jan 25 2013 151 a las vegas woman is suing matchcom for 10 million after the online dating service allegedly paired her with a man who stabbed her 10 times in the face and chest in an attempt to kill her mary kay beckman 50 claims in a lawsuit filed earlier this month that she joined the website looking for a healthy loving relationship but instead was nearly killed beckman says she went on a few dates in october 2011 with wade ridley but after ending the relationship came home one day to find him in her garage with a knife ridley brutally stabbed beckman 10 times with a knife about her head face and upper body until the overwhelming force he applied to the stabbing caused the knife to break according to court documents according to her lawsuit ridley then stomped and kicked her in the head until she stopped making the gurgling noise and left her for dead a neighbor found beckman and she was rushed to the hospital where she endured multiple surgeries over several weeks while beckman was in the hospital ridley was arrested for the murder of an arizona woman also an exgirlfriend many of the details of beckmans attack came from ridley himself when police later questioned him he told police he waited for beckman in her garage and had killed the other woman because he felt they had both jilted him according to an arrest report ridley who had no prior record of dangerous crimes was convicted of the other murder and died in jail last year while serving a 70year sentence matchcom argues the lawsuit is frivolous and says it offers tips for safe dating on the siteonline dating is no less safe than meeting someone at a bar or at church said match spokeswoman eva ross what happened to mary kay beckman is horrible but this lawsuit is absurd ross said in a statement the many millions of people who have found love on matchcom and other online dating sites know how fulfilling it is and while that doesnt make what happened in this case any less awful this is about a sick twisted individual with no prior criminal record not an entire community of men and women looking to meet each other in her suit beckman says the tips posted on the matchcom site do not go far enough and the company needs to overtly warn users of potential dangers