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00:00Crime, conspiracy, cults, serial killers, and murder.
00:04All things that I love to consume, and I know you do too,
00:08you sick-minded, beautiful, intellectual freak.
00:11And today, we are talking about something not necessarily positive,
00:15but they come out with a positive outcome,
00:18unlike most of the stories I talk about in my deep dives.
00:21Basically, we're talking about three bad b-
00:25These three women had an encounter with a killer,
00:28and they lived to tell the tale,
00:31but their stories are absolutely heart-wrenching
00:34and insane and so inspiring
00:37that I thought it would be really cool to tip my hat off to them
00:41and tell you their stories.
00:42So without further ado, let's unbuckle our seatbelts,
00:45go Mach 5 down the highway, slam on the brakes,
00:47and bust through the windshield into these awesome bed b-cases together.
00:58So the first story we are going to talk about is the story of Mary Vincent.
01:10So it was a typical September afternoon in 1978,
01:14hot and dry in Northern California,
01:17and 15-year-old Mary Vincent stood on the side of the road with her thumb out
01:21and a sign saying that she was going to Southern California.
01:25Don't hitchhike.
01:27I don't know how many times I've said that in my videos,
01:30but please, for the love of God, don't hitchhike.
01:33And obviously, she was hoping for a ride.
01:35She was actually running away from home
01:37because she was very frustrated with her family life
01:40and her current relationship problems,
01:42and she was seeking refuge with her grandfather in Southern California.
01:45And Mary was one of seven children born to parents struggling in a tumultuous marriage.
01:51Her father was a mechanic married to her mother, who was a blackjack dealer.
01:55And during her parents' messy divorce,
01:57Vincent just found that she couldn't cope with all the turmoil that was happening at home.
02:01So running away felt like her only option.
02:03Mary was not a stranger to hitchhiking.
02:05It was the 70s after all,
02:07and it was very normal for teenagers to hitchhike,
02:11which I just, I get it's the time period, but my God.
02:15Like, as a kid, even in the 50s,
02:17you're just told not to get into a car with a stranger.
02:19I guess that came around the 60s.
02:21Oh, yeah, with Dean Corll.
02:22I did another video about that.
02:23I'm getting off track.
02:24Anyway, while she was hitchhiking,
02:26she also saw two people down the road
02:28who were holding a very similar sign
02:30saying that they were also going to Southern California.
02:32And they would get car after car passing,
02:34and she was getting pretty frustrated
02:35because it was getting more towards the night at this point.
02:38But that is when a big blue van would pull up beside Mary.
02:43And a man would be driving this van,
02:45a man with a very scruffy appearance,
02:48and he would offer her a ride.
02:49And this man's name was Lawrence Singleton.
02:52And at first glance, he seemed harmless.
02:54If anything, he reminded Mary of her own father
02:57or a grandfather-type figure.
02:59So no alarm bells were really ringing in her head.
03:01But that's when the two other hitchhikers
03:03would come up to the van
03:04and say that they were going to the same place,
03:05and they would see that the van was empty,
03:08and that he could easily take three people.
03:10But Lawrence refused, and he said he could only take Mary.
03:14And now the alarm bells started to ring in Mary's head,
03:16but she really couldn't stay out much longer
03:19because she would literally have to spend the night
03:21out in the streets, basically.
03:22And she just really wanted to get to her grandfather's place.
03:25And the two people literally told Mary,
03:27you should not get in the car with this guy.
03:30Like, this is bad news bears.
03:32But unfortunately, she was desperate to get back,
03:34so she got in the car.
03:36And inside the van, she said it smelled like cigarette smoke and sweat.
03:40Kind of like my Aunt Lisa's house.
03:43But Singleton's easy and paternal demeanor
03:45quickly put Mary at ease.
03:47So they drove for a while,
03:48and everything seemed pretty normal.
03:50So Mary felt comfortable enough to doze off
03:52because she was really tired from standing all day hitchhiking.
03:55When she woke up, though,
03:56she started to notice that the signs on the road were different.
04:00And by different, I mean they were going in the wrong direction.
04:04And Mary would voice this to Lawrence, the driver.
04:06But then, without warning,
04:08Singleton veered off the freeway.
04:10And Mary's pulse quickened.
04:12Her instincts really started to flare at this point.
04:15And she asked him in a calm voice where he was going.
04:18And Singleton just told her that this was a shortcut.
04:20But the hairs on the back of Mary's neck started to stand up.
04:23Something was very wrong.
04:24So Mary would start to look around the car,
04:26just trying not to seem panicked,
04:28but also just trying to assess the situation.
04:31And not to ring any alarm bells for Lawrence at this point.
04:34And she would notice that her shoelace was untied.
04:36And thinking that she might have to run away at some point,
04:39she said to herself,
04:41okay, I need to tie my shoelace.
04:43So once Lawrence pulled up to the middle of nowhere,
04:46she bent down to tie up her shoelace.
04:49And this is when Singleton's mood would shift abruptly.
04:52He became cold and predatory.
04:54And like I said, Mary had opened the door slightly
04:56to put her shoe up and tie her shoe.
