On November 18, 1998, Adrian Rodricka Cathey broke into the apartment of a University of North Carolina-Charlotte co-ed. He woke the sleeping teen, and used a hunting knife to subdue her. But as he attempted to rape her, the unidentified woman reached into a nightstand, pulled out a pistol, and blasted Cathey dead. DNA tests revealed that he was the serial rapist who had stalked the campus for nearly a year, assaulting at least four students. Cathey had previously been charged with three counts of attempted murder during violent sexual assaults on young women. There's little doubt that the armed co-ed saved many women the trauma of being violated.