6-Year-Old Boy Dies Trying To Save His 12-Year-Old Sister From A Rapist

A six-year-old boy bravely gave his life to save his older sister from a twisted sex attacker who broke into their home.


Dominick Andujar heard his sister Amber's cries for help and raced to her aid allowing her to wriggle free but the attacker then turned on him and he paid with his life.


Both children had their throats slashed by the attacker but only Amber survived, running out into the street with blood pouring from her neck to raise the alarm.




Now their attacker Osvaldo Rivera, who lived near the family in Camden, New Jersey, has been jailed for 110 years.

After Dominick’s death, the family were given a diary Dominick had written in from his nursery teacher.

It read: “I am a superhero. I save people.”


The attack happened in September 2012, when Dominick was just days away from starting school.


Mum Debbie, who was separated from the children's father, had recently had an operation and she was in hospital recovering so Amber and Dominick were at home in care of one of their two older sisters.


It was Amber's 12th birthday and she had fallen asleep on the sofa in the early hours when Riveria, 34, broke in.