04:57But before she was even able to think about making a run for it,
05:01a sledgehammer would strike her in the back of her head.
05:04And Mary would feel a hand grab her roughly
05:06and pull her out of the passenger seat.
05:08And he would force her onto the ground
05:10where her screams were just swallowed
05:11by the vast empty space around them.
05:14And he would unfortunately begin to S.A. her many, many times
05:19all through the day, all until the next morning.
05:21And Mary recalls screaming to him constantly,
05:25set me free, please set me free.
05:28And by the morning, Mary felt that she was just drifting
05:30in and out of her body at this point,
05:32not believing what the hell was happening.
05:34But what came next would burn into her mind
05:37for the rest of her life.
05:39Singleton, without warning,
05:40would pull her out of the car at this point
05:43because they were in the back of the car.
05:44He would grab a hatchet out of his toolbox.
05:47He would grip her left arm and he would say,
05:49you wanna be set free, I'll set you free.
05:53And with one swift and brutal motion,
05:55he would bring the hatchet down on her arm,
05:58cutting it clean off.
06:00And the shock was immediate for Mary.
06:02And Mary at this point began to fall back.
06:04And while falling back, she was confused
06:06how she was falling back
06:08because she remembers when he grabbed her arm,
06:10she also grabbed onto him.
06:12So how could she be falling back?
06:13And that's when she would look down
06:15and realize her entire arm was gone
06:18and it was actually still gripping onto Lawrence.
06:21And at this point, Megan began kicking and screaming
06:23while she was on the ground,
06:25hoping that someone could hear her,
06:27but no one was around.
06:28They were literally in the middle of nowhere.
06:29And as she kicked and screamed,
06:31he would bring the hatchet down again,
06:33but now he was swinging at her right arm.
06:35And since she was moving around more,
06:37it would take more effort for him to cut her right arm off.
06:41And after he was done cutting it off,
06:43she would see him kind of start to walk away
06:45and like flick something off.
06:47And then she realized that he was literally
06:48still trying to flick off her other arm
06:51that was still gripped onto him.
06:52And as she was laying there watching this,
06:54she realized that she needed to play dead
06:57in order to survive at this point.
06:58So Lawrence would walk back over to Mary
07:00and thinking that she was already dead or close to dead,
07:04he would grab her body and drag her over
07:06to a 30 foot cliffside and toss her off.
07:10And Mary would break four ribs after she fell down.
07:13And obviously she was suffering from extreme blood loss
07:16at this point and would have both of her arms
07:18completely severed off.
07:19But something inside her refused to let go.
07:22So she would push herself up with every ounce of strength
07:25that she had left and told herself that she couldn't die
07:27because she was not going to let this man
07:29do this to another person.
07:31So naked, bleeding, and on the verge of death,
07:35she used her remaining strength to pack mud
07:38into her wounds in her stumps
07:40so she would slow down the bleeding.
07:42Then she would climb back up that 30 foot cliff
07:46with no arms and nearly half her blood gone at this point.
07:50And though it would take a while for her to get up,
07:53she would get up to the top of that cliff.
07:56And by the time she reached the top,
07:57it was now pitch black outside
07:59in the middle of nowhere, mind you.
08:02So as she was walking through the brush,
08:04she would hear cars from the distance
08:06and that was probably where the road was.
08:08So she went towards the car noises.
08:10And soon she would make it to the side of a highway.
08:13And after she got to the side of the road,
08:15she was hoping and praying that a car would come by.
08:18And soon after, a car did come by.
08:19It was a sports car with two men in it.
08:22But as she was waving for them to slow down,
08:25they would just speed right past her
08:27and all her hope would just drain.
08:29Because I can't even imagine going through all that
08:33and then seeing just a glimpse of hope with headlights
08:36and then it just going right by.
08:38But then also, she kind of did understand
08:40that people weren't stopping
08:42because she was literally a filthy, naked woman
08:47with no arms waving in the middle of the night
08:49on the side of the highway
08:50where no person should be.
08:52Like, I personally, I don't know.
08:55I don't, I mean, I would absolutely call the authorities,
08:59you know?
09:00No, I'd stop.
09:00I'd stop because I've read too many of these stories.
09:02I would have stopped.
09:03These guys are, these guys are assholes.
09:04But anyway, thankfully though,
09:07not too long after,
09:09a passing couple who were actually lost
09:11and on their honeymoon spotted Mary
09:13and realized the severity of her condition
09:15unlike the other f***ing assholes
09:17and would rush to the nearest phone
09:19to call paramedics with her in the car as well.
09:21And then she would be airlifted to the closest hospital.
09:24And upon arrival at the hospital,
09:26Mary was immediately placed into intensive care
09:28and her condition was obviously critical.
09:30She had lost a tremendous amount of blood,
09:32half of her blood in fact,
09:34and her severed limbs were obviously a medical emergency
09:37that required immediate attention.
09:39So surgeons worked tirelessly to stabilize her condition
09:42and prevent infection.
09:43And to obviously close the wounds in her arms.
09:45And while it was impossible to reattach her arms
09:48due to the violence of the severing
09:50and due to the lack of arms that they had,
09:52doctors did manage to save her life.
