Jan. 11, 2026

DTL - Part 10: I’m looking for Monroe

DTL - Part 10: I’m looking for Monroe
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Season 9

On July 9th, 2002, Diane Alexander’s life would change when she was targeted by a serial killer. What started as a simple knock on her door erupts into a fight for survival against her attacker, as Diane finds herself in an animalistic struggle for her life.
Derrick Todd Lee (DTL) terrorized the Baton Rouge and Lafayette Louisiana. A Serial Killer who took the lives of at least (7) women in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s, Lee’s reign of terror finally ended in late May of 2003 when he was captured in Atlanta, GA after being linked by DNA to several of the murders.
This is DTL 
Hosted by Kelly Jennings and produced by the experts at Envision Podcast Productions.

Timestamps
03:03 Life in St. Martin Parish
06:24 A Day Like Any Other
09:39 The Attack Begins
19:51 A Mother's Strength
21:31 The Return of Her Son
27:13 The Aftermath of Horror
36:40 Living in Fear

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In the sultry heat of Louisiana, where the bayous whisper

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secrets and the air hangs heavy with the scent of magnolias,

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a darkness lurked beneath the surface. Dereck Todd Lee was

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a man whose charm masked a sinister reality. He was

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a monster. Lee, a seemingly ordinary man with a disarming smile,

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led a double life that would unravel in a series

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of murders in the capital city of Baton Rouge and

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the surrounding areas. As the first reports of disappearances and

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murders began to surface, South Louisiana was thrust into a nightmare,

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igniting a frantic search for answers. The true horror was

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just beginning, and the hunt for a serial killer, eventually

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known by just three letters, would reveal not only the

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depths of Dereck Todd Lee's depravity, but also the resilience

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of those most affected by his evil acts, the families

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and the survivors. This is DTL. Charlotte Murray. Pace's murder

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was fresh on the minds of investigators in Baton Rouge.

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Even the very word murder it just didn't do it justice.

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This was an act upon a young girl so vile

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that mere words weren't enough. If the saying a picture

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is worth a thousand words were used in this case,

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this would be the Sistine Chapel of pictures. Language, which

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is usually so reliable it just simply fails here. Everything

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that took place in Murray's home crossed the line of

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mere murder. Violence of this capacity was more than brutality.

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This was like a rupture, a moment where violence exceeds

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what our minds can fathom and crosses into the realm

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of annihilation. Eighty one stab wounds and multiple organs perforated,

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a screw driver through the eye, and rape. That's not murder,

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it's beyond So. As the autopsy of Murray was completed

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and the crime scene tape removed, one woman stood in

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a jumbled mix of shock, anger, and complete defiance as

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to what one would expect. Murray's mother Anne. She was

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in a world full of people, a media circus, cops

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and strangers alike, all wondering what happened to her beautiful daughter.

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The world was moving at normal speed around her, but

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as she stood in place, everything around her seemed to

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move in slow motion. Life with her daughter. Murray was

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now over a thing of the past. How could her

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young daughter now be someone she would be forced to

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speak of in past tense? It was just an unreal

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scenario no mother ever expects to find themselves in. But

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here Anne was the member of a club that nobody

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wants membership to. While the crime lab had now positively

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identified DNA, there was no person in the CODIS system

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who matched the profile of her killer. CODIS, the combined

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DNA index system is a valuable tool for law enforcement,

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but only known offenders are in the system. Whoever killed

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Murray Pace was considered unknown as there was no match.

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Back in Zachary, Louisiana, however, Officer David McDavid knew in

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his soul that Derek Toddley was the killer, the motive,

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his history of peeping and attacking women, the violence. He

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believed Derek was the one getting away with murder, but

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there was no proof in the moment. Hunches of old

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street cops are worth more than their weight in gold,

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but no courtroom would ever consider a hunch more than

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just someone's opinion. Evidence, cold hard facts would be needed

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to stop this guy. Until then, he remained free to

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hunt more women. The police, no doubt, were working their

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tails off to solve this one, but the killer of

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Murray continued to walk free. He walked free for just

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over a month when he found his way into the

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rural area of Saint Martin Parish. Saint Martin Parish is

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right in the heart of Acadiana and it's the birthplace

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of Cajun culture. Crops of soybean and sugar cane abound,

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and crawfish are a staple. Driving through, you can basically

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hear the zydaco music playing as the old timers tap

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their feet. People smile and they welcome one another as

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they embrace the concept of Jois de Ville or the

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joy of living. And someone who was absolutely enjoying her

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life was Resident Diane Alexander. Diane had a joy about

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her that only a saved woman could understand. She had

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invited Jesus into her heart and was living strictly for him.

