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They Left Him for Dead… But He Survived 😱 | True Crime · The conspiracy

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Speaker 1: Crime, conspiracy, cults, serial killers, and murder. All things that
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Speaker 1: I love to consume, and I know you do too,
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Speaker 1: you sick-minded, beautiful, intellectual freak. And today, we are talking
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Speaker 1: about something not necessarily positive, but it may come out
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Speaker 1: with a positive outcome, unlike.
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Speaker 2: Most of the stories I talk about in my deep dives.
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Speaker 1: Basically, we're talking about three bad b- These three women
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Speaker 1: had an encounter with killer and they lived to tell
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Speaker 1: the tale but their stories are absolutely heart-wrenching and insane
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Speaker 1: and so inspiring that I thought it would be really
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Speaker 1: cool to tip my hat off to them and tell
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Speaker 1: you their stories so without further ado let's unbuckle our
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Speaker 1: seatbelts go Mach 5 down the highway slam on the
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Speaker 1: brakes and bust through the windshield into these awesome bed
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Speaker 1: cases together So the first story we are going to
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Speaker 1: talk about is the story of Mary Vincent. So it
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Speaker 1: was a typical September afternoon in 1978, hot and dry
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Speaker 1: in Northern California. And 15 year old Mary Vincent stood
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Speaker 1: on the side of the road with her thumb out
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Speaker 1: and a sign saying that she was going to Southern California.
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Speaker 2: Don't hitchhike.
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Speaker 1: I don't know how many times I've said that in
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Speaker 1: my videos, but please, for the love of God, Don't hitchhike.
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Speaker 1: And obviously she was hoping for a ride. She was
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Speaker 1: actually running away from home because she was very frustrated
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Speaker 1: with her family life and her current relationship problems. And
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Speaker 1: she was seeking refuge with her grandfather in Southern California.
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Speaker 1: And Mary was one of seven children born to parents
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Speaker 1: struggling in a tumultuous marriage. Her father, was a mechanic
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Speaker 1: married to her mother who was a blackjack dealer. And
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Speaker 1: during her parents' messy divorce, Vincent just found that she
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Speaker 1: couldn't cope with all the turmoil that was happening at home.
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Speaker 1: So running away felt like her only option. Mary was
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Speaker 1: not a stranger to hitchhiking. It was the 70s after all,
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Speaker 1: and it was very normal for teenagers to hitchhike, which
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Speaker 1: I just, I get it's the time period, but my God,
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Speaker 1: like as a kid, even in the 50s, you're just
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Speaker 1: told not to get into a car with a stranger.
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Speaker 2: I guess that came around the 60s. Oh yeah, with
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Speaker 2: Dean Corll. I did another video about that. I'm getting
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Speaker 2: off track.
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Speaker 1: Anyway, while she was hitchhiking, she also saw two people
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Speaker 1: down the road who were holding a very similar sign
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Speaker 1: saying that they were also going to Southern California. And
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Speaker 1: they would get car after car passing, and she was
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Speaker 1: getting pretty frustrated because it was getting more towards.
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Speaker 2: The night at this point.
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Speaker 1: But that is when a big blue van would pull
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Speaker 1: up beside Mary. And a man would be driving this van,
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Speaker 1: a man with a very... scruffy appearance and he would
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Speaker 1: offer her a ride. And this man's name was Lawrence Singleton.
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Speaker 1: And at first glance, he seemed harmless. If anything, he
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Speaker 1: reminded Mary of her own father or a grandfather type figure.
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Speaker 1: So no alarm bells were really ringing in her head.
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Speaker 1: But that's when the two other hitchhikers would come up
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Speaker 1: to the van and say that they were going to
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Speaker 1: the same place and they would see that the van
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Speaker 1: was empty and that he could easily take three people.
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Speaker 1: But Lawrence refused and he said he could only take Mary.
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Speaker 1: And now the alarm bells started to ring in Mary's head,
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Speaker 1: but she really couldn't stay out much longer because she
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Speaker 1: would literally have to spend the night out in the streets, basically.
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Speaker 1: And she just really wanted to get to her grandfather's place.
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Speaker 1: And the two people literally told Mary, you should not
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Speaker 1: get in the car with this guy. Like, this is
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Speaker 1: bad news bears. But unfortunately, she was desperate to get back,
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Speaker 1: so she got in the car. And inside the van,
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Speaker 1: she said it smelled like cigarette smoke and sweat. Kind
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Speaker 1: of like my Aunt Lisa's house. But Singleton's easy and
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Speaker 1: paternal demeanor quickly put Mary at ease. So they drove
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Speaker 1: for a while, and everything seemed pretty normal.
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Speaker 2: So Mary.
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Speaker 1: felt comfortable enough to doze off because she was really
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Speaker 1: tired from standing all day hitchhiking. When she woke up though,
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Speaker 1: she started to notice that the signs on the road
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Speaker 1: were different. And by different, I mean they were going
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Speaker 1: in the wrong direction. And Mary would voice this to Lawrence,
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Speaker 1: the driver, but then without warning, Singleton veered off the
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Speaker 1: freeway and Mary's pulse quickened. Her instincts really started to
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Speaker 1: flare at this point. And she asked him in a
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Speaker 1: calm voice where he was going. And Singleton just told
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Speaker 1: her that this was a shortcut. But the hairs on
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Speaker 1: the back of Mary's neck started to stand up. Something
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Speaker 1: was very wrong. So Mary would start to look around
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Speaker 1: the car, just trying not to seem panicked, but also
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Speaker 1: just trying to assess the situation.
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Speaker 2: And not to ring.