09:54And in the weeks and months that followed,
09:56Mary's physical recovery was painstaking.
09:58She had to undergo multiple surgeries
10:00to manage the damage caused by the hatchet.
10:02And she was eventually fitted for prosthetic arms.
10:05But simple tasks now like eating and dressing
10:08became monumental tasks and challenges for her.
10:11And the psychological scars were in many ways
10:13deeper and more challenging to heal.
10:15Mary did suffer from PTSD
10:17in the aftermath of the attack, naturally.
10:19And she experienced vivid flashbacks
10:21and nightmares and intense fear.
10:23So counseling and therapy became a very vital part
10:26in her recovery as she grappled with the emotional devastation
10:29of her near-death experience.
10:30So after, Mary Vincent was able to identify her attacker,
10:34providing a very detailed description of Lawrence Singleton.
10:37And police would track him down and arrest him at his home.
10:40And Singleton initially denied the accusations,
10:42attempting to paint himself as the victim,
10:45concocting bizarre stories to excuse his f***ed up behavior.
10:49He claimed that Mary had threatened him
10:52and even attempted to blackmail him.
10:54What the f***?
10:55But his attempts, luckily, were dismantled
10:58by the overwhelming evidence.
11:00The physical evidence was bloodstains
11:02and hair in Singleton's van that were Mary's,
11:05along with the hatchet that he used in the attack
11:07and some other DNA evidence.
11:09It was basically just like,
11:10he was obviously the perpetrator.
11:12So in 1979,
11:14Lawrence Singleton stood trial for his crimes
11:16of kidnapping, grape, attempted murder, and mutilation.
11:20And the trial did draw considerable media attention
11:22as the brutal nature of the crime
11:24and Mary's incredible survival captivated the public.
11:27And Mary Vincent, despite her trauma and ongoing recovery,
11:30took the stand and faced her attacker in court
11:33like a badass b***.
11:34She recounted vivid detail
11:36of how Singleton essayed her and mutilated her
11:40and left her for dead.
11:41But her poise and courage in the face of such horror
11:44moved the jury and the audience alike.
11:47Singleton, on the other hand,
11:48showed no remorse in the trial.
11:50He would maintain his innocence throughout,
11:52despite the overwhelming evidence.
11:55And his attempts to shift the blame
11:56and cast himself as the victim
11:58only deepened the public's outrage with him.
12:00But in the end,
12:01Lawrence Singleton was convicted of multiple charges,
12:04including attempted murder,
12:06grape, kidnapping, and mayhem.
12:08I didn't know mayhem was something you can get convicted of,
12:10but it said it, so I guess it is.
12:12And he was sentenced to a maximum penalty allowed
12:15under California law at the time,
12:17which was 14 years.
12:1914 years for mutilating a girl,
12:23chopping off her arms,
12:24graping her,
12:25and leaving her for dead,
12:27attempting to murder her.
12:28And they gave him 14 years.
12:30But wait, there's more.
12:31Naturally, the public was outraged
12:34for the sentencing
12:34and how little amount of time it was.
12:36The idea of a man who committed these attacks
12:39only getting 14 years ignited a wave of protests,
12:42particularly among victims' rights groups.
12:44Singleton became eligible for parole
12:47after just serving eight years.
12:51What?
12:52And Singleton would get parole
12:54and be released early,
12:56and that would have disastrous consequences.
12:59No fucking shit.
13:00So like I said,
13:01after serving only eight years in prison,
13:04Lawrence Singleton was released on parole in 1987.
13:07And his release was a source of tremendous outrage
13:10and fear for many,
13:12particularly, obviously,
13:13Mary Vincent and her family.
13:14And Singleton's early release
13:16was justified on the grounds of good behavior.
13:22Incredible.
13:23So naturally, this prompted protests
13:25and every community he tried to settle in
13:27would not have it.
13:29So basically, the whole public forced him
13:32to live on the trailer grounds
13:33of San Quentin State Prison,
13:35where he was staying in prison previously,
13:38which is kind of baller,
13:39but still not good enough.
13:40He should be in the fucking jail.
13:42And the fears that many had
13:43about Singleton's release
13:44proved tragically justified.
13:46Because on February 19th, 1997,
13:49nine years after his release,
13:51Lawrence Singleton brutally murdered Roxanne Hayes,
13:54a 31-year-old mother of three.
13:57Hayes was a lady of the night
13:59whom Singleton lured to his home.
14:01And once inside,
14:02he attacked her in a savage,
14:04unprovoked amount of violence,
14:06stabbing her repeatedly with a knife.
14:08And a neighbor would call the police
14:09after hearing screams,
14:11and an officer arrived at the scene
14:12to find Singleton covered in blood
14:14standing over Hayes' lifeless body.
14:16Like the fucking monster that he is.
14:18And Roxanne Hayes' murders
14:19would just shock the nation
14:21and reignited the public's outrage
14:23over Singleton's early release.
14:24So this time, Singleton was charged
14:26with first-degree murder
14:28and faced the death penalty.
14:30And during his trial,
14:31the details of Mary Vincent's case
14:33resurfaced,
14:34with Mary testifying.
14:36And he remained on death row
14:37until his death from cancer in 2001.