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She attended church services regularly, and on June seventh, two

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thousand and two, things were no different. She sat and

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prayed at the altar, which would lead to an unusual

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experience and that she felt she had been almost thrown

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down during the service. It was nothing like she had

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ever experienced before, and even the next day her arms

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felt sore from the experience. Speaking with her pastor, he

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believed it to be God's hand. He had touched her

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in a way that he was preparing her for something

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beyond what she could see. The thought of this was

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just incredible as she continued to ponder the thought that

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God would reach out and touch her as she prepared

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for work two days later. Wow, how precious must I

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be in his sight that he would choose me to

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directly touch in some way? But why? Why me? What

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was he preparing her for that he would need to

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physically touch her life as well as spiritually. Reality was

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that Diane had so much to look forward to the

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year was now two thousand and two and she was

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about to graduate from nursing school, a dream long in

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the making. She just had to finish a few more

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clinical rotations, but in just ten days that would be

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Diane Anderson lpn to un me. And by the way,

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this wasn't just an easy, peasy path that she had followed.

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No way, and I would be lying if I pretended

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it was. Reality was that tough times make tough people.

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So backing up a bit. Diane had dropped out of

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high school in tenth grade. She would marry two years

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later and become a young mother shortly thereafter, but that

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once fiery young love would weigh in under the pressures

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of adult life and the marriage would sour within three years,

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divorced the ultimate result after seven She had been given

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a great example of marriage through her parents. Her dad

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worked hard and Mama was a homemaker, raising seven kids, yes,

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seven kids. Diane was the second born of the herd,

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and there was love within those walls. But marriage is hard,

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especially now for a teenage dropout who tried to blaze

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her own trail unsuccessfully. But Diane powered through and years

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later she would eventually remarry. But she never lost sight

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of her dreams as a young girl. She knew even

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back in middle school that there were two career that

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really excited her Airline stewardess or nurse. Diane loved to travel,

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but she also had a heart for the elderly. The

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compassion and care that those who have aged deserve is

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something she felt in her heart that she could provide.

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It was nineteen ninety two when she made the decision

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to go to nursing school. Back then, she was thirty

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two years old and the time was now in her mind.

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Through many sleepless nights and setbacks, Diane was still able

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to make her dream come true and now she was

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about to graduate. Her excitement could be seen all over

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her face and her husband, Oliver, he was so proud

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of her as well. He was a hard working man too,

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and he worked nights, so he wasn't home on the

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afternoon of July ninth, two thousand and two. It was

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a beautiful day and Diane had a busy schedule. She

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was expected to report to the hospital for the three

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to eleven PM shift, but that didn't mean that she

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would be sleeping in. No, she had business to handle,

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which meant she was up and hitting the roaded at

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eight a m. That morning. Diane liked to maximize her

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time and Erin's before work was promising just that. The

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couple had plans to make a trip to Jamaica soon,

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so she needed to handle up on that and one

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of her sons, Hermann, He still lived with them, but

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he was in college at Ull, so he left the

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house just after she did to go and take an exam.

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Their home was located in a neighborhood where everyone knew everyone.

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They had lived there for roughly twelve years by this point,

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and her home was situated on a dead end street,

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but it faced a highway that ran in front of

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her home, so traffic remained steady usually. She completed all

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of her errands that morning and returned by eleven fifteen,

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and when she got inside the house, something just felt off.

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She couldn't put her finger on it, and she decided

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she'd ignore it, but the feeling was still so real,

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so much so that she decided to put on some

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gospel music to ease her soul. Since she had enough

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time to cook before heading out to work, she decided

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to prepare a meal for her husband and son while

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ironing her uniform for work. She set up the ironing

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board in her son's room, and she'd move back and

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forth between the kitchen and his room as she stirred

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and then ironed, and then checked on the food some more.

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After a couple of trips back and forth, there was

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a knock at her front door. Busy and focused, she

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walked to the door and opened it to find a

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young black man in roughly his thirties standing at the

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lower portion of her deck. He was a well kept man,

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fresh haircut and neatly shaven. He had on denim shorts

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with a collared white and blue polo shirt neatly tucked in.

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He had on tennis shoes and white ankle socks, and

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he was rather pleasant. He said, Hey, I'm Anthony. I'm

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from Monroe, and I'm supposed to be doing some construction

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work for the Montgomerys. Do you know where they live?

