<p>Seems to me that all you can do is make your stand/escape attempt/whatever in the parking lot, and do not get into the car under any circumstances. Easier said then done, when there is threat of imminent death facing you. But there it is. Once in the car there are no witnesses. </p>
<p>It's odd, that part of suburban Kansas City is considered the "better" part of the metro area, but there is a history of well-publicized horrific murders involving teenage girls from there. </p>
<p>Fourteen years ago a girl was murdered while on her way home from college; made national headlines.</p>
<p>Another girl was murdered at a pool about five years ago. Two years ago a girl stabbed her mother to death.</p>
<p>All three of these girls went to the same high school.</p>
<p>Just horrible coincidences, and perhaps more publicized there precisely because of how few and far between incidents like this are in that area. But if anything it shows if this can happen there it can happen anywhere.</p>