Published: June 26, 2008 05:33 am Peabody rape survivor highlights law-enforcement conference By Bruno Matarazzo Jr. Staff writer
PEABODY — Tomorrow's annual conference for women in law enforcement will feature the story of a Peabody doctor who managed to escape death at the hands of her then-estranged husband four years ago. Dr. Tricia Vasco will be the keynote speaker at the Massachusetts Association of Women in Law Enforcement conference in Boston. Dr. Vasco is speaking publicly for the first time since the May 2004 attack by her former husband, Guillermo, who showed up at her front door trying to persuade his wife to return to Ecuador, or move to Canada. But when she refused, he duct-taped her and then sexually assaulted her. The following day, the woman came up with a plan: She agreed to leave with him, but told him that she needed to obtain a copy of their daughter's birth certificate if they were to take her out of the country. Guillermo Vasco agreed to go with her and the child to Lynn City Hall. Once in the city clerk's office, Dr. Vasco began yelling for help. "This woman had incredible strength," said Peabody police Detective Sgt. Sheila McDaid, who investigated the case and will speak with Dr. Vasco at the event at Harvard Business School in Boston. McDaid explained how the doctor was able to stay alive. "It was only her ability to think quickly under extreme pressure to come up with a plan," she said. "She had no intention of going to Canada. If she had not (formulated a plan), we would not be here to talk about her today." But Dr. Vasco's ordeal was not over after her husband was captured. He asked another inmate to arrange a contract killing. However, federal investigators thwarted the plan by setting up a sting in which Dr. Vasco was made up to appear as though she had been killed and dumped in the woods. Last year, her husband was sentenced in federal court for 20 years on the murder-for-hire plot and eight years on the kidnapping and rape charges. He will be deported to Ecuador when he is released. The couple met and married in Ecuador, but moved to Massachusetts so she could attend medical school. After the birth of their child, the couple soon separated. McDaid, a 22-year veteran of the department, said Dr. Vasco "symbolizes hope for all domestic-violence victims." "For victims who are trapped and feel they have no way out, she's hope," McDaid said. The conference, which is open to the public, will also feature Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral as a guest speaker and a town hall-style meeting on stress reduction. The association, known by its acronym MAWLE, was founded five years ago by a Boston female police officer and a female state trooper and now has more than 300 members.
If you go What: 2008 Conference for the Massachusetts Association of Women in Law Enforcement (MAWLE) When: Tomorrow, 8 a.m. Where: Harvard Business School, Spangler Hall, Boston Tickets: $40, available at the door; MAWLE members get in for free Information: www.MAWLE.org
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