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I can't find them. Diane was confused because she didn't

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know anyone by that name, and she told him just that,

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and that's when he asked a follow up question, would

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your husband know by chance? She immediately said no, he

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doesn't know them either. Anthony then asked if he could

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use her phone, which she agreed, grabbing her cordless phone

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and handing it to him through the door. After handing

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over the phone, she closed the door and locked it.

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Anthony remained outside the entire time. A short while later,

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Anthony knocked again, and this time he asked to borrow

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a phone book, which she got for him. The food

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was needing tendon to by this point, and not wanting

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to seem rude, Diane closed the glass door to her

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mobile home, but left the inner door open as she

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went to stir the pot. As she turned at one point,

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she noticed he was now peeking inside her glass door.

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But she was more irritated than alarmed, and that she

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had things to do, but this stranger just wouldn't leave.

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He piped up in that moment, saying, don't worry, I'm

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not going to do you anything, but he kept trying

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to speak with her about different things, things like gospel

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music and the fact that he traveled with a choir. Once.

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He then commented that her food smelled good, before asking

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again about her husband and could he possibly help him

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find the Montgomerys. By now, Diane was frustrated, and she

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snapped back at it. Look, my husband isn't home. We

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don't know them. Ladies, please remember this. Your husband is

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always home. When a stranger knocks on your door, I

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don't care if you don't even have a husband. He

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is home as far as any stranger should ever be concerned.

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Because as soon as the words he wanted to hear,

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no man is home left her lips, Anthony came busting

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through her front door, but survival mode kicked in instantly

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for Diane as she rushed back towards the door, pushing

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it back in his direction to try and shut him out.

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It was now a struggle of will and brute force

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between the completely unmatched pair. Diane pushed with alliver might

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as the stranger pushed back with all of his. Within seconds,

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he had the upper hand and the door blew open

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as he barreled his way inside and Diane was directly

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in his sights. Anthony hit Diane with the power of

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a linebacker as he wrapped his hands around her throat

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firmly and slammed her into the wall. His commands were

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now how militaristic compared to the meek stranger previously at

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her lower step His statement to her, if you try anything,

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I have a knife and now will stab you straight

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through the eye. As a listener of this series, Charlotte Murray,

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pace should have just flashed in your mind, dead on

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the ground with a screwdriver through her left eye and

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lodged into her brain. What this man said, he meant

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every single word of As Diane stood in sheer terror

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against the wall on her tippy toes with a man's

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hands around her throat, it seemed like a dream surreal.

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Almost her eyes saw what was happening, but her mind

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simply couldn't believe it. Anthony then snapped, take me to

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your bedroom, but Diane refused. She told him we can

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stay right here, to which he sneered, then take off

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your panties. She gasped out that she couldn't do anything

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if she couldn't breathe, his hands continuing to squeeze her throat.

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Realizing she was right for the moment, he loosened his

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grip and she did as told, while gasping for fresh

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air as she bent over to remove her underwear for

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a man she didn't know. He bent down with her,

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whispering in her ear, almost as if trying to seduce her.

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I've been watching you. Her eyes darted to the side,

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looking at him. Momentarily startled by the thought of being

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watched by a complete stranger, she whimpered back a one

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word question where, But immediately he yelled her to shut up,

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and when she started complaining, saying I need to turn

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the fire off with the stove, he added, fuck them pots.

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Anything he could say to make her keep taking off

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her underwear, Although she was trying to stall in the

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back of her mind. She was so scared. She was

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scared she was about to be killed, and the trailer,

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as well as any evidence, would all burn to ashes,

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no one ever knowing what happened to her. This pause

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in his excitement of the rape momentum caused his consonant

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to break, leaving him now in a precarious situation, especially

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for someone trying to be a rapist. He couldn't get

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it up. He became more and more enraged as he

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tried to stimulate himself and continued to rape Diane. But

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it just wouldn't work. The entire time, she never attempted

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to fight him. She feared he would kill her for

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sure if she made any moves. As the man continued

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to try and rape her, she felt around on the

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floor and her hand glanced something cold and metal. It

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was the knife he had threatened to staber, and the

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eye with it was real, and while he remained focused

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on himself, she gently walked her fingertips across the carpet,

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eventually able to grab his knife just by feeling alone.