14:40He got off lucky.
14:41But the crimes committed by Lawrence Singleton
14:43had far-reaching effects
14:45on the American legal system.
14:47Singleton's attacks on Mary Vincent
14:49and his early release
14:50exposed glaring weaknesses
14:51in sentencing and parole laws,
14:54particularly for violent offenders.
14:57No fucking shit again.
14:59So his case became a very powerful symbol
15:01for advocates of victims' rights,
15:04leading to a significant legal reform
15:06in California and beyond.
15:08And these laws,
15:08often referred to as Singleton laws,
15:11were designed to prevent situations
15:12where individuals convicted
15:14of brutal crimes
15:15could be released
15:16before serving an adequate portion
15:17of their sentence.
15:19Yay!
15:21Good job!
15:22I mean, actually good job,
15:23but like,
15:24why'd it take you so long, you know?
15:25So Mary Vincent,
15:26who had forever been changed
15:28by Singleton's attack,
15:29emerged as an advocate
15:30for victims' rights.
15:31She fought tirelessly
15:32for legal reforms
15:34and shared her story
15:35with the world
15:35in an effort to raise awareness
15:37about the dangers
15:38of violent offenders
15:39being released prematurely.
15:41And though the physical
15:41and emotional scars
15:42of her ordeal remain,
15:44Mary has turned her trauma
15:46into a platform for activism,
15:47seeking to ensure
15:48that no one else
15:49suffers at the hands
15:50of the criminal justice system's
15:52failures as she did.
15:53What a fucking badass.
15:55And that brings us
15:56to our next story,
15:58which is about
15:59Alison Botha.
16:01It was a warm,
16:02unremarkable summer evening
16:03in December 1994.
16:05And yes,
16:06it's summer where she's from
16:07because she's not from
16:08where we're from,
16:09so it's December,
16:09it's summer.
16:10So don't come at me
16:11for that sh**.
16:12This was in Port Elizabeth,
16:13South Africa.
16:14And Alison Botha,
16:16a vibrant 27-year-old woman,
16:18had spent the day
16:18relaxing with friends.
16:19Her life was typical,
16:21filled with work,
16:21friendships,
16:22and plans for the future.
16:23She was independent,
16:24confident,
16:25and like many other women
16:26her age,
16:27looking forward
16:27to the possibilities of life.
16:29But on this night,
16:29a series of unimaginable events
16:32would unfold
16:33that would not only
16:34test her endurance,
16:35but also transform her
16:37into one of the world's
16:38most remarkable
16:39survival stories ever.
16:41So December 18th, 1994,
16:43began like any other day
16:44for Alison.
16:45By the time evening came,
16:46she had been out with friends
16:47at the beach,
16:48enjoying a typical Sunday evening,
16:50and ending it all
16:51at a friend's house
16:52for dinner that night.
16:53And after she left
16:54for dinner,
16:54she had one of her friends
16:55come with her
16:56so she would drop
16:56her friend off
16:57at their house.
16:58And then she would
16:59make her way back
17:00to her apartment,
17:01planning to unwind
17:01and get some rest
17:02before the start
17:03of her work week.
17:04And the warm South African
17:05night was still
17:06and quiet
17:07as Alison pulled up
17:08to her apartment complex.
17:09So as she parked her car,
17:11she began gathering
17:12all of her things
17:13in her car.
17:13She had done laundry
17:14earlier,
17:15so she was kind of
17:16grabbing that
17:16from the back seat.
17:17Alison really had
17:18no reason to be alarmed.
17:19This was a fairly safe
17:21neighborhood she was in.
17:21But in an instant,
17:23her sense of security
17:24was shattered.
17:25As she would go
17:25to reach for the door handle,
17:27a man would appear
17:28out of nowhere,
17:28and he would force himself
17:29into the car,
17:30forcing her to get
17:32into the passenger seat.
17:33His hands were large
17:34and rough,
17:35and before Alison
17:36could even process
17:37what was happening,
17:38he had a knife
17:38pressed against her neck,
17:40and he would say,
17:41move and I kill you.
17:43And the man
17:43who had ambushed Alison
17:44was named
17:45Franz Dutteau.
17:46If I said your name wrong,
17:48I don't really give a fuck
17:49because you're a piece of shit.
17:50He then lied to her
17:51and told her
17:52his name was Clinton.
17:53And minutes later,
17:54his accomplice,
17:55Theons Kruger,
17:56which also,
17:57don't know if I'm saying
17:57your name right,
17:58also,
17:58don't give a shit,
17:59climbed into the back seat
18:00of Alison's car,
18:01and they would force her
18:02into the driver's seat.
18:03So as the car moved
18:04further and further away
18:06from her apartment,
18:07Alison's fear deepened.
18:08She knew she was being
18:09taken somewhere
18:10against her will,
18:11but she had no idea
18:12what awaited her.
18:13And any pretense
18:14of harmless intentions
18:15evaporated as the men
18:16literally told her
18:18what their plans were.
18:19So the car would drive
18:20through Port Elizabeth's
18:21quiet streets
18:22further and further
18:23from any sign
18:24of life or safety.