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Speaker 1: Any alarm bells for Lawrence at this point. And she
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Speaker 1: would notice that her shoelace was untied. And thinking that
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Speaker 1: she might have to run away at some point, she
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Speaker 1: said to herself, okay, I need to tie my shoelace.
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Speaker 1: So once- Lawrence pulled up to the middle of nowhere.
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Speaker 1: She bent down to tie up her shoelace. And this
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Speaker 1: is when Singleton's mood would shift abruptly. He became cold
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Speaker 1: and predatory. And like I said, Mary had opened the
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Speaker 1: door slightly to put her shoe up and tie her shoe.
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Speaker 1: But before she was even able to think about making
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Speaker 1: a run for it, a sledgehammer would strike her in
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Speaker 1: the back of her head. And Mary would feel a
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Speaker 1: hand grab her roughly and pull her out of the
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Speaker 1: passenger seat. he would force her onto the ground where
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Speaker 1: her screams were just swallowed by the vast empty space
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Speaker 1: around them. And he would unfortunately begin to essay her many,
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Speaker 1: many times all through the day, all until the next morning.
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Speaker 1: And Mary recalls screaming to him constantly, set me free,
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Speaker 1: please set me free. And by the morning, Mary felt
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Speaker 1: that she was just drifting in and out of her
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Speaker 1: body at this point, not believing what the hell was happening.
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Speaker 1: But what came next would burn into her mind for
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Speaker 1: the rest of her life. Singleton, without warning, would pull
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Speaker 1: her out of the car at this point, because they
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Speaker 1: were in the back of the car. He would grab
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Speaker 1: a hatchet out of his toolbox. He would grip her
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Speaker 1: left arm and he would say, you want to be
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Speaker 1: set free?
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Speaker 2: I'll set you free.
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Speaker 1: And with one swift and brutal motion, he would bring
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Speaker 1: the hatchet down on her arm, cutting it clean off.
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Speaker 1: And the shock was immediate for Mary. And Mary at
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Speaker 1: this point began to fall back. And while falling back,
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Speaker 1: she was confused how she was falling back because she
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Speaker 1: remembers when he grabbed her arm, she also grabbed onto him.
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Speaker 1: So how could she be falling back? and that's when
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Speaker 1: she would look down and realize her entire arm was gone,
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Speaker 1: and it was actually still gripping onto Lawrence. And at
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Speaker 1: this point, Megan began kicking and screaming while she was
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Speaker 1: on the ground, hoping that someone could hear.
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Speaker 2: Her, but no one was around. They were literally in
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Speaker 2: the middle of nowhere.
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Speaker 1: And as she kicked and screamed, he would bring the
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Speaker 1: hatchet down again, but now he was.
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Speaker 2: Swinging at her right arm.
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Speaker 1: And since she was moving around more, it would take
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Speaker 1: more effort for him to cut her right arm off.
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Speaker 1: And after he was done cutting it off, she would
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Speaker 1: see him kind of start to walk away and like
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Speaker 1: flick something off. And then she realized that he was
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Speaker 1: literally still trying to flick off her other arm that
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Speaker 1: was still gripped onto him. And as she was laying
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Speaker 1: there watching this, she realized that she needed to play
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Speaker 1: dead in order to survive at this point. So Lawrence
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Speaker 1: would walk back over to Mary and thinking that she
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Speaker 1: was already dead or close to dead, He would grab
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Speaker 1: her body and drag her over to a 30 foot
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Speaker 1: cliffside and toss her off. And Mary would break four
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Speaker 1: ribs after she fell down. And obviously she was suffering
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Speaker 1: from extreme blood loss at this point and would have
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Speaker 1: both of her arms completely severed off. But something inside
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Speaker 1: her refused to let go. So she would push herself
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Speaker 1: up with every ounce of strength that she had left.
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Speaker 1: and told herself that she couldn't die because she was
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Speaker 1: not going to let this man do this to another person.
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Speaker 1: So naked, bleeding, and on the verge of death, she
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Speaker 1: used her remaining strength to pack mud into her wounds
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Speaker 1: in her stumps so she would slow down the bleeding.
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Speaker 1: Then she would climb back up that 30-foot cliff with
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Speaker 1: no arms and nearly half her blood gone at this point.
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Speaker 1: And though it would take a while for her to
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Speaker 1: get up, she would get up to the top of
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Speaker 1: that cliff. And by the time she reached the top,
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Speaker 1: it was now pitch black outside. in the middle of nowhere,
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Speaker 1: mind you. So as she was walking through the brush,
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Speaker 1: she would hear cars from the distance, and that was
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Speaker 1: probably where the road was. So she went towards the
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Speaker 1: car noises. And soon she would make it to the
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Speaker 1: side of a highway. And after she got to the
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Speaker 1: side of the road, she was hoping and praying that
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Speaker 1: a car would come by.
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Speaker 2: And soon after, a car did come by.
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Speaker 1: It was a sports car with two men in it.
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Speaker 1: But as she was waving for them to slow down,
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Speaker 1: they would just speed right past her and all her
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Speaker 1: hope would just drain. I can't even imagine going through
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Speaker 1: all that and then seeing just a glimpse of hope
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Speaker 1: with headlights and then it just going right by. But
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Speaker 1: then also she kind of did understand that people weren't
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Speaker 1: stopping because she was literally a like filthy naked woman
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Speaker 1: with no arms waving in the middle of the night
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Speaker 1: on the side of the highway where no person should be.
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Speaker 2: Like I personally, I don't know.
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Speaker 1: I mean, I would absolutely call the authorities, you know?
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Speaker 2: No, I'd stop. I'd stop. Because I've read too many
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Speaker 2: of these stories. I would have stopped. These guys are assholes.
