic experiences as a whole.”

Donna's unwavering spirit serves as an inspiration, highlighting that even in the darkest moments, the human capacity to survive and support one another shines brightly.

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Transcript

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Apply before we begin, just a trigger warning. The following episode does include mentions of graphic physical violence.

[Donna Unshako]

I survived a violent home invasion. After everything was said and done, I lost in total close to three quarters of the blood in my body. There's no earthly reason why I'm alive. None. There is none.

[Narrator]

As you heard, that is Donna Unshako, who miraculously survived a random attack in her Colts Neck, NJ home back in the early morning hours of July 7, 2013. Donna lived with her 21 year old daughter, but she was home alone that night, and after opening her front door to let her cat back in the house, Donna then encountered an intruder attempting to cut through the screen of the window by her front door. He proceeded to stab her multiple times on her face and in her chest before leaving with her purse and her car keys. As Donna lay on the floor bleeding, she somehow found the strength to crawl upstairs where her cell phone was, and she called 911 while her attacker then escaped in her car.

[911 Operator]

Okay, okay, okay, just stand up on me. Okay. Where did you get stabbed in the neck. Blood is cushing out and in the chest. Okay, I'm pouring gushing blood.

[Narrator]

O Then before briefly losing consciousness, she was able to describe her attacker in great detail.

[911 Operator]

He was probably about 17, white, real skinny, curly hair, blonde, dirty blonde hair, a little bit long in a backpack. I'm losing consciousness. Okay, so stay with me. Okay? Yeah, I could feel the water. The blood is just water. It's like water.

[Narrator]

After paramedics arrived, Donna then was rushed to the hospital. And as you heard her say, she lost close to three quarters of the blood in her body. But thanks To Donna's detailed description of her attacker and additional tips and DNA evidence, police identified 16 year old Brennan Doyle as a suspect. He was arrested nearly four months after stabbing Donna. And Doyle claimed he was under the influence at the time of magic mushrooms. In 2015, Doyle pleaded guilty to attempted murder and carjacking and he was sentenced to 15 years in prison. And while Doyle is in prison, Donna is still struggling to recover from the trauma of her attack. I'm Natalie Morales of 48 Hours, and this is it could have been me. Welcome, Donna. It is so good to have you here with us and thank you so much for being willing to share your story with us.

[Donna Unshako]

Thank you for having me.

[Narrator]

I know what you went through was so traumatic. Physically, emotionally, how are you doing today?

[Donna Unshako]

Physically, all of my injuries have healed. I have some, you know, nerve damage, pins and needles in my left arm, but other than that, physically, I'm okay. You know, psychologically, I'm still working on that. I can go places by myself now, but do I like being in the dark in the night by myself? No. Still, it is difficult for me.

[Narrator]

Your physical scars have healed so beautifully as well. You don't see them as much anymore. But as you said, the emotional trauma is still something that you live with. And I know that has to be so difficult to go through. As you said, the nighttime and the darkness, because that's when the attack happened. You've moved out of that house, though, and I know that area of New Jersey. I lived in New Jersey for many, many years. It's a beautiful, peaceful area. Horse country. Something like this, though. You never expect something like this to happen in Colts Neck, New Jersey, right?

[Donna Unshako]

No, never. I felt very safe there. Never in my wildest nightmares what I would think this would happen there.

[Narrator]

Take me back to that night. Your daughter, Kirsten, she was out at a party. You nodded off, but then you went to open the door to let your cat back in. What happened then?

[Donna Unshako]

Right, so when I opened the door, I saw a kid standing on the porch. That's what I zoned in on. And then like a millisecond later, I saw the knife that he had and he was cutting into the screen and the window. And my response kicked into, oh, I gotta shut this door. You know? So as I was shutting the door, he charged at the door. And the knife, it stuck through just a tiny little opening before I could actually shut the door. And it cut my finger, the tip of my finger. And I pulled my hand off the door. You know, that was like. That was the most painful moment was that knife cutting the tip of my finger because my body hadn't shut down yet. At that point, it was just sliced into my hand. So when I pulled my hand off the door, he pushed the door in and was face to face with me in my kitchen. I could not think far enough ahead to say, he's going to cut me with that knife. But sure enough, he was standing just straight in front of me, and he just started slashing me. My face. You could see this part here, but it actually goes all the way back here. So he just took the knife and, you know, slash that way. And I could not process again that he would actually cut me. So I'm holding my. My face like this, and he's slashing my neck, you know, and then. So now I'm like, oh, you know, like, what's. You know, what's happening? And he stabbed me straight into my chest. And still, even with the sl. You know, the slashes and the stabs, I couldn't process that he was actually like, another stab was going to come, Another slash was going to come. Like, I couldn't process that.