18:25And as they sped
18:26through the night,
18:27Alison's mind was flooded
18:28with thoughts of escape.
18:30But with the knife
18:30pressed against her skin,
18:32it was just a constant reminder
18:33that any attempt
18:34she made to flee
18:35could end up in her dying.
18:37And the drive would stretch on
18:38until they reached
18:39a deserted area
18:40from outside the city limits.
18:42A stretch of basically
18:43desolate wilderness
18:44where no one
18:45could hear you scream.
18:47So the car would come
18:47to a stop.
18:48And in the eerie silence
18:49of the night,
18:50the two men would turn
18:51to Alison.
18:52And it was then
18:52that the full horror
18:54of the situation
18:54became very clear to her.
18:56Alison would be dragged
18:57out of the car
18:59and onto the ground.
19:00And both men
19:00would take turns
19:01brutally SA-ing her.
19:03And Alison,
19:04though absolutely terrified
19:06and in tremendous amounts
19:08of pain,
19:09stayed calm
19:10and just focused
19:10on survival.
19:11She knew that resisting
19:12would probably only
19:13worsen her situation.
19:15And she just clung
19:15to the faint belief
19:16that maybe if she endured
19:18all of this,
19:19they might let her go.
19:20But after everything
19:21was done,
19:21one of the guys
19:22tried to strangle her.
19:24She would not die
19:24from the strangulation.
19:26But that's when
19:26Franz Dutteau,
19:27the ringleader,
19:28turned to Kruger
19:29and said coldly,
19:30she has to die.
19:31And that's when Dutteau
19:32would pull out a knife
19:33and start slashing
19:34at Alison's throat.
19:36And the knife
19:36would cut through her skin
19:37with such force
19:39that her windpipe
19:39and trachea
19:41was severed.
19:41So Alison's body
19:42was just wracked
19:43with pain
19:44at this point.
19:45And she was just
19:46struggling for breath.
19:47But they weren't finished.
19:49They would also
19:49stab her repeatedly
19:51in the stomach
19:5136 times in total,
19:54completely disemboweling
19:55her in the process.
19:56And she would be conscious
19:57the whole time.
19:59And eventually,
19:59she said that
20:00she felt no pain.
20:01I'm assuming due to shock.
20:03So they casually
20:03just discarded
20:04of Alison's body
20:06and her clothes
20:07and threw them near her
20:08and got in their car
20:09and left.
20:10So in a state of shock
20:12and barely conscious,
20:13Alison's mind
20:14was still fighting.
20:15Her injuries were
20:16catastrophic
20:17at this point.
20:18And she would just stare up
20:19at the night sky,
20:20kind of drifting
20:20in and out of consciousness,
20:22hearing kind of a
20:23whistling, wheezing noise
20:24while she was staring up.
20:25And little did she know
20:26at the time
20:27that that whistling,
20:28wheezing noise
20:29was actually because
20:30of the severe damage
20:32that they caused
20:32to her neck.
20:33And it was her severed
20:34windpipe
20:35and the wind blowing
20:36in and out of it
20:37because she was nearly
20:38decapitated at this point.
20:41And her intestines
20:42also laid on the outside
20:43of her body,
20:45exposed to the cold air.
20:46And while she was lying there,
20:48just in complete disbelief
20:50of what happened,
20:51she remembered
20:51that the guys thought
20:53she was going to die.
20:54So they started referring
20:55to each other
20:55in their actual names,
20:57Franz and Theans.
20:58And similar to Mary Vincent,
21:00she didn't want
21:00what happened to her
21:01to happen to any other girl.
21:03So she would struggle,
21:04but she would manage
21:05to get her arm up
21:06and write their names
21:07in the sand beside her.
21:09Along with writing
21:09I love mom below
21:11just in case she didn't make it.
21:13And it was also then
21:14that she remembered
21:14that the guys had thrown
21:16her clothes near her.
21:17So she would reach out
21:18and realize that
21:19her denim shirt was there.
21:21And she would use
21:21that denim shirt
21:22to kind of gather
21:24all of her organs
21:27around her
21:28and put them back
21:29into her body cavity
21:31and hold them there.
21:32And then she would try
21:33to get up
21:34onto her knees
21:36to start crawling.
21:37But then she realized
21:38that everything was dark.
21:40And when she went up
21:41to go feel her head
21:42with her other hand,
21:43she would realize
21:44that her head wasn't there
21:45and it was only her throat.
21:47Because her head
21:48was literally
21:49hanging back
21:50off of her neck.
21:53So she would have to
21:54manually put her head back
21:55and hold it
21:57while she crawled
21:58to what she could
21:59only hope was safety.
22:00So she knew
22:01that there was
22:02a road nearby
22:03so she painstakingly
22:05and agonizingly slow
22:07crawled to that road.
22:08But she would make it
22:09and as soon as she made it
22:10she pretty much
22:11just collapsed.
22:12And also like Mary Vincent,
22:14there would be a car
22:15that would zoom
22:16right past her
22:17and she said
22:18that she didn't even
22:19really feel bad
22:20because she kind of understood
22:21because like
22:22who would stop
22:23for somebody
22:24just like brutally...
22:25I would.