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Speaker 1: But anyway, thankfully though, not too long after, a passing
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Speaker 1: couple who were actually lost and on their honeymoon spotted
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Speaker 1: Mary and realized the severity of her condition, unlike the
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Speaker 1: other four. assholes, and would rush to the nearest phone
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Speaker 1: to call paramedics with her in the car as well.
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Speaker 1: And then she would be airlifted to the closest hospital.
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Speaker 1: And upon arrival at the hospital, Mary was immediately placed
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Speaker 1: into intensive care, and her condition was obviously critical. She
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Speaker 1: had lost a tremendous amount of blood, half of her
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Speaker 1: blood in fact, and her severed limbs were obviously a
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Speaker 1: medical emergency that required immediate attention. So surgeons worked tirelessly
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Speaker 1: to stabilize her condition and prevent infection, and to obviously
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Speaker 1: close the wounds in her arms. And while it was
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Speaker 1: impossible to reattach her arms due to the violence of
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Speaker 1: the severing and due to the lack of arms that
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Speaker 1: they had, doctors.
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Speaker 2: Did manage to save her life.
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Speaker 1: And in the weeks and months that followed, Mary's physical
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Speaker 1: recovery was painstaking. She had to undergo multiple surgeries to
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Speaker 1: manage the damage caused by the hatchet, and she was
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Speaker 1: eventually fitted for prosthetic arms. But simple tasks now like
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Speaker 1: eating and dressing became monumental.
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Speaker 2: Tasks and challenges for her.
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Speaker 1: And the psychological scars were in many ways deeper and
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Speaker 1: more challenging to heal. Mary did suffer from PTSD in
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Speaker 1: the aftermath of the attack, naturally. And she experienced vivid
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Speaker 1: flashbacks and nightmares and intense fear. So counseling and therapy
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Speaker 1: became a very vital part in her recovery as she
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Speaker 1: grappled with the emotional devastation of her near-death experience. So after,
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Speaker 1: Mary Vincent was able to identify her attacker, providing a
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Speaker 1: very detailed description of Lawrence Singleton. And police would track
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Speaker 1: him down and arrest him at his home. And Singleton
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Speaker 1: initially denied the accusations, attempting to paint himself as the victim,
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Speaker 1: concocting bizarre stories to excuse his up behavior. He claimed
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Speaker 1: that Mary had threatened him and even attempted to blackmail him.
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Speaker 1: What the fuck? But his attempts luckily were dismantled by
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Speaker 1: the overwhelming evidence. The physical evidence was bloodstains and hair
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Speaker 1: in Singleton's van that were Mary's along with the hatchet
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Speaker 1: that he used in the attack and some other DNA evidence.
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Speaker 1: It was basically just like he was obviously the perpetrator.
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Speaker 1: So in 1979 Lawrence Singleton stood trial for his crimes
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Speaker 1: of kidnapping, grape attempted murder and mutilation. And the trial
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Speaker 1: did draw considerable media attention as the brutal nature of
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Speaker 1: the crime and Mary's incredible survival captivated the public. And
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Speaker 1: Mary Vincent, despite her trauma and ongoing recovery, took the
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Speaker 1: stand and faced her attacker in court like a badass bitch.
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Speaker 2: She recounted vivid.
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Speaker 1: Detail of how Singleton essayed her and mutilated her, and
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Speaker 1: left her for dead. But her poise and courage in
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Speaker 1: the face of such horror moved the jury and the
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Speaker 1: audience alike. Singleton, on the other hand, showed no remorse
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Speaker 1: in the trial. He would maintain his innocence throughout, despite
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Speaker 1: the overwhelming evidence. And his attempts to shift the blame
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Speaker 1: and cast himself as the victim only deepened the public's
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Speaker 1: outrage with him. But in the end, Lawrence Singleton was
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Speaker 1: convicted of multiple charges, including attempted murder, rape, Kidnapping and mayhem.
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Speaker 1: I didn't know.
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Speaker 2: Mayhem was something you can get convicted of, but it
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Speaker 2: said it, so I guess it is.
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Speaker 1: And he was sentenced to a maximum penalty allowed under
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Speaker 1: California law at the time, which was 14 years. 14
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Speaker 1: years for mutilating a girl, chopping off her arms, graping her.
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Speaker 1: and leaving her for dead, attempting to murder her. And
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Speaker 1: they gave him 14 years. But wait, there's more. Naturally,
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Speaker 1: the public was outraged for the sentencing and how little amount.
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Speaker 2: Of time it was. The idea of a man who committed.
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Speaker 1: These attacks only getting 14 years ignited a wave of protests, particularly.
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Speaker 2: Among victims' rights groups.
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Speaker 1: Singleton became eligible for parole after just serving eight years.
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Speaker 2: What?
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Speaker 1: And Singleton would get parole and be released early, and
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Speaker 1: that would have disastrous consequences. No fucking shi- So like
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Speaker 1: I said, after serving only eight years in prison, Lawrence
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Speaker 1: Singleton was released on parole in 1987. And his release
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Speaker 1: was a source of tremendous outrage and fear for many, particularly, obviously.
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Speaker 2: Mary Vincent and her family.
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Speaker 1: And Singleton's early release was justified on the grounds of
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Speaker 1: good behavior.
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Speaker 2: Incredible.
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Speaker 1: So naturally this prompted protests and every community he tried
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Speaker 1: to settle in would not have it. So basically the
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Speaker 1: whole public forced him to live on the trailer grounds
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Speaker 1: of San Quentin State Prison, where he was staying in
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Speaker 1: prison previously. Which is kind of baller, but still not
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Speaker 1: good enough. He should be in the jail. And the
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Speaker 1: fears that many had about Singleton's release proved tragically justified.
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Speaker 1: Because on February 19, 1997, Nine years after his release,
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Speaker 1: Lawrence Singleton brutally murdered Roxanne Hayes, a 31-year-old mother of three.