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Her eyes continually locked on her attacker, she was able

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to tell that the knife wasn't very big. He was

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so damn strong, she decided in that moment against stabbing him,

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but just as the thought crossed her mind, he noticed

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that she had the knife in her left hand. He

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reached out and ripped it away from her, sneering just

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inches from her face, sweat literally dripping from his brow

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onto hers. And although the assault continued rather unsuccessfully, it continued,

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and in a moment of clarity, Diane thought it bizarre

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how much the man was sweating, considering she wasn't even

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fighting him. He looked like he was running a marathon.

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Soaked and frustrated. Realizing he couldn't complete the rape, he

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just became more enraged. Without notice, the man switched gears

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and he jumped up, looking for something. What could he

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possibly be looking for? This wasn't his house, although he

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clearly felt like the current man of it, no doubt.

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Diane lay there, exposed and humiliated, on her own living

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room floor, and the entire time he looked about the

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room with purpose. Diane studied his face, trying to memorize

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every detail while laying still to avoid any further brutality.

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But that was just a pipe dream about to be

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shattered straight to Helen. Back in this moment, though, Diane

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felt a strange piece that coincided with her fear, a

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piece beyond comprehension. There was no explanation but God. It

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was for that feeling alone that she was able to

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remain calm, be quiet, be still. The man would locate

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what he was looking for, eventually, the telephone chord connected

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to her son's computer. Was he going to tie the

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door shut or something? No, that would have been great

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compared to his actual plan. Everything about this man was

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a complete lie. What was his real name? Who was he?

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And why had he come to her home? All of

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these questions were swirling about as he returned to her.

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Still lying motionless on the ground, the man looked down

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at her before pouncing on top and quickly wrapping the

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cord around her throat. His plan now painfully obvious. He

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was going to strangle the very life from her as

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her food continued to boil on the stove. He grunted

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as he pulled and twisted, squeezing the cord as tight

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as humanly possible around Diane's throat. But by the grace

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of God alone, she had managed to wiggle two fingers

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between the cord and her airway. The harder he squeezed

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and pulled against her throat. The more she pulled with

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just the strength of those two fingers, but it was enough.

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She choked and gasped and sputtered, but by those two

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fingers alone she maintained a thin but effective airway. Hot

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tears rolled from her eyes as she knew this was

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either the end or the beginning of it. As she gasped,

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it felt more like trying to pull air through a straw.

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All the while, her body was panicking and screaming at

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her to breathe, breathe, and she thought to herself, I'm trying,

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I'm trying. But as she thought she may be losing

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the battle, the man suddenly let go of the cord.

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As Diane gasped, able to draw on her first full

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breath of air, the man positioned himself on her left side,

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but near her feet. Just as he had said before.

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He told her, I ain't gonna do you nothing, as

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he pulled off his polo shirt. How could even say

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this he had already done something to her. Shirt, now

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off and only a white undershirt on. He placed his

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hands on her collar bones to balance as he again

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climbed on top of her. But this time, he straddled

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all of her chest, all two hundred and thirty pounds

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of him, pressing down on her already compromised breathing. That said,

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he had also trapped her arms against her sides when

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he straddled her, so now she had no way of moving,

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let alone escaping. The end was here and they both

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knew it. And that's when Diane squeaked out, what are

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you gonna do? Before she could even complete the sentence,

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he was smashing down on the right side of her head,

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beyond the full force of a grown man's rage. He

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was able to do this because he was holding something

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in his hand, which only multiplied the power of the

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blow to her skull. The impact immediately incapacitated her, but

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it didn't knock her out completely. Her head pounding and

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her vision blurred, she tried to make sense of the situation,

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but she was now so confused and very woozy. While

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her mind wasn't working properly, her instincts were on fire.

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In a flash of moments that would have to be

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pieced together later, Diane's body flailed as she clawed with

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fervor against her attacker. In one flash, she saw her

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own leg, kicking so hard that a wicker table was

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knocked over, and photos of her precious family, one she

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likely would never see again, went crashing to the ground.

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In another flash, she felt her left leg fall weakly

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and thud to the ground. She realized it had been

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propped up on the sofa and her attacker was now

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placed in between her legs on his knees. When her

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leg hit the ground, he grunted uh uh as in

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no man, before he propped her leg back up in

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the air, back on the sofa. He continued to punch

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and strike her in the face, the eyes, and the

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jaw as she lay, unable to defend herself in any way,

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her eyes now black and swelling full of blood, her

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ears ringing. She was in no shape to fight, and

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she tried. She had tried so hard, but he was

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too strong and she was no match. Although now traumatically

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injured with a skull fracture, she was aware enough to

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know that he was continuing his rape. Now the attack

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would continue, but in flashes of moments, as her brain

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tried valiantly to stay aware. Although now she was in

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and out of consciousness, God helped me, she thought, as

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her mind finally gave way, and she passed out. Due

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to the severity the beating she was taking. It would

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take an angel of God to save her. But that

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was exactly what was about to happen. See things happen

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in life that we have no way of knowing will

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result in a future unanswered prayer. Just the day before

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this rape took place, Diane's nineteen year old son, Hermann,

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had screwed up. He had made a glass of kool aid,

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and in doing so, he spilt some. Being a nineteen

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year old boy, he didn't bother to wipe it up.