22:26I would.
22:27shortly after
22:28that first car
22:29sped by
22:30and saw her
22:30another car
22:31would speed by
22:32and slam on their brakes
22:34and this car
22:35was full of students
22:36one of which
22:37was a veterinarian student
22:39named Tien Ellard
22:41and he got out of the car
22:43immediately
22:43and was horrified
22:44by what he saw.
22:45He would see
22:45her blood-soaked clothes
22:46and her exposed insides
22:48and her severed throat
22:50but Allison
22:51at this point
22:51would finally feel
22:53some comfort
22:53because she could see
22:54on his face
22:55that he was carrying
22:56and he was going
22:57to try to help her
22:58and Tien would try
22:59to keep her awake
23:00and conscious
23:00by asking her
23:01yes or no questions
23:02and telling her
23:03to squeeze his hand
23:05yes or no
23:05to just make sure
23:07that she was still
23:08alert and alive
23:09and the people with Tien
23:10would then call
23:11first responders
23:11but they would take
23:12over an hour
23:14and a half
23:14to arrive at the scene
23:16but if Tien wasn't there
23:17she probably would have died
23:18so at the hospital
23:19the medical staff
23:20was absolutely stunned
23:21by the extent
23:22of Allison's injuries
23:23and the fact
23:24that she was still alive
23:25and the doctors
23:25would work frantically
23:26to stabilize her condition
23:27performing multiple surgeries
23:29on her throat
23:30and abdomen
23:30and the fact
23:31that she had survived
23:32the attack alone
23:32was a miracle
23:33and Allison would spend
23:35weeks and weeks
23:36in the hospital
23:36fighting to overcome
23:37infection, pain
23:39and the emotional scars
23:40left by the attack
23:41and the physical recovery
23:42was grueling
23:43she underwent extensive
23:44reconstructive surgeries
23:45and her rehabilitation
23:46required an enormous
23:48amount of resilience
23:49but slowly and slowly
23:50her body began to heal
23:52but despite everything
23:53Allison's spirit
23:54remained unbroken
23:55even in the midst
23:56of her recovery
23:56she was determined
23:57to bring her attackers
23:58to justice
23:59because she was the key
24:00in solving her own case
24:02so Allison's incredible survival
24:03meant that she was able
24:04to provide police
24:05with a very detailed
24:06description of her attackers
24:08she had seen their faces
24:09heard their voices
24:10and even knew their names
24:11and with her testimony
24:12the police were able
24:13to quickly locate
24:14and arrest
24:15Franz Dutteau
24:16and Theons Kruger
24:17and when the men
24:18were brought to trial
24:19Allison's bravery
24:20shone once again
24:21despite the trauma
24:22that she had endured
24:23she took the stand
24:24and recounted the horrific
24:25details of her attack
24:27and her testimony
24:28was powerful
24:29and the evidence
24:30against Dutteau
24:31and Kruger
24:32were overwhelming
24:33and also the doctors
24:34told her like
24:34you should not be doing this
24:36because you just had
24:37throat surgeries
24:38you can't talk
24:39like don't do this
24:40and she was just like
24:41take this shit out of my throat
24:43I'm putting these guys
24:44in fucking jail
24:45so both men
24:46would be convicted
24:46of multiple charges
24:48including kidnapping
24:49grape
24:49and attempted murder
24:50and mutilation
24:51Franz though
24:52kept claiming
24:52that a demon
24:53was trapped
24:54inside of his body
24:55and told him
24:56to do those things
24:57but police
24:58obviously saw right
24:59through him
24:59and that didn't
25:00that didn't work
25:01so judge
25:01Chris Jansen
25:02sentenced Franz
25:03and Theons
25:04to life in prison
25:04without the chance
25:05of parole
25:06that's how you do it
25:08okay
25:08that's how you do it
25:09you don't say
25:1014 years
25:11and ah let's just
25:12let him out
25:12for good behavior
25:13after 8 you know
25:14and a lovely
25:15little tidbit
25:16after is that
25:17Tien
25:17the veterinarian student
25:19who's now a doctor
25:20became a doctor
25:21and actually
25:22delivered one
25:23of the two
25:24of Allison's babies
25:26later in life
25:27and they also told her
25:28she'd never be able
25:28to have kids
25:29but she went on
25:29to have two
25:30this chick is just like
25:31as bad as they come
25:34in the best way
25:34and in the years
25:35following the attack
25:36Allison's story
25:37became a beacon
25:38of hope and resilience
25:39for countless of people
25:40around the world
25:41she refused to be defined
25:42by the brutality
25:43she had endured
25:44and instead
25:45used her experience
25:46to inspire others
25:47there's also been
25:48a 2016 documentary
25:49made about her life story
25:50as well
25:51called Allison
25:52so yeah
25:52that's Allison
25:53Allison both
25:54absolute queen
25:56absolute queen
25:57I can't
25:57the whole
25:58like I can't
26:00reading that
26:01I was like
26:01oh my god
26:02you can't help
26:03but put yourself
26:04in those shoes
26:04and I just
26:06I mean you can't
