Woman's Survival After 2013 Attack In Colts Neck Topic Of Documentary

COLTS NECK, NJ — The victim of a random, violent attack in 2013, an area woman will reflect on her ordeal - and how she's coped with the aftermath - in an episode of "48 Hours."

CBS said the true-crime episode, "A Stabbing in Colts Neck," will be shown at 10 p.m. in our area on Saturday, May 13, on CBS, and will stream on Paramount+.

It will tell the story of Donna Ongsiako, who nearly died in the stabbing July 7, 2013.

She went to her door after she heard a noise outside her Colts Neck home. She opened the door, thinking it was her cat.

But a 16-year-old local youth was on the porch of her house, holding a knife and demanding her car keys.

At the time, Ongsiako was not identified in news stories, but now in the documentary she is sharing her experience.

She speaks not only about the attack, but about her survival and her efforts to help other victims of random violence since then, CBS says about the episode.

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Her life "changed forever" when she opened the door to her farmhouse-style home that night, Ongsiako says in the episode.

She says in the show that she encountered a young man, later identified as Brennan Doyle, also of Colts Neck, with a knife.

He pushed his way in and began to stab her repeatedly. He demanded her car keys and a lighter. He then stabbed her one last time in the chest and soon took off. Ongsiako managed to call 911 and was able to give a description of her attacker.

As she called, she told the dispatcher she was about to lose consciousness.

“I lost, in total, close to three-quarters of the blood in my body,” Ongsiako tells CBS. “There’s no earthly reason why I’m alive. None.”

She was taken to a trauma hospital in critical condition and remained in the hospital for several days before she could be discharged, authorities said at the time.

Meanwhile, a tip to authorities led to the arrest of Doyle.

Doyle was tried as an adult, and pleaded guilty in 2015 to one count each of first-degree carjacking and first-degree attempted murder, the prosecutor's office said at the time.

He admitted in Monmouth County Superior Court that he repeatedly stabbed Ongsiako with the intent of killing her, and then fled the home in her car, which was later recovered in Aberdeen.

He was sentenced to 15 years for the crimes, being required to serve 85 percent of the sentence under the No Early Release Act. According to Department of Corrections records, Doyle's current parole eligibility date is Nov. 15, 2027.

In addition to Ongsiako, the hour features interviews with her daughter, Kiersten; Monmouth County detective Andrea Tozzi; former Monmouth County assistant prosecutor Laurie Gerhardt and others.