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His mama had spent all day cleaning and mopping and sweeping,

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She did laundry, and she washed dishes, only for her

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son to overlook the small task of wiping up a

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spill he made. It was a mindless oversight of a teen,

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but he was old enough to not be so thoughtless.

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Thus the frustration in Diane was real. Diane got upset

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and she went off when her husband intervened. He walked

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up to herman and he said, no matter what, after

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school tomorrow, you will come straight home and you will

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help your mother clean this house, help your mom's son.

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It's not that hard. Usually Herman would decide to hang

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out with friends after class. But Herman was a good kid,

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and on this day he remembered his father's words and

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he did as he was told. When he completed his exam,

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he got into his car and he drove straight home.

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As he pulled in the gravel drive, he noticed a

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gold colored Mitsubishi Mirage parked near the house. He parked,

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got out, and he walked to go get the mail.

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He had no idea of knowing that just twenty feet

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away his mother was in the process of being violently raped.

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The attacker had turned off the air condition in the

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home by now, so that any noise outside he would

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be able to hear anything that may be a person coming.

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He know, and when Herman shut his car door making

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the walk in the gravel to the mailbox, the attacker

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in fact heard him, his head shooting up to quickly

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take a listen. He jumped to his feet and clumsily

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pulled up his pants as he realized Herman was now

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walking up the steps. He got to his feet, grabbed

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the cord that he had just moments before wrapped around

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Diane's throat, and he ran towards the back of the trailer,

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heavy footsteps pounding on the hollow floor. He pushed open

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the back door of the trailer and he ran out unseen,

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and in that exact moment, herman opened the front door.

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He stepped inside, and his plan was to grab the

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cordless phone when he looked down and found his mother bleeding,

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eyes swollen shut, and naked on the floor. Mom, Mom,

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what's going on? His voice didn't sound normal. It was

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a scream and a tone that Diane had never heard

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her son use before. Diane could only muster out a

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scream of knife, knife, He's still in here, But by

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now she couldn't see a thing, her body reacting to

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the beating, and her eyelids were swollen black pouches filled

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with blood. She was still in an immense amount of

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pain and groggy, but she knew her son's voice. Herman

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tore off out of the house to chase the man

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who had nearly killed his mom, but in doing so,

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he forgot to grab his keys. Once outside, Herman saw

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the gold mirage flying down the gravel driveway, dust blowing,

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and the cord to his computer waving out of the

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car door in the wind. When herman ran back into

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the house. His mother had somehow made her way to

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the back bedroom and dowled nine one one on the phone.

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How she did this is still unexplained, as she was

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terribly injured and unable to see. As the nine one

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one operator answered the phone, Diane knew that her strength

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was fading and explaining what happened would be very limited.

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Next thing she knew, an ambulance had arrived at the home,

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and when the paramedics made their way inside of the

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house and found her, she was in her bedroom, sitting

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up on the floor and leaning on the foot of

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her bed. One look and they knew immediately that she

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would need to be airlifted to the hospital. Time was

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literally of the essence, and the ambulance ride would take

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way too long. By ambulance, the ride was roughly thirty

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five minutes travel time, while by helicopter it was more

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like ten to twelve. The workers dove into rescue mode

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and began to stabilize her as the chopper was radioed in.

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They explained to her the process, but how much she

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was actually understanding is still up for debate. Her body

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and mind were failing her in this moment, mere flashes

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of words and noises as she was in and out

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of consciousness. She was wearing a dress during the beating,

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which she felt a strong tug on. Now, as her

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lent body was being pulled onto a hardboard for transport,

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she heard the coordinated voices of men and women as

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they worked to quickly get her out of the room

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and through the kitchen door. The whir of the helicopter

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blades was loud as she felt the wind on her

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skin and her hair blew back as they walked towards

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the chopper. There's a lot of blood loss and I'm

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not sure she's going to make it were the words

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she heard as that chopper lifted off of the ground

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and leaned in to take flight. Moments later, that chopper

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landed on the helipad at Lafayette General Medical Center, where

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a team of doctors and nurses met with the flight

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crew to see what had happened to this poor woman

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suffering a severe beating at the hands of an unknown assailant.