26:07you can't really
26:08like I was like
26:08what would I do
26:09I don't know
26:09I would just
26:10I don't know
26:11I would love to think
26:12that I'd be as awesome
26:13as her
26:13but I don't really know
26:15I don't really know
26:15the fact is
26:16she's badass
26:17she's still living
26:18and she's still inspiring
26:19and I love that
26:19let's move on
26:20to the last story
26:21and that is
26:22Jamie Kloss
26:23so it was a quiet
26:24autumn night
26:25on October 15th
26:272018
26:27in Barron
26:28Wisconsin
26:2913 year old
26:30Jamie Kloss
26:31was at home
26:31with her parents
26:32James and Denise
26:33in their cozy
26:34rural house
26:35surrounded by thick woods
26:36and open fields
26:37the evening had passed
26:38like any other
26:39Jamie
26:40a bright and active girl
26:41was likely winding down
26:43for a school day
26:44enjoying the security
26:45of her family
26:45and familiar surroundings
26:46but what Jamie
26:47didn't know
26:48is that there was
26:49a stranger
26:49that had been
26:50watching her
26:51Jake Patterson
26:52a 21 year old man
26:54from a nearby town
26:55had spotted her
26:56getting off a school bus
26:57one day
26:57and in his mind
26:58a plan began
26:59to take shape
27:00one that would soon
27:01shatter her peaceful life
27:03so as the Kloss
27:04family slept
27:05Patterson pulled up
27:06outside their house
27:07in his older model car
27:08the tires crunching
27:09against the gravel
27:10and dressed in all black
27:11and armed with a shotgun
27:13Patterson had already
27:14decided that nothing
27:15would stand in his way
27:16not even Jamie's parents
27:17his heart raced
27:18with anticipation
27:19as he cut the engine
27:20and stepped out
27:22into the cool
27:22Wisconsin night
27:23and the house
27:24was dark and still
27:25when Patterson
27:26approached the front door
27:27at around 12 53 a.m.
27:29with a shotgun in hand
27:31James Kloss
27:32Jamie's father
27:32was startled
27:33by a sudden pounding
27:34on the door
27:35and the dog barking
27:36as well
27:37the banging was so loud
27:38and forceful
27:39it shattered the calm
27:40of the night
27:40and instinctively
27:41being the man
27:42of the house
27:42James got up
27:43to see who was
27:44at the door
27:44but before he could
27:46unlock it
27:46Patterson blasted
27:48through the front entrance
27:49firing a shot
27:50directly into James' face
27:52killing him instantly
27:53Jamie terrified
27:55by the sound of gunfire
27:56ran to the bathroom
27:57with her mother
27:58Denise
27:59the two would huddle
28:00together in the small room
28:01as their hearts pounded
28:03praying that the intruder
28:04wouldn't find them
28:04and Denise
28:05acting on instinct
28:06dialed 911
28:07but could barely
28:08get any words out
28:09before Patterson
28:10broke down the door
28:11and Jamie's ears rang
28:12as Patterson stormed
28:13into the bathroom
28:14he ripped the phone
28:15from Denise's hand
28:16and ordered her
28:17to hang up
28:18and also to put a piece
28:19of tape over Jamie's mouth
28:20Denise would comply
28:22but it was then
28:22that Patterson
28:23would hold up the shotgun
28:24and shoot her
28:26right in front of Jamie
28:27she had just witnessed
28:28both of her parents
28:30murdered
28:30her world at this point
28:31was collapsing around her
28:33but the nightmare
28:33was far from over
28:35Patterson would then
28:35take her outside
28:36and stuff her
28:37in the trunk of his car
28:38slamming it shut
28:39and speeding off
28:40into the night
28:41and like I said
28:41at 12.53 a.m
28:43a 911 call
28:44was placed by Denise
28:45but there were
28:46no words spoken
28:47the dispatcher
28:48could hear yelling
28:49and disturbance
28:49in the background
28:50but not much else
28:51police would also
28:52be dispatched
28:53and they would arrive
28:53at the residence
28:54within four minutes
28:56and Patterson and Jamie
28:57would already be gone
28:58and upon arrival
28:59they would find
29:00the front door
29:00kicked in
29:01and the bodies
29:01of James and Denise
29:02with no sign
29:04of Jamie Claus
29:04so the Barron County
29:05Sheriff's Department
29:06would launch a massive
29:07search for Jamie
29:08fearing that she
29:09had been abducted
29:10amber alerts were issued
29:11and the FBI
29:12joined the investigation
29:13as well
29:14and the community
29:14really rallied together
29:15holding visuals
29:16organizing search parties
29:18and clinging to the hope
29:19that Jamie was still alive
29:20and back in the trunk
29:21of Patterson's car
29:22Jamie felt like
29:24it was an eternity
29:24of a drive
29:25she was trapped
29:26in this claustrophobic
29:27confines of a trunk
29:29she had no idea
29:30at this point
29:30where Patterson was taking her
29:31but one thing was clear
29:33and that was that
29:33she was completely
29:34at his mercy
29:35and after what seemed
29:36like hours
29:36the car would finally stop
29:38and Patterson would
29:39take Jamie out of the trunk
29:40and led her into a remote cabin