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Speaker 1: Hayes was a lady of the night whom Singleton lured
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Speaker 1: to his home, and once inside, he attacked her in
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Speaker 1: a savage, unprovoked amount of violence, stabbing her repeatedly with
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Speaker 1: a knife. And a neighbor would call the police after
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Speaker 1: hearing screams, and an officer arrived at the scene to
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Speaker 1: find Singleton covered in blood, standing.
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Speaker 2: Over Hayes' lifeless body. Like, the monster that he is.
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Speaker 1: And Roxanne Hay's murders would just shock the nation and
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Speaker 1: reignited the public's outrage over Singleton's early release.
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Speaker 2: So this time, Singleton.
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Speaker 1: Was charged with first-degree murder and faced the death penalty.
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Speaker 1: And during his trial, the details of Mary Vincent's case resurfaced,
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Speaker 1: with Mary testifying. And he remained on death row until
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Speaker 1: his death from cancer in 2001.
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Speaker 2: He got offline.
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Speaker 1: But the crimes committed by Lawrence Singleton had far-reaching effects
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Speaker 1: on the American legal system. Singleton's attacks on Mary Vincent
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Speaker 1: and his early release exposed glaring weaknesses in sentencing and
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Speaker 1: parole laws, particularly for violent offenders.
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Speaker 2: No f * * * ing s * * *.
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Speaker 1: So his case became a very powerful symbol for advocates
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Speaker 1: of victims' rights, leading to a significant legal reform in
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Speaker 1: California and beyond. And these laws, often referred to as
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Speaker 1: singleton laws, were designed to prevent situations where individuals convicted
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Speaker 1: of brutal crimes could be released before serving an adequate
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Speaker 1: portion of their sentence.
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Speaker 2: Yay, good job! I mean, actually, good job, but like,
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Speaker 2: why'd it take you so long, you know?
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Speaker 1: So Mary Vincent, who had forever been changed by Singleton's attack,
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Speaker 1: emerged as an advocate.
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Speaker 2: For victims' rights.
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Speaker 1: She fought tirelessly for legal reforms and shared her story
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Speaker 1: with the world in an effort to raise awareness about
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Speaker 1: the dangers of violent offenders being released prematurely. And though
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Speaker 1: the physical and emotional scars of her ordeal remain, Mary
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Speaker 1: has turned her trauma into a platform for activism, seeking
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Speaker 1: to ensure that no one else suffers at the hands
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Speaker 1: of the criminal justice system's failures as she did. What
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Speaker 1: a f * * * ing badass. And that brings
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Speaker 1: us to our next... story, which is about Alison Botha.
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Speaker 1: It was a warm, unremarkable summer evening in December 1994.
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Speaker 1: And yes, it's summer where she's from, because she's not
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Speaker 1: from where we're from, so it's December, it's summer. So
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Speaker 1: don't come at me for that. This was in Port Elizabeth,
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Speaker 1: South Africa. And Alison Botha, a vibrant 27-year-old woman, had
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Speaker 1: spent the day relaxing with friends. Her life was typical,
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Speaker 1: filled with work, friendships, and plans for the future. She
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Speaker 1: was independent, confident, and like many other women her age,
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Speaker 1: looking forward to the possibilities of life. But on this night,
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Speaker 1: a series of unimaginable events would unfold that would not
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Speaker 1: only test her endurance, but also transform her into one
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Speaker 1: of the world's most remarkable survival stories ever. So December 18th,
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Speaker 1: 1994 began like any other day for Allison. By the
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Speaker 1: time evening came, she had been out with friends at
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Speaker 1: the beach, enjoying a typical Sunday evening and ending it
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Speaker 1: all at a friend's house for dinner that night. And
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Speaker 1: after she left for dinner, she had one of her
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Speaker 1: friends come with her so she would drop her friend
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Speaker 1: off at their house. And then she would make her
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Speaker 1: way back to her apartment, planning to unwind and get
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Speaker 1: some rest before the start of her work week. And
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Speaker 1: the warm South African night was still and quiet as
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Speaker 1: Alison pulled up to her apartment complex. So as she
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Speaker 1: parked her car, she began gathering all of her things
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Speaker 1: in her car. She had done laundry earlier, so she
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Speaker 1: was kind of grabbing that from the back seat. Alison
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Speaker 1: really had no reason to be alarmed. This was a
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Speaker 1: fairly safe neighborhood she was in. But in an instant,
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Speaker 1: her sense of security was shattered. As she would go
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Speaker 1: to reach for the door handle, a man would appear
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Speaker 1: out of nowhere and he would force himself into the car,
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Speaker 1: forcing her to get into the passenger seat. His hands
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Speaker 1: were large and rough, and before Alison could even process
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Speaker 1: what was happening, he had a knife pressed against her neck,
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Speaker 1: and he would say, move and.
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Speaker 2: I kill you.
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Speaker 1: And the man who had ambushed Alison was named Frans
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Speaker 1: de Tho. If I said your name wrong, I don't
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Speaker 1: really give a because you're a piece of shit. He
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Speaker 1: then lied to her and told her his name was Clinton.
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Speaker 1: And minutes later, his accomplice, Theons Kruger, which also, don't
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Speaker 1: know if I'm saying your name right, also, don't give
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Speaker 1: a shit, climbed into the backseat of Allison's car and
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Speaker 1: they would force her into the driver's seat. So as
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Speaker 1: the car moved further and further away from her apartment,
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Speaker 1: Allison's fear deepened. She knew she was being taken somewhere
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Speaker 1: against her will, but she had no idea what awaited her.