[Narrator]

Gosh, it is unreal hearing you describe all of this, and it's still so clear as day to you in your memory. I can see that. Oh, yeah, I'm sure that's so hard to relive that moment, the pain you were feeling in that moment. And as I understand this is. This is a young man, that you'd never seen him before. It's not somebody recognized, Right?

[Donna Unshako]

Right. Totally random.

[Narrator]

You saw, though, he seemed to be young. You got a good feel for what he looked like. I mean, you were staring at him as he's doing this to you. You wouldn't take your eyes off him.

[Donna Unshako]

Absolutely correct. Yep. Without a doubt.

[Narrator]

So he's attacking you multiple times. He stabbed you at this point in that time, what's going through your head? Are your survival instincts kicking in?

[Donna Unshako]

Yes. I start. Well, I started to think, you know, I have to get that knife. Like, I have to get it out of his hands. So as I was backing away from him, I tried to grab the knife from him. You don't think, you know, in my head, I'm going to grab that knife and I'm going to get it away from him, but it literally just cut my hand open. I ended up on the floor, you know, and he came over to me on the floor. He asked me for my car keys and for a lighter. So I directed him to that, to my purse, and he went through my purse and got what he needed.

[Narrator]

And I know that you were wanting to figure out get to your cell phone, right? That was part of the whole thinking at that moment.

[Donna Unshako]

Yeah, my cell phone was upstairs.

[Narrator]

Once he left with the car keys, the lighter, that was your opportunity. You had to get upstairs. How'd you do that? I mean, in the condition you were in?

[Donna Unshako]

I have no idea. I have no idea. I always say that there was definitely divine intervention that helped me get up and get up the stairs. And I feel like I floated up those stairs and to my phone.

[Narrator]

Almost like an out of body experience. Really?

[Donna Unshako]

Yes. Yes, absolutely.

[Narrator]

And I know part of your motivation was your daughter. She was out, but you knew she would come back. You knew she would find you.

[Donna Unshako]

I could just imagine Kirsten coming in, you know, walking in through that door and finding me laying there, and that couldn't happen. That just wasn't something I was prepared to let happen.

[Narrator]

You got to your phone, yet incredibly, you were still with it enough to look outside and noticed that your attacker was still there in the car. So you had to be really careful. Once you got your phone right, what did you do?

[Donna Unshako]

Yes, I picked up my phone and it was still on the. Attached to the cord. And I knew that if I unplugged the cord from it, it was going to light up and he would see that light in the dark. And I was so terrified that he was going to see that and he was going to come back in. And so I kind of just slunk down to the floor with it and tried to be as careful I could. And it was hard just trying to swipe on the phone, just to unlock it because I had so much blood on my hands. Finally, I just wiped it off on the side of the bed and was able to dial 91 1.

[Narrator]

Do you remember that call at all now?

[Donna Unshako]

I remember feeling so panicked, just desperate and trying to get all of the right information out, all the right words out. After the criminal trial was done, I went back to the prosecutor's office and I asked him if I could hear my 911 call, because I wanted to make sure. Like, did I actually speak clearly? Did I actually give them all this information like they said I did? And that was really empowering for me to go back years later and hear that recording.

[Narrator]

You give me goosebumps just imagining you hearing that for the first time after having gone through what she went through. You made it out of that house. Incredible. And then you had to undergo seven hours of surgery when you were in the hospital. Is it true? That you were worried that your attacker might come back for you.

[Donna Unshako]

Oh, yeah, without a doubt. You know, in every scary movie that you see or every, you know, type of slasher movie like that, you see the killer comes back dressed as a doctor, dressed as a nurse, or they slip in, you know, as an orderly or something like that. But they. I kept telling them, you know, like. Like, is there a guard out? You know, asking them, is there a guard outside my door? You know, and they kept trying to assure me that it was a secure floor. I was under an alias. Nobody was getting on this floor, into my room unless they knew my alias. Yeah. Absolutely terrified.

[Narrator]

Your alias was Sarah Reese?

[Donna Unshako]

Yeah. It was shocking actually, to see that on my wristband.

[Narrator]

I know. You describe feeling like you almost lost your identity because the attack, it's like it took so much away from you.

