Mystery Doorbell Ringer Recalls Her Desperate Bid to Escape Boyfriend

The woman at the center of the doorbell mystery has revealed to Inside Edition what happened the night that made her frightened image go viral. “I was asleep and awoke to what seemed like a nightmare,” the woman, who wants to be identified only as Lauren, said. Five days after the video surfaced of her running to a Texas home for help, her boyfriend Dennis Collins, whom she accused of sexual assault, shot and killed himself. Lauren said she believes the doorbell video may have saved her life.