Woman accused of biting chunk out of victim’s forehead in ‘zombie bite’ attack

A blood-curdling, random attack in downtown Seattle last week left a woman with injuries to her face similar to a “zombie bite,” she said.

Diana Gonzalez, 36, was walking to a 7-Eleven when a crazed suspect, identified as homeless woman Kamilia Chadli, threw a food wrapper at her. When Gonzalez questioned her actions, Chadli allegedly spit on her, used a homophobic slur, and called her “the inferior race.”

Chadli then allegedly began assaulting her, tossing her to the ground.

Then, horrifyingly, Chadli allegedly took a bloody bite out of Gonzalez’s forehead. King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office

Then, horrifyingly, Chadli allegedly took a bloody bite out of Gonzalez’s forehead. A nearby witness pulled the women apart and pursued Chadli after she allegedly fled the scene. Seattle police would later apprehend her, and she has been charged with felony second-degree assault.

Gonzalez needed to be hospitalized and is recovering.

Chadli then allegedly began assaulting her, pulling her to the ground. NBC16 / KTMTR
The bite horrified the woman, who was just looking for a drink to quench her thirst while working at her job when the alleged assault happened. NBC16 / KTMTR

The bite horrified the woman, who was just looking for a drink to quench her thirst while working at her job when the alleged assault happened.

“This was a totally random attack,” Gonzalez told NBC 16 in an interview, a large white bandage covering her forehead. “She started yelling racist things after throwing trash and spitting on me. Then she bit my face — she bit a piece of my face off.”

The Seattle woman said when she was first shown her injury, she was utterly stunned.

“I was like ‘Oh my god,’ because it looks like a zombie bite, like in a movie that you would see,” she said.

Gonzalez will be left with permanent injuries on her forehead, police said. The woman allegedly removed a piece of flesh from her head that is about one inch in diameter. Law enforcement, disgustingly, found a piece of flesh in a nearby grate that Chadli allegedly spat out.

Pictures shared with NBC 16 showed the extent of Gonzalez’s injuries, with blood pouring down the right side of her face. She needed a skin graft to close the wound, police said.

Pictures shared with NBC 16 showed the extent of Gonzalez’s injuries, with blood pouring down the right side of her face. She needed a skin graft to close the wound, police said. NBC16 / KTMTR

Police initially booked Chadli in the King County Jail on suspicion of a hate crime before prosecutors eventually charged her with second-degree assault. She remains jailed on $150,000 bail, with her upcoming arraignment scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Sept. 28.

Gonzalez wants Chadli’s charge to remain the same and hopes she receives a lengthy prison sentence and gets mental help even if she takes a plea deal.

“I’m just concerned that she would do it again because it was so random,” she said.

The victim still hasn’t gotten over how shocking it was that a woman on the street would be brazen enough to bite her flesh off.

“I can’t believe she bit a piece of my face off,” Gonzalez said. “That’s the main thing that is still shocking. I can’t believe it.”


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