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Two doctors present during the assessment, amongst many others, were

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doctors Terry Cromwell and doctor Thomas Bertuccini. Their direct professionalism

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and expertise was amazing to hear through the ears of

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someone who dreamed of being a nurse, although under the circumstances,

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Diane wished she weren't the patient. The beeping of machines

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and the whirrying of nurses alongside other medical workers made

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the scene sound dire to Diane, who couldn't see a thing,

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but she could hear bits and pieces of doctor's assessments

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whirled through her pounding head, things like, she has a

467
00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:10.279
hematoma to the forehead. We need to try and aspirate

468
00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:13.920
by syringe. By the way, they would remove five se

469
00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:17.200
seeds of blood from that one area. She has a

470
00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:20.400
large laceration on the left front of her forehead. It's

471
00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:23.559
about six centimeters deep. We need to get X rays

472
00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:27.359
stat The results of that X ray would confirm Diane

473
00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:30.440
was suffering a hairline fracture to the front of her skull.

474
00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:35.119
The amount of force necessary to crack someone's skull, one

475
00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:38.720
of the strongest bones in the body, was incredible. Usually

476
00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:42.079
an automobile accident or something of that nature would be expected,

477
00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:44.799
not by the hands of a man. On a woman

478
00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:49.000
continued talks about surgery for cleaning up her wounds and

479
00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:52.759
repairing tissue amongst other doctor talk was discussed all the

480
00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:56.480
while Diane lay helpless again, but this time she was

481
00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:59.240
in the hands of men who dedicated their lives to

482
00:27:59.359 --> 00:28:03.640
doing no harm, something her attacker could never be. These

483
00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:07.160
men dedicated their lives to saving women from the unthinkable,

484
00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:10.480
the polar opposite of the man who did this to her,

485
00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:16.119
one who dedicated his life to destroying women. After many procedures,

486
00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:20.880
tests and diagnostics were completed, Diane was finally stabilized and

487
00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:26.039
placed in a hospital room alive, a miracle amongst miracles.

488
00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:29.400
Diane and her family had no idea in this moment,

489
00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:34.759
but she had just survived a serial killer of epic proportions,

490
00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:38.160
surviving him and being cleared to go home. While those

491
00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:42.119
were now two very different things, Diane's path to recovery

492
00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:45.839
would be multidirectional. Her body needed to heal, of course,

493
00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:49.279
but so did her mind and her soul. She had

494
00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:51.160
come to grips with the fact that she had been

495
00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:53.359
raped and nearly beaten to death by a man who

496
00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:57.119
was excited by watching her and attacking her. But the

497
00:28:57.200 --> 00:29:00.440
question why me, I'm sure we would we all ask

498
00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:04.079
ourselves the same question. There are over eight billion people

499
00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:08.200
on earth, and this crazed man chose me. The reality

500
00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:10.640
of the waiting game as to what her body would

501
00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:14.680
do was also a stressor swelling of the brain, infection,

502
00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:18.759
blood cloths, aneurysms. All of this was still on the table,

503
00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:22.319
but only time would tell what was to be. Diane's

504
00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:25.039
family and friends arrived at the hospital in droves as

505
00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:28.039
words spread of her attack, and while everyone wanted to

506
00:29:28.119 --> 00:29:31.839
share their love and provide support, once entering the room

507
00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:36.039
everything would be awkwardly quiet. What do you say to

508
00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:41.640
someone who was brutalized, rat and damnure killed? Do you

509
00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:45.759
talk about it? Is she too traumatized to even address it?

510
00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:49.440
You certainly can't pretend you don't see her condition. She

511
00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:53.759
looked scary. Her head was swollen, her eyes swollen and black.

512
00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:57.559
She had stitches in her forehead and scrapes and bruises

513
00:29:57.640 --> 00:30:01.720
all over. What do you say? And was this person

514
00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:06.000
still after her? Who was he? So many questions and

515
00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:08.839
no answers at the moment. You can always count on

516
00:30:08.880 --> 00:30:11.720
your sister, though, as after some time the swelling was

517
00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:14.640
reduced and Diane's sister Dorothy told her that she looked

518
00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:17.759
like the elephant man when she first saw her, Diane's

519
00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:20.680
mother would soak a rag in warm epsom salt and

520
00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:23.599
water and tenderly apply it to her baby girl as

521
00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:27.240
she lay in the bed recovering. To this day, Diane

522
00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:31.279
believes this simple mixture of elements plus Mamma's love jump

523
00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:35.319
started her healing process. Visitors were allowed into at a time,

524
00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:38.079
and Diane would have to idd them by voice alone,

525
00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:41.160
as she was still unable to see. But a voice

526
00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:44.599
of someone is something you rarely forget, not only when

527
00:30:44.599 --> 00:30:47.400
you love them, but also when they try to kill you.