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Speaker 1: And any pretense of harmless intentions evaporated as the men
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Speaker 1: literally told her what their plans were. So the car
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Speaker 1: would drive through Port Elizabeth's quiet streets further and further
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Speaker 1: from any sign of life or safety. And as they
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Speaker 1: sped through the night, Allison's mind was flooded with thoughts
18:29
Speaker 1: of escape. But with the knife pressed against her skin,
18:32
Speaker 1: it was just a constant reminder that any attempt she
18:34
Speaker 1: made to flee could end up in her dying. And
18:37
Speaker 1: the drive would stretch on until they reached a deserted
18:39
Speaker 1: area from outside the city limits. A stretch of basically desolate.
18:44
Speaker 2: Wilderness where no one lived. could hear you scream.
18:46
Speaker 1: So the car would come to a stop, and in
18:48
Speaker 1: the eerie silence of the night, the two men would
18:51
Speaker 1: turn to Allison. And it was then that the full
18:53
Speaker 1: horror of the situation became very clear to her. Allison
18:57
Speaker 1: would be dragged out of the car and onto the ground,
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Speaker 1: and both men would take turns brutally essaying her. And Allison,
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Speaker 1: though absolutely terrified, and in tremendous amounts of pain, stayed
19:09
Speaker 1: calm and just focused on survival. She knew that resisting
19:12
Speaker 1: would probably only worsen her situation, and she just clung
19:15
Speaker 1: to the faint belief that maybe if she endured all
19:18
Speaker 1: of this, they might let her go. But after everything
19:21
Speaker 1: was done, one of the guys tried to strangle her.
19:23
Speaker 1: She would not die from the strangulation, but that's when
19:26
Speaker 1: Franz Dutow, the ringleader, turned to Kruger and said coldly,
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Speaker 1: she has to die. And that's when Dutow would pull
19:32
Speaker 1: out a knife and start slashing at Allison's. throat. And
19:36
Speaker 1: the knife would cut through her skin with such force
19:39
Speaker 1: that her windpipe and trachea was severed. So Allison's body
19:42
Speaker 1: was just wracked with pain at this point, and she
19:45
Speaker 1: was just struggling for breath. But they weren't finished. They
19:49
Speaker 1: would also stab her repeatedly in the stomach, 36 times
19:53
Speaker 1: in total, completely disemboweling her in the process. And she
19:56
Speaker 1: would be conscious the whole time. And eventually she said
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Speaker 1: that she felt no pain, I'm assuming due to shock.
20:03
Speaker 1: So they casually just discarded of Allison's body and her
20:07
Speaker 1: clothes and threw them near her and got in their
20:09
Speaker 1: car and left. So in a state of shock and
20:12
Speaker 1: barely conscious, Allison's mind was still fighting.
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Speaker 2: Her injuries were.
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Speaker 1: Catastrophic at this point. And she would just stare up
20:19
Speaker 1: at the night sky, kind of drifting in and out
20:21
Speaker 1: of consciousness, hearing kind of a whistling, wheezing noise while
20:24
Speaker 1: she was staring up. And little did she know at
20:26
Speaker 1: the time that that whistling, wheezing noise was actually because
20:30
Speaker 1: of the severe damage that they caused to her neck,
20:33
Speaker 1: and it was her severed windpipe and the wind blowing
20:36
Speaker 1: in and out of it. Because she was nearly decapitated
20:40
Speaker 1: at this point. And her intestines also laid on the
20:43
Speaker 1: outside of her exposed to the cold air. And while
20:47
Speaker 1: she was lying there just in complete disbelief of what happened,
20:51
Speaker 1: she remembered that the guys thought she was going to die,
20:54
Speaker 1: so they started referring to each other in their actual names,
20:57
Speaker 1: Franz and Theons. And similar to Mary Vincent, she didn't
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Speaker 1: want what happened to her to happen to any other girl.
21:03
Speaker 1: So she would struggle, but she would manage to get
21:05
Speaker 1: her arm up and write their names in the sand
21:08
Speaker 1: beside her, along with writing, I love mom below, just
21:11
Speaker 1: in case she didn't make it. And it was also
21:13
Speaker 1: then that she remembered that the guys had thrown her
21:16
Speaker 1: clothes near her, So she would reach out and realize
21:19
Speaker 1: that her denim shirt was there. And she would use
21:21
Speaker 1: that denim shirt to kind of gather all of her
21:26
Speaker 1: organs around her and put them back into her body
21:30
Speaker 1: cavity and hold them there. And then she would try
21:34
Speaker 1: to get up onto her knees to start crawling. But
21:37
Speaker 1: then she realized that everything was dark. And when she
21:41
Speaker 1: went up to go feel her head with her other hand,
21:43
Speaker 1: she would realize that her head wasn't there and it
21:46
Speaker 1: was only her throat because her head was literally hanging
21:50
Speaker 1: back off of her neck. So she would have to
21:54
Speaker 1: manually put her head back and hold it while she
21:57
Speaker 1: crawled to what she could only hope was safety. So
22:01
Speaker 1: she knew that there was a road nearby. So she
22:04
Speaker 1: painstakingly and agonizingly slow crawled to that road, but she
22:09
Speaker 1: would make it. And as soon as she made it,
22:10
Speaker 1: she pretty much just collapsed. And also like Mary Vincent,
22:14
Speaker 1: there would be a car that would zoom right past her.
22:17
Speaker 1: And she said that she didn't even really feel bad
22:20
Speaker 1: because she kind of understood because like who would stop
22:23
Speaker 1: for somebody just like brutally, but I would, I would okay?
