Brutal injury details emerge after Donna Ongsiako was violently attacked during home invasion horror after eerie noise

A WOMAN has spoken out after being stabbed multiple times in a home invasion and surviving the attack, despite losing three-quarters of her blood.

Donna Ongsiako from Colts Neck, New Jersey had gone to bed just after midnight on July 7, 2013, but as she started to fall asleep, she heard what she thought was her cat scratching at the door.

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When she went downstairs to let her cat in, but the scratching was not a flurry friend, but a stranger on her porch with a knife, trying to cut her screen door.

Ongsiako tried to shut the door, but the intruder stuck the knife through the opening and cut her finger.

He pushed his way into Ongsiako’s house and began brutally stabbing her.

“I lost in total close to three-quarters of the blood in my body,” Ongsiako told 48 Hours. “There’s no earthly reason why I’m alive.”

Ongsiako collapsed to the floor and that’s when she says the invader asked for her car keys and a lighter.

The intruder took her keys and a lighter which she says she told him were on the kitchen table, along with her entire purse.

After stabbing her one last time in the chest, he left.

Ongsiako lived in a rural area without any neighbors that would be able to hear her cries for help. Her adult daughter, Kiersten, who she lived with was out at a party during the attack.

Ongsiako climbed upstairs got her cell phone and called 911. Being seriously injured she says she was motivated by the fear of her daughter finding her lifeless body.

Ongsiako was rushed to the hospital and went into surgery for over seven hours, but she made it through.

ATTACKER ON THE RUN

Ongsiako also helped police catch her attacker.

During the 911 call, she gave a detailed description of the invader before briefly losing consciousness – a man who looked about 17 and had long, blonde, curly hair, and a backpack.

Not long after Ongsiako gave police a description, they got a tip from a Taco Bell five miles from her house.

Employees reported seeing a young, blonde man with a backpack walking through their drive-thru, knocking on windows while carrying a knife.

Police were able to find Ongsiako’s car, abandoned behind a movie theater in the same shopping center as the fast-food joint.

The lights of the stolen car were on and it was still running when police made the discovery.

Blood was found all over the car which detectives said would become crucial in the investigation.

SUSPECT’S SKETCH

Within two days of the attack, police had a sketch of the suspect made with the help of a Taco Bell customer.

The sketch helped police get a tip just eight days after the attack.

Brennan Doyle, 16, was a match for the suspect’s sketch, according to the tipster.

The tipster said Doyle recently cut his long skater-style hair much shorter.

In late July, investigators visited the home where Doyle and his family who lived just up the road from Ongsiako.

Monmouth County Detective Andrea Tozzi said she wanted to see if Doyle got a new haircut.

After obtaining a warrant to get a sample of Doyle’s DNA in September 2013, results showed Doyle was a match for the unknown DNA found in Ongsiako’s car.

In early October, police got another crucial tip from repairmen servicing an air conditioning unit.

A knife was found on the roof of a bowling alley, which was in the same shopping center where police found Ongsiako’s car.

Detectives then raided Doyle’s home and found a similar knife from the same set.

Doyle was arrested in late October 2013 and faced six counts including attempted murder and carjacking.

The suspect claimed that on the night of the attack, he was under the influence of hallucinogenic “magic” mushrooms, according to police reports.

Doyle agreed to a plea deal in August 2015. He pleaded guilty to attempted murder and carjacking, and the prosecution dropped the other charges.

In October 2015, Doyle was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

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