It takes more than a break-in and a stabbing to get arrested in Cherry Hills

Barbara Siemann hurried to Arapahoe District Court a few minutes after 9 a.m. on August 28 for Hernandez-Dominguez's case hearing, only to find out it had been canceled. "Something's wrong here," says Siemann, who has grown increasingly frustrated with the way the police handled the case. "I think we should be terribly concerned that there's someone like this wandering around the streets."

The police and victims'-assistance officials tell her that Hernandez-Dominguez isn't free. He'll eventually get picked up for speeding or some other charge and get dragged into court for the break-in. But that's little comfort to a woman who still has bloodstains on her kitchen counter and nightmares about that night.

Barbara Siemann (left) still doesn't feel comfortable in her home, where Rogelio Hernandez-Dominguez stabbed himself in a spare room.

Rogelio Hernandez-Dominguez hasn't been home in months.

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"I'm still not back to a point where I feel safe in my own home," she says.

Even Campbell admits that the case hasn't worked out as he hoped it would. "At this point in time, where's the justice for the victim?" he says. "There really hasn't been."

So for now, Siemann can only wait. Her insurance helped pay the $80,000 worth of damage to her house — cleaning up blood, refinishing the floors, replacing the windows. At night, she tries not to remember the sound of a stranger thrashing around in her kitchen, violently searching for a knife.

As for Hernandez-Dominguez's medical bills? The hospital won't say how they were paid, and the police have no idea, either.

Contact the author at lisa.rab@westword.com.