[Donna Unshako]

I completely do not identify with who I was pre attack there. I feel like there is not a stitch of me left from, you know, before the attack.

[Narrator]

You're a different person now.

[Donna Unshako]

Totally different person. And I'm still trying to figure out who that is.

[Narrator]

It's obviously a work in progress. But you're so strong. And you see, you're such a survivor. I know your friend, Sharon Sharp, was really important to helping you go through your recovery. She described seeing you in the hospital those very first few days and the stab wounds and how much blood even was in your hair at that moment. And. And she talked about that. Let's take a listen here.

[Sharon Sharp]

Her beautiful long hair was just caked. I mean, caked. It was almost like a thing you could pick up in blood. And all she'd say was, I want my hair washed. I want my hair washed. Everybody could smell it. You couldn't not smell. Was horrible. It was horrible.

[Narrator]

And I love that in that moment, your friends saw what you needed and they took action. They washed your hair. They tried to be strong for you when you needed that.

[Donna Unshako]

The washing of the blood out of my hair, that, for me was so. It was almost ceremonial. That was a lingering ick factor for me, was that smell, that smell of blood. I just couldn't shake it.

[Narrator]

Well, it was just four days later that you were able to leave the hospital. And, I mean, I think you had something like 37 stitches, am I right? And 38 staples throughout your body.

[Donna Unshako]

Yeah, I think they would have kept me there longer, but every day I was like, I'm ready to go. I have to leave. I did not feel safe there at all.

[Narrator]

And of course you didn't feel safe going Back to the house. So you didn't go back there. Where did you end up going?

[Donna Unshako]

Yeah, so I ended up going back to my parents house. So it was my mother and my father and a brother that lived there and my sister lived there at the time with her three children. So there was no room at the inn for me. So they ended up just kind of putting me in my niece's room. It was chaos.

[Narrator]

Well, and I know you were concerned because your attacker was still out there. And it would take four months before 16 year old Brennan Doyle was then arrested. And you know, your attacker, we said he was young. What was your reaction though when you heard? I mean, he was just 16 years old.

[Donna Unshako]

I mean, I stood face to face with him. So I saw him and I knew he was young. I didn't realize he was that young and kind of shocked because I was in really good shape physically. And if you said a 16 year old was gonna, you know, force her way into your house and attack you, I would have said, absolutely not. That is not gonna happen. I was in the best shape of my life. There was no way that that was going to happen but fight, flight or freeze. And I froze.

[Narrator]

Yeah. He was then charged as an adult. When you heard what Brennan Doyle was alleging, he said it was magic mushrooms that possessed him to do what he did to you. What did you make of that?

[Donna Unshako]

Yeah, I thought that was just a cop out. He seemed very present and very sure of what he was doing. So I don't buy the whole hallucinogenic story.

[Narrator]

Did you see him in court?

[Donna Unshako]

Yes, I went to every single court appearance there were throughout the two years between the time the attack and then the actual trial in 2015. I went to every single appearance in, even if it was just like a 10 minute, like this is what's happening thing, because I wanted him to see me. I wanted him to know that I was alive and I was showing up, you know.

[Narrator]

And he pleaded guilty to attempted murder and carjacking. That was in 2015. Then sentenced to 15 years in prison. What was your reaction when you heard that sentence?

[Donna Unshako]

If we were to go to trial, I was told that he can maintain his innocence and there would be no guarantee of him of the amount of time that he would get. If we went to trial. He could get four years, he could get, you know, seven years, what have you. But if he takes the plea deal, they told me he has to admit his guilt to the court. So when they said he's going to take a plea deal for 15 years, I wanted that as opposed to taking a chance that he could get four years and maintain his innocence. So there was a civil award after the criminal trial where I was awarded $5 million. I have not seen any money from that.

[Narrator]

He could be coming out soon, in a couple of years. Have you come to the terms with the fact that he might be released?

[Donna Unshako]

I have not come to terms with that. I am, I have to work on that. I feel like he's not going to come out and come after me. But, you know, you never know. There's that little part of me that you're not going to convince that he doesn't want to hurt or harm me.

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[Narrator]

You know, it's hard to even ask the question, but what does closure look like for you? I mean, especially when you talk about this was such a random act of violence.

[Donna Unshako]

Yeah. You know, hindsight is 20 20. So looking back on how I came out of the hospital and everything was so chaotic and everybody was so traumatized, nobody knew what to do. Looking back now, had I been received into an environment that had created a safe environment for me, that is what I needed. Like I needed that foundation. I still need it. The foundation of safety. I have to figure out can I live in a standalone house by myself or do I have to always live in an apartment with other people around or a condo or you know, something with other people around?