22:28
Speaker 1: Shortly after that first car sped by and saw her,
22:31
Speaker 1: another car would speed by and slam on their brakes,
22:34
Speaker 1: and this car was full of students, one of which
22:38
Speaker 1: was a veterinarian student named Tien Ellard, and he got
22:42
Speaker 1: out of the car immediately and was horrified by what
22:44
Speaker 1: he saw. He would see her blood-soaked clothes and her
22:47
Speaker 1: exposed insides and the her severed throat, but Allison at
22:51
Speaker 1: this point would finally feel some comfort because she could
22:54
Speaker 1: see on his face that he was caring and he
22:56
Speaker 1: was going to try to help her.
22:58
Speaker 2: And Tien would.
22:58
Speaker 1: Try to keep her awake and conscious by asking her
23:01
Speaker 1: yes or no questions and telling her to squeeze his
23:04
Speaker 1: hand yes or no. to just make sure that she
23:07
Speaker 1: was still alert and alive. And the people with Tian
23:10
Speaker 1: would then call first responders, but they would take over
23:13
Speaker 1: an hour and a half to arrive at the scene.
23:16
Speaker 1: But if Tian wasn't there, she probably would have died.
23:18
Speaker 1: So at the hospital, the medical staff was absolutely stunned
23:21
Speaker 1: by the extent of Allison's injuries and the fact that
23:24
Speaker 1: she was still alive. And the doctors would work frantically
23:26
Speaker 1: to stabilize her condition, performing multiple surgeries on her.
23:29
Speaker 2: Throat and abdomen.
23:30
Speaker 1: And the fact that she had survived the attack alone
23:32
Speaker 1: was a miracle. And Allison would spend weeks and weeks
23:36
Speaker 1: in the hospital, fighting to overcome infection, pain, and the
23:39
Speaker 1: emotional scars left by the attack. And the physical recovery
23:42
Speaker 1: was grueling. She underwent extensive reconstructive surgeries, and her rehabilitation
23:47
Speaker 1: required an enormous.
23:48
Speaker 2: Amount of resilience.
23:49
Speaker 1: But slowly and slowly, her body began to heal. But
23:52
Speaker 1: despite everything, Alison's spirit remained unbroken. Even in the midst
23:56
Speaker 1: of her recovery, she was determined to bring her attackers
23:59
Speaker 1: to justice, because she was the key in solving her
24:01
Speaker 1: own case. So Alison's incredible survival meant that she was
24:04
Speaker 1: able to provide police with a very detailed description of
24:07
Speaker 1: her attackers. She had seen their faces, heard their voices,
24:10
Speaker 1: and even knew their names. And with her testimony, the
24:12
Speaker 1: police were able to quickly locate and arrest Franz Dutow,
24:16
Speaker 1: and Theons Kruger. And when the men were brought to trial,
24:19
Speaker 1: Alison's bravery shone once again. Despite the trauma that she
24:22
Speaker 1: had endured, she took the stand and recounted the horrific
24:26
Speaker 1: details of her attack. And her testimony was powerful, and
24:29
Speaker 1: the evidence against Duto and Kruger were overwhelming. And also
24:33
Speaker 1: the doctors told her like, you should not be doing
24:36
Speaker 1: this because you just had throat surgeries. You can't talk,
24:39
Speaker 1: like don't do this. And she was just like, Take
24:41
Speaker 1: this shit out of my throat, I'm putting these guys
24:44
Speaker 1: in f * * * ing jail. So both men
24:46
Speaker 1: would be convicted of multiple charges including kidnapping, grape, and
24:49
Speaker 1: attempted murder and mutilation. Franz though kept claiming that a
24:53
Speaker 1: demon was trapped inside of his body and told him
24:56
Speaker 1: to do those things, but police obviously saw.
24:59
Speaker 2: Right through him and that didn't work.
25:01
Speaker 1: So Judge Chris Jansen sentenced Franz and Thunes to life
25:04
Speaker 1: in prison.
25:05
Speaker 2: Without the chance of parole. That's how you do it, okay?
25:08
Speaker 2: That's how you do it.
25:09
Speaker 1: You don't say, 14 years and let's just let him
25:12
Speaker 1: out for good behavior after eight, you know? And a
25:14
Speaker 1: lovely little tidbit after is that Tien, the veterinarian student
25:19
Speaker 1: who's now a doctor, became a doctor and actually delivered
25:23
Speaker 1: one of the two of Allison's babies later in life.
25:27
Speaker 1: And they also told her she'd never be able to
25:28
Speaker 1: have kids, but she went on to have two. This
25:30
Speaker 1: chick is just like, As bad as they come in
25:34
Speaker 1: the best way. And in the years following the attack,
25:36
Speaker 1: Allison's story became a beacon of hope and resilience for
25:39
Speaker 1: countless of people around the world. She refused to be
25:42
Speaker 1: defined by the brutality she had endured and instead used
25:45
Speaker 1: her experience to inspire others. There's also been a 2016
25:49
Speaker 1: documentary made about her life story as well called Allison.
25:52
Speaker 2: So yeah, that's Allison. Allison Bova. Absolute queen. Absolute queen.
25:57
Speaker 2: I can't... The whole.
25:59
Speaker 1: Like, I can't, reading that, I was like, oh my,
26:02
Speaker 1: you can't help but put yourself in those shoes. And
26:05
Speaker 1: I just, I mean, you can't, you can't really.
26:08
Speaker 2: Like, I was like, what would I do?
26:09
Speaker 1: I don't know.
26:09
Speaker 2: I would just. I don't know. I would love to
26:12
Speaker 2: think that I'd be as awesome as her, but I
26:14
Speaker 2: don't really know. I don't really know.
26:16
Speaker 1: The fact is, she's badass, she's still living, and she's
26:18
Speaker 1: still inspiring, and I love that. Let's move on to
26:20
Speaker 1: the last story, and that is Jamie Closs. So it
26:24
Speaker 1: was a quiet autumn night on October 15th, 2018, in Barron, Wisconsin.