528
00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:50.920
Her mind would wander at times, and she could hear

529
00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:54.519
that whisper of her attempted killer. I've been watching you.

530
00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:57.680
He seemed so comfortable moving about her home, of which

531
00:30:57.720 --> 00:31:00.720
he had never been inside before. How did he know

532
00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:04.160
she was alone? I guess his own statements bore witness

533
00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:08.279
to that question's answer. One night, as Diane lay resting

534
00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:10.440
in her hospital room, she was awoken to the sound

535
00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:14.400
of crying. It was her beloved husband, Oliver. He was

536
00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:17.359
seated but leaning forward with his arms on her bedside,

537
00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:20.359
his head resting on his own arms as he just cried.

538
00:31:21.119 --> 00:31:23.799
The room was quiet. When Diane asked him what's wrong.

539
00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:28.720
Oliver was just overwhelmed. He should have protected his wife,

540
00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:31.160
But how could he have even known? How could you

541
00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:34.559
ever imagine that this would happen to your wife. Had

542
00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:36.720
he been there, you could have bet he would have

543
00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:40.559
done everything within his power to stop that monster. And

544
00:31:40.599 --> 00:31:43.400
the reality is that had he been there, this never

545
00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:46.799
would have happened. Not because he let his wife down

546
00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:50.680
by being at work, but because her attacker was a coward,

547
00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:54.960
a whimp, a candy ass woman abus her. If he

548
00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:57.480
even got a whiff of testosterone in the air, he

549
00:31:57.519 --> 00:32:01.519
would have left. This attacker relied on the defenselessness of

550
00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:04.559
his victim, the nature of it all, that men are

551
00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:09.200
inherently larger and stronger than women. Only a snake works

552
00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:12.359
off of this premise. Diane was listed under a fake

553
00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:14.559
name at the hospital and that no one knew if

554
00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:18.079
the attacker would return to finish her off. As Derek

555
00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:22.359
Toddlee went about his normal life, eating supper, shopping and

556
00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:26.480
talking with friends, Diane lay badly injured and scared out

557
00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:29.839
of her mind as to where her attacker was. Was

558
00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:33.440
he thinking of her, was he thinking about killing her? Still?

559
00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:37.680
Did he know her name? He certainly knew where she lived.

560
00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:42.039
Diane wanted to simply fade away into the background and

561
00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:45.240
not draw attention to herself, hopeful that he would forget

562
00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:48.480
all about her and never come for her again. But

563
00:32:48.599 --> 00:32:51.319
this is where a majority of people don't realize that

564
00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:56.680
victimization continues in a new form. And it's us. It's society,

565
00:32:57.359 --> 00:33:01.000
We the people. We want to know what happened and

566
00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:05.119
who it happened to. It's natural. We're all curious and

567
00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:07.119
we want to try to make sense of it. What

568
00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:10.920
is the link and are the victims like us? What

569
00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:14.839
did they possibly do to become victims? The answer is nothing.

570
00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:18.680
They did nothing but exist when evil took a liking

571
00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:22.759
to them for whatever reason. This realization is scary enough,

572
00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:26.000
but this was when Diane's nightmare would blow up in

573
00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:30.640
her face even more. Instead of fading away, Diane would

574
00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:33.519
be thrust into the spotlight as her attack would make

575
00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:37.799
the news. The humiliation of being attacked and raped was

576
00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:42.079
just the beginning. Diane would eventually be released from the

577
00:33:42.119 --> 00:33:45.319
hospital and now police wanted to speak with her. They

578
00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:47.440
wanted to catch the man that did this, but they

579
00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:50.720
would need her help to do so. Her son saw

580
00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:56.319
his vehicle but he didn't see him the attacker, but Diane.

581
00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:59.440
She was the only one to stare into his eyes.

