"The first blow was glancing. So it just tore my nose open," said Joyce, who requested that her last name not be used.Her attacker is still out there."It took six sutures, very deep, to close the inside part of my nose, and then 16 to close the outside part," Joyce said.Joyce was the subject of a vicious attack Tuesday morning on the wooded campus of the Crittenton Children's Center."It was about five until 6 a.m., then I heard this blood-curdling scream," she said.Joyce heard her co-worker inside the building's conference room."So I stepped in and asked, 'Are you guys OK?' and he threw her around, and then came right at me with a hammer," Joyce said.Joyce suffered several blows to the head, but that wasn't all."He kicked me right in the side where I'm fighting cancer," she said.Joyce is fighting breast cancer. She said she's also thankful another co-worker showed up right before her attacker almost delivered a life-ending blow."If Robbie didn't show up when she did, would he have killed me?" Joyce wondered.Police still don't know the man's motive. But after striking several people with a hammer, he is considered very dangerous. There is a GoFundMe Page to help Joyce and her family with her recovery.

"The first blow was glancing. So it just tore my nose open," said Joyce, who requested that her last name not be used.

Her attacker is still out there.




"It took six sutures, very deep, to close the inside part of my nose, and then 16 to close the outside part," Joyce said.

Joyce was the subject of a vicious attack Tuesday morning on the wooded campus of the Crittenton Children's Center.



"It was about five until 6 a.m., then I heard this blood-curdling scream," she said.

Joyce heard her co-worker inside the building's conference room.

"So I stepped in and asked, 'Are you guys OK?' and he threw her around, and then came right at me with a hammer," Joyce said.

Joyce suffered several blows to the head, but that wasn't all.

"He kicked me right in the side where I'm fighting cancer," she said.

Joyce is fighting breast cancer. She said she's also thankful another co-worker showed up right before her attacker almost delivered a life-ending blow.

"If Robbie didn't show up when she did, would he have killed me?" Joyce wondered.

Police still don't know the man's motive. But after striking several people with a hammer, he is considered very dangerous.

There is a GoFundMe Page to help Joyce and her family with her recovery.