26:29
Speaker 1: 13-year-old Jamie Closs was at home with her parents, James
26:33
Speaker 1: and Denise, in their cozy rural house surrounded by thick
26:36
Speaker 1: woods and open fields. The evening had passed like any other, Jamie,
26:40
Speaker 1: a bright and active girl, was likely winding down for
26:43
Speaker 1: a school day, enjoying the security of her family and
26:45
Speaker 1: familiar surroundings. But what Jamie didn't know is that there
26:49
Speaker 1: was a stranger that had been watching her, Jake Patterson.
26:52
Speaker 1: a 21-year-old man from a nearby town, had spotted her
26:55
Speaker 1: getting off a school bus one day, and in his mind,
26:58
Speaker 1: a plan began to take shape, one that would soon
27:01
Speaker 1: shatter her peaceful life. So as the Kloss family slept,
27:05
Speaker 1: Patterson pulled up outside their house in his older model car,
27:08
Speaker 1: the tires crunching against the gravel, and dressed in all
27:11
Speaker 1: black and armed with a shotgun. Patterson had already decided
27:14
Speaker 1: that nothing would stand in his way, not even Jamie's parents.
27:17
Speaker 1: His heart raced with anticipation as he cut the engine
27:21
Speaker 1: and stepped out into the cool Wisconsin night. And the
27:23
Speaker 1: house was dark and still when Patterson approached the front
27:26
Speaker 1: door at around 1253 a.m. with a shotgun in hand.
27:31
Speaker 1: James Gloss, Jamie's father, was startled by a sudden pounding
27:34
Speaker 1: on the door and the dog barking as well. The
27:37
Speaker 1: banging was so loud and forceful, it shattered the calm.
27:40
Speaker 2: Of the night.
27:40
Speaker 1: And instinctively, being the man of the house, James got
27:43
Speaker 1: up to see who was at the door.
27:44
Speaker 2: But before he.
27:45
Speaker 1: Could unlock it, Patterson blasted through the front entrance, firing
27:50
Speaker 1: a shot directly into James' face, killing him instantly. Jamie,
27:54
Speaker 1: terrified by the sound of gunfire, ran to the bathroom
27:58
Speaker 1: with her mother, Denise. The two would huddle together in
28:01
Speaker 1: the small room as their hearts pounded, praying that the
28:03
Speaker 1: intruder wouldn't find them. And Denise, acting on instinct, dialed
28:06
Speaker 1: 911- but could barely get any words out before Patterson
28:10
Speaker 1: broke down the door. And Jamie's ears rang as Patterson
28:13
Speaker 1: stormed into the bathroom. He ripped the phone from Denise's
28:16
Speaker 1: hand and ordered her to hang up and also to
28:18
Speaker 1: put a piece of tape over Jamie's mouth. Denise would comply,
28:22
Speaker 1: but it was then that Patterson would hold up the
28:24
Speaker 1: shotgun and shoot her. right in front of Jamie. She
28:27
Speaker 1: had just witnessed both of her parents murdered. Her world
28:31
Speaker 1: at this point was collapsing around her, but the nightmare
28:33
Speaker 1: was far from over. Patterson would then take her outside
28:36
Speaker 1: and stuff her in the trunk of his car. slamming
28:39
Speaker 1: it shut and speeding off into the night. And like
28:41
Speaker 1: I said, at 12.53 a.m., a 911 call was placed
28:45
Speaker 1: by Denise, but there were no words spoken. The dispatcher
28:48
Speaker 1: could hear yelling and disturbance in the background, but not
28:51
Speaker 1: much else. Police would also be dispatched, and they would
28:53
Speaker 1: arrive at the residence within four minutes, and Patterson and
28:57
Speaker 1: Jamie would already be gone. And upon arrival, they would
28:59
Speaker 1: find the front door kicked in and the bodies of
29:01
Speaker 1: James and Denise. With no sign of Jamie Closs. So
29:05
Speaker 1: the Barron County Sheriff's Department would launch a massive search
29:08
Speaker 1: for Jamie, fearing that she had been abducted. Amber alerts
29:10
Speaker 1: were issued and the FBI joined the investigation as well.
29:14
Speaker 1: And the community really rallied together, holding visuals, organizing search parties,
29:18
Speaker 1: and clinging to the hope that Jamie was still alive.
29:20
Speaker 1: And back in the trunk of Patterson's car, Jamie felt
29:23
Speaker 1: like it was an eternity of a drive. She was
29:26
Speaker 1: trapped in this claustrophobic confines of a trunk. She had
29:29
Speaker 1: no idea at this point where Patterson was taking her,
29:32
Speaker 1: but one thing was clear, and that was.
29:33
Speaker 2: That she was completely at his mercy.
29:35
Speaker 1: And after what seemed like hours, the car would finally stop,
29:38
Speaker 1: and Patterson would take Jamie out of the trunk and
29:41
Speaker 1: led her into a remote cabin in Gordon, Wisconsin, about
29:44
Speaker 1: 70 miles from her home. The cabin was very isolated
29:48
Speaker 1: and surrounded by dense woods and far removed from prying eyes.
29:52
Speaker 1: And inside, Patterson kept Jamie captive, forcing her to stay
29:56
Speaker 1: hidden under a bed in his sparsely furnished room. The
29:59
Speaker 1: bed was surrounded by heavy boxes and weighed down with furniture,
30:02
Speaker 1: creating a very small, suffocating space that Jamie could was
30:06
Speaker 1: forced to crawl into. And Patterson threatened her with death if.
30:10
Speaker 2: She tried to escape or make any sort of noise.