[Narrator]

You know, and I think what, what you're doing now is so Remarkable. Because you're trying to help people understand what it means to be a victim of a random attack and, and the emotions, you know, the post traumatic stress that goes along with all of that when it comes to healing.

[Donna Unshako]

Yeah. Well, when. Well, first of all, I didn't think maybe the first couple days when I was out of the hospital, I didn't think that I had post traumatic stress. Like, I didn't. I was just like, you know, this was a hard, you know, a violent, horrible thing and I'm going to calm down and things will be okay. I followed the steps of, like, what I was supposed to do, follow doctor's orders and things like that. It wasn't until things started happening to me that it really set in. Like the nightmares and the not sleeping and I couldn't be around people and the isolating and the. The emotions up and down. Like I could be sitting here just like this, and all of a sudden I wouldn't be crying, but tears would be pouring out of me. I had all this trauma inside me and it had to be released somehow. Right.

[Narrator]

And Donna, what, what are you doing now to help, you know, get through this? I mean, it's still. It seems like it's very emotionally traumatic still to this day.

[Donna Unshako]

Yes. So I still am in therapy. I was on anti anxiety medications. I was on medication, whatever the doctors thought that I should be on. I followed their protocol. I also started to do yoga and meditation and aromatherapy. Anything calming, mind, body, soul type, calming.

[Narrator]

Things to help you heal, though. I know that you created a support group specifically focused on victims of random attacks. Why was that important to you?

[Donna Unshako]

You know, nobody could put together that random act. Nobody could put together that I was alone in the night, in the dark, and barely escaped death. I knew I needed to talk to somebody else and hear their experience. I guess more for hope, right? Let me. I want to hear from somebody who got to the other side of this, who survived it and is doing well and is thr and you know, has all these ways of coping. So I just wanted. With the support group, I wanted to be able to be a safe place for somebody else to tell their story, you know, hold space for somebody else.

[Narrator]

I heard you saying that you have the same job and that you had before the attack, that they've been very supportive and helpful.

[Donna Unshako]

Yes. Yeah. Thank you so much for pointing that out. Because having my job to go back to and having a purpose to get up and get out of bed and go to work every day, that was so important. It's the One thing that has not changed since the attack. It's the one constant.

[Narrator]

And what do you want people to know about victims of random attacks? How do we talk to people who've gone through what you've gone through in a way that doesn't also, you know, become triggering?

[Donna Unshako]

I think you really have to meet people where they are, and in hearing somebody talk about whatever they're experiencing or whatever they're going through, you don't have to fix it. You don't have to offer advice. Just listen, you know, just let them release that without judgment.

[Narrator]

I know before the attack, you competed in tough mudders, and, you know, as you said, you were in the best shape of your life back then. I think, though, what got you through this is you're the toughest mother. I'm amazed again how you got up those stairs. You called 91 1. You gave that description, and really all came from a place of love, knowing that you needed to protect your daughter. How are you and Kirsten doing today?

[Donna Unshako]

Yep, she's doing well. She's building a life of her own with her husband. There's still that. There's, like, a wedge there from the attack. I feel like I'm. There's always something in my everyday life that relates to the attack or something from the attack, and I feel like I don't want to put that on her because that then causes her to think about it and then, you know, so there's a wedge there where I kind of try to protect her from my stuff and she kind of tries to protect me from any of her stuff, and it's not the healthiest thing, but we're going to get through it.

[Narrator]

I know you will, and. And I know it has to be so hard. I mean, you both have been through so much, so it's. It's understandable how, you know, in trying to protect one another, you end up sometimes putting, you know, blocks in the way in the path of allowing you to have, you know, a really open and honest conversation. But you'll get there. You'll get there because the work you're doing is amazing. And sharing your story, helping others is helping you, and I can see that. So. Donna, you're. You're incredible. And it's such a privilege to get to know you. And I know it wasn't easy having a conversation again about what happened to you, but we so appreciate you sharing it because perhaps in. In helping us understand how best to talk to victims of random attacks, you are creating an opportunity as well to let us just understand people going through traumatic experiences as a whole.

[Donna Unshako]

Thank you so much.

[Narrator]

We want to thank you for listening to it could have Been Me. I'm Natalie Morales, and you can always find your latest podcast in the 48 Hours podcast feed. It's free on the Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcast.

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