a woman who was Her ex-husband kidnapped, raped and tied her with a scarf Says, “He’ll never hurt anyone again.”
Trevor Summers, 47, broke into his estranged wife Alissa Mathewson’s home in Valrico, Florida – while she was sleeping – unable to finalize their divorce.
Trevor knocked the mother of five down and then shoved a pillow over her face and raped her until she was unconscious.
He then tied her wrists and ankles with scarves and wrapped her entire body in nylon rope before inserting a sock into her mouth.
The next day, Alissa, 45, was held at home and forced into his car – while Trevor drove through several counties in Florida.
Stopping at a supermarket parking lot, Alissa tries to escape but Trevor pulls her back into the vehicle and slits her wrists.
Thankfully, an employee witnessed the incident and called 911 on March 12, 2017.
After running to a nearby field to hide from the police and dragging Alissa with him, Trevor tries to strangle her with a rope.
When Trevor saw an unmarked police car, Trevor wrote a suicide note in which he told his children that they would be ‘watching from heaven’ and cut his throat with a razor – despite heavy bleeding, the wound was superficial.
Police cars surrounded the dark blue SUV the couple were traveling in and Alissa was rescued, while Summers was arrested.
Pleaded not guilty to 11 charges – kidnapping, two counts of attempted murder, two counts of sexual assault, four counts of child neglect, grand theft auto and violation of a restraining order.
Summers represented himself in Circuit Court, Hillsborough County, Florida, after firing his legal team.
During questioning, Trevor asked: “So you’re calling it rape?”
However, after just five hours, a jury found Trevor Summers guilty of all 11 charges – including two counts of attempted murder – and he was sentenced to life in prison in October 2022.
Alissa, an insurance agent from Tampa, said: “I’ll never forget waking up and seeing him take over.
“It was terrifying to be in court with him and have to have our three children testify.
“This is the last place you want your children to be and it was heartbreaking to hear what their father went through.
“He represented himself so he could grill me on the stand, I couldn’t breathe while he talked.
“I was relieved when he was found guilty but the length of his sentence was longer than I expected.
“It took time and various types of therapy, but I feel good – he will never be able to hurt anyone else.
“I have the best support system around me.
“But most of all, my children have kept me going – everything I do, I do for them.
“My selfless love for him overcame his father’s evil intentions.”
After almost 16 years of marriage, Alissa and Trevor separated in 2016 and Alissa filed for divorce in March 2017.
On March 11, Trevor tricked his eldest daughter into leaving the window open and entered the house where she slept on the sofa and found Alissa sleeping with his two other children.
Forced to move his daughter – who was 14 at the time and uninsured – with her two siblings from Alissa’s home to his own, where she left her two remaining children alone, Trevor Carried out his despicable attack.
“When he held me hostage I thought I was going to die,” Alissa said.
“He then forced himself on me and raped me before tying me with a scarf, an inhumane treatment I will never forget.”
Keeping Alissa tied up, Trevor forced her into his car and drove to rural Hillsboro and Manatee, Florida.
While parked at a supermarket in Manatee County, Alissa tried to run away but Trevor pulled her back into the vehicle – drawing the attention of a supermarket employee who called the police.
While making an hour-long drive with Alissa, Trevor escapes from the police and hides in a field – where he slits his own throat, saying “This is love.”
Trevor was arrested the same day, March 12, on 11 charges including kidnapping, attempted murder and sexual assault, to which he pleaded not guilty.
During a week-long hearing in Circuit Court, Hillsborough County, Florida, Trevor represented himself and claimed that “sex doesn’t mean that much” to his ex-wife.
However, a jury found him guilty on all 11 counts – kidnapping, two counts of attempted murder, two counts of sexual assault, four counts of child neglect, grand theft auto and violation of a restraining order – and sentenced him to life in prison. was sentenced.
Alissa said: “For a long time, I would get excited if I saw anyone who looked like him and the nightmare flashbacks meant I would wake up screaming.
“But I am doing very well now.
“I have the best relationship with my children and a successful insurance business.
“I get the chance to help other survivors of domestic violence through advocacy and I recently wrote a book.
“You think what you’re going through will last forever but there’s healing on the other side.
“What Trevor put me through no longer affects me because I refuse to let it happen.
“This is a battle I will fight for the rest of my life but I will prevail.”
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