30:13
Speaker 1: And for 88 days, Jamie lived in a constant state
30:18
Speaker 1: of fear. Her entire world just reduced to this small
30:22
Speaker 1: cramped space.
30:23
Speaker 2: Beneath a bed.
30:24
Speaker 1: 88 days.
30:24
Speaker 2: What a.
30:27
Speaker 1: Piece of shit monster. And every passing day just felt
30:30
Speaker 1: like a lifetime to Jamie. He would leave her alone
30:33
Speaker 1: for hours, sometimes even days, during which she remained trapped
30:37
Speaker 1: under the bed without food or water or access to
30:40
Speaker 1: a bathroom. And Jamie didn't know if anyone was searching
30:43
Speaker 1: at her at this point or if she would ever
30:45
Speaker 1: be found. She could only wait and watch for an
30:47
Speaker 1: opportunity and hope for a way out. And the chance
30:50
Speaker 1: would come. On January 10th, 2019, on a cold winter's day.
30:55
Speaker 2: Jamie, being such a smart girl, grew.
30:58
Speaker 1: Very used to the patterns of Patterson's behavior. She could
31:03
Speaker 1: sense when he was leaving for longer periods, and on
31:05
Speaker 1: this particular day, He had left the cabin for a
31:08
Speaker 1: couple hours telling her he was going out. And for
31:11
Speaker 1: the first time in months, Jamie felt a spark of hope.
31:14
Speaker 1: This was her chance, her one and only chance to escape.
31:16
Speaker 1: So her heart pounded as she scrawled out from.
31:19
Speaker 2: Beneath the bed.
31:20
Speaker 1: She knew she had to move extremely quickly, but her
31:23
Speaker 1: hands were trembling with the weight of all the fear.
31:25
Speaker 2: What if he came back? What if she got caught?
31:28
Speaker 1: Pushing those thoughts aside as much as she could. Jamie
31:31
Speaker 1: darted out of the cabin into the freezing cold of
31:33
Speaker 1: the wilderness that surrounded her, wearing only an ill-fitting pair
31:37
Speaker 1: of shoes and very light clothing. She would run through
31:39
Speaker 1: the snowy terrain, her breath sharp with the biting winter air,
31:43
Speaker 1: and the snow crunched beneath her feet as she made
31:45
Speaker 1: her way down a road that she had never seen before.
31:48
Speaker 1: She didn't know where she was, but all she knew
31:50
Speaker 1: is that she had to keep going. And after running
31:52
Speaker 1: for some time, she spotted a woman walking her dog.
31:56
Speaker 1: And her name was Jean Netter. And as soon as
31:58
Speaker 1: she saw Jamie, she knew something was terribly wrong. Jamie,
32:02
Speaker 1: breathless and cold, told Jean she was Jamie Closs, the
32:06
Speaker 1: missing girl that everyone had been searching for. And Jean
32:08
Speaker 1: knew basically right away because the whole city had been
32:12
Speaker 1: plastered with Jamie's face all over it. And Jean would
32:14
Speaker 1: take Jamie to a nearby neighbor's house where they immediately
32:17
Speaker 1: called police. And Jamie provided critical information about Patterson, including
32:21
Speaker 1: his name, and the description of his vehicle. And acting
32:24
Speaker 1: swiftly on Jamie's information, law enforcement officers apprehended Patterson as
32:29
Speaker 1: he drove through a neighborhood searching for Jamie, which is
32:32
Speaker 1: just so scary. but they would catch him quite literally
32:35
Speaker 1: the same day. So the nightmare was finally over and
32:38
Speaker 1: Jamie had escaped. And Jake Patterson would confess to the
32:41
Speaker 1: murder of her parents and abducting Jamie, saying he had
32:44
Speaker 1: meticulously planned the crime after seeing Jamie by chance. And
32:47
Speaker 1: he was charged for two counts of first-degree intentional homicide
32:51
Speaker 1: and one count of kidnapping. And in March 2019, he
32:54
Speaker 1: pleaded guilty to all charges. And during the sentencing hearing
32:57
Speaker 1: in May of 2019, Patterson showed a little remorse, stating
33:01
Speaker 1: that he was deeply sorry, but acknowledging that his words
33:06
Speaker 1: might mean nothing to those he had hurt.
33:08
Speaker 2: No.
33:09
Speaker 1: And the judge would sentence Patterson to two consecutive life
33:12
Speaker 1: sentences without the possibility of parole for the murders, plus
33:16
Speaker 1: an additional 40 years for the kidnapping. Yes, that's how
33:21
Speaker 1: you convict. The sentence was ensured that he would spend
33:23
Speaker 1: the rest of his miserable life in prison. So Jamie's
33:27
Speaker 1: story captured the nation's attention. It was a story of
33:30
Speaker 1: resilience and survival, in the face of unimaginable terror at
33:33
Speaker 1: such a young age too. And after her escape, Jamie
33:36
Speaker 1: returned to her family, slowly beginning the process of healing.
33:39
Speaker 1: And though the trauma of those 88 days will always
33:42
Speaker 1: be with her, Jamie's courage and strength have inspired countless
33:45
Speaker 1: people around the world, including myself. And she has chosen
33:48
Speaker 1: to remain largely out of the public eye, focusing more
33:51
Speaker 1: on rebuilding her life and support with her family. And
33:54
Speaker 1: in 2019, she was awarded the Hometown Hero Award by
33:58
Speaker 1: Wisconsin State Assembly for her incredible bravery. Jamie Closs is
34:02
Speaker 1: not just a survivor, she's a symbol of hope and
34:05
Speaker 1: proof that even in the darkest moments, there's always a
34:08
Speaker 1: chance for escape and survival. So that concludes the video.
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