582
00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:02.680
To be in proximity of just inches from the man

583
00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:07.160
who almost stole her life. While Diane had his face

584
00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:10.119
burned into her mind, she would have to articulate that

585
00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:13.320
image to the popular imagination of those who had never

586
00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:17.440
seen him before yet were tasked withdrawing him. The thing was,

587
00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:20.400
while Diane was unable to open her eyes for some

588
00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:23.760
time after the attack, this left only room for her

589
00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:28.920
memory to relive his face over and over and over again,

590
00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:33.039
with nothing to impede or adjust that memory. He was

591
00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:37.519
literally imprinted upon her mind, as finite as the fracture

592
00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:41.039
he created in her skull. A detective was able to

593
00:34:41.119 --> 00:34:44.639
create a general computer sketch, but future adjustments would have

594
00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:48.360
to be made by someone with more artistic skill. After

595
00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:51.320
leaving the station, something else took place that many of

596
00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:54.199
us don't think about the after effects of such an

597
00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:58.480
attack and near murder. For instance, Diane didn't want to

598
00:34:58.519 --> 00:35:02.840
return home. That trailer was no longer home to her.

599
00:35:03.400 --> 00:35:05.840
It was a building, a crime scene at best, but

600
00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:09.480
not her home, not a place of rest and relaxation

601
00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:12.760
as before this was the place a stranger made his

602
00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:16.320
own and used it to employ in violence and unwanted

603
00:35:16.360 --> 00:35:21.039
sexual abuse upon her. This place would never be home

604
00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:24.639
to her again. Everyone around her knew this to be

605
00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:27.280
true as well. Who would ever want to return there?

606
00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:31.079
Diane and her husband would spend the next years moving

607
00:35:31.079 --> 00:35:35.280
from family member to family member's home. As she recovered,

608
00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:38.079
if that's even the word for it, she was miserable.

609
00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:43.119
No position or bed or pillow arrangement made it comfortable

610
00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:45.920
for her to sleep. During the day, she was able

611
00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:48.599
to find some rest in the busy atmosphere of a

612
00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:52.400
home full of people moving around. But at night, when

613
00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:55.280
it was quiet and the so called solitude took over,

614
00:35:56.039 --> 00:35:59.599
Diane was unable to sleep. She would alternate from lying

615
00:35:59.599 --> 00:36:02.960
on the floor to the recliner, to the couch, and

616
00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:05.559
then back to the bed, but her head ached no

617
00:36:05.639 --> 00:36:09.920
matter where she was. She couldn't escape it. The man

618
00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:13.239
who did this to her, well, he knew no such pains.

619
00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:17.840
He slept comfortably, He drove around, and he visited folks,

620
00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:22.119
He applied for jobs, and he ate delicious meals, all

621
00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:26.599
while Diane struggled to just be see family and friends

622
00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:29.719
had already stepped in They packed up that old trailer

623
00:36:29.719 --> 00:36:33.480
and sold the property. Whoever did this to her would

624
00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:38.239
never find her there again, and truth be told, Diane

625
00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:41.360
hadn't chosen to speak with anyone about what had happened

626
00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:44.639
to her. She was still processing the events with God

627
00:36:45.079 --> 00:36:48.960
and herself in the privacy of prayer. She would become

628
00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:51.360
upset and cry as she thought about this man who

629
00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:55.599
had upended her entire life. But that wasn't the thrust

630
00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:58.320
into a further nightmare. I mentioned a moment ago no

631
00:36:59.239 --> 00:37:02.159
that would take place in the form of a press conference.

632
00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:06.039
The lights came on and the tape was rolling when

633
00:37:06.079 --> 00:37:10.960
her most private situation was shared with the world. While

634
00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:13.079
the shock of it all was almost too much to bear,

635
00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:17.039
at least no one knew her name until they set

636
00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:21.599
it on TV. Diane began to panic. This was a

637
00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:25.039
train she couldn't stop, and something she knew as well

638
00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:28.000
as her rapist was that he had stolen her purse

639
00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:32.360
when he fled. He had all of her personal identification information,

640
00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:36.719
but now so did everyone else. Everyone knew that she

641
00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:39.760
was the person who survived this brutal attack, and it

642
00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:42.679
was believed to be at the hands of a serial killer.

643
00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:48.280
Now she couldn't hide. Now everyone including the serial killer,

644
00:37:48.519 --> 00:37:51.599
knew that she had survived. Would he come back and

645
00:37:51.639 --> 00:37:54.280
try to silence her for good? The thought of it

646
00:37:54.360 --> 00:37:57.400
was all just too much. Diane wanted to crawl in

647
00:37:57.440 --> 00:38:02.400
a hole and disappear, not become the media's prey. But

648
00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:04.760
why did they think he was a serial killer.