29:42in Gordon, Wisconsin
29:44about 70 miles
29:45from her home
29:46the cabin was very isolated
29:48and surrounded by dense woods
29:50and far removed
29:51from prying eyes
29:52and inside
29:52Patterson kept Jamie captive
29:54forcing her to stay hidden
29:56under a bed
29:57in his sparsely furnished room
29:59the bed was surrounded
29:59by heavy boxes
30:01and weighed down
30:01with furniture
30:02creating a very small
30:04suffocating space
30:05that Jamie was forced
30:07to crawl into
30:07and Patterson threatened her
30:09with death
30:10if she tried to escape
30:11or make any sort of noise
30:12and for 88 days
30:16Jamie lived in a constant
30:17state of fear
30:18her entire world
30:19just reduced
30:20to this small
30:21cramped space
30:23beneath a bed
30:2488 days
30:26what a f***ing
30:27piece of shit monster
30:29and every passing day
30:30just felt like a lifetime
30:31to Jamie
30:31he would leave her alone
30:33for hours
30:33sometimes even days
30:35during which she remained
30:36trapped under the bed
30:37without food
30:38or water
30:39or access
30:40to a bathroom
30:41and Jamie didn't know
30:42if anyone was searching
30:43at her at this point
30:44or if she would ever be found
30:45she could only wait
30:46and watch for an opportunity
30:47and hope for a way out
30:49and the chance
30:50would come
30:51on January 10th 2019
30:53on a cold winter's day
30:54Jamie
30:55being a
30:56such a smart girl
30:57grew very
30:59used to the patterns
31:01of Patterson's behavior
31:02she could sense
31:03when he was leaving
31:04for longer periods
31:05and on this particular day
31:06he had left the cabin
31:08for a couple hours
31:09telling her
31:09he was going out
31:10and for the first time
31:11in months
31:12Jamie felt a spark of hope
31:14this was her chance
31:14her one and only chance
31:16to escape
31:16so her heart
31:17pounded
31:18as she scrawled out
31:19from beneath the bed
31:20she knew she had to move
31:21extremely quickly
31:22but her hands were trembling
31:23with the weight
31:24of all the fear
31:25what if he came back
31:26what if she got caught
31:27pushing those thoughts
31:29aside
31:29as much as she could
31:30Jamie darted
31:31out of the cabin
31:32into the freezing cold
31:33of the wilderness
31:34that surrounded her
31:35wearing only an ill-fitting
31:36pair of shoes
31:37and very light clothing
31:38she would run through
31:39the snowy terrain
31:40her breath sharp
31:41with the biting winter air
31:43and the snow crunched
31:44beneath her feet
31:45as she made her way
31:46down a road
31:47that she had never seen before
31:48she didn't know
31:48where she was
31:49but all she knew
31:50is that she had to keep going
31:51and after running
31:52for some time
31:53she spotted a woman
31:54walking her dog
31:55and her name
31:56was Jean Nutter
31:57and as soon as
31:58she saw Jamie
31:59she knew something
32:00was terribly wrong
32:01Jamie breathless
32:02and cold
32:03told Jean
32:04she was
32:04Jamie Closs
32:05the missing girl
32:06that everyone
32:07had been searching for
32:08and Jean knew
32:08basically right away
32:10because the whole city
32:11had been plastered
32:12with Jamie's face
32:13all over it
32:14and Jean would take Jamie
32:15to a nearby neighbor's house
32:16where they immediately
32:17called police
32:18and Jamie provided
32:19critical information
32:20about Patterson
32:21including his name
32:22and the description
32:23of his vehicle
32:24and acting swiftly
32:25on Jamie's information
32:26law enforcement officers
32:27apprehended Patterson
32:29as he drove through
32:29a neighborhood
32:30searching for Jamie
32:31which is just so scary
32:33but they would catch him
32:34quite literally
32:35the same day
32:36so the nightmare
32:37was finally over
32:38and Jamie had escaped
32:39and Jake Patterson
32:40would confess to the murder
32:41of her parents
32:42and abducting Jamie
32:43saying he had
32:44meticulously planned the crime
32:46after seeing Jamie
32:47by chance
32:47and he was charged
32:48for two counts
32:49of first degree
32:50intentional homicide
32:51and one count
32:52of kidnapping
32:52and in March 2019
32:54he pleaded guilty
32:55to all charges
32:56and during the sentencing
32:57hearing in May of 2019
32:59Patterson showed
33:00a little remorse
33:01stating that he was
33:02deeply sorry
33:03but acknowledging
33:05that his words
33:06might mean nothing
33:06to those he had hurt
33:08no f***ing
33:09and the judge
33:10would sentence Patterson
33:11to two consecutive
33:12life sentences
33:12without the possibility
33:14of parole
33:15for the murders
33:16plus an additional
33:1640 years
33:17for the kidnapping
33:18yes
33:19that's how you
33:20that's how you convict
33:21the sentence
33:22was ensured
33:23that he would spend
33:23the rest of his
33:24miserable f***ing life
33:25in prison
33:26so Jamie's story
33:27captured the nation's
33:28attention
33:29it was a story
33:30of resilience
33:30and survival
33:31in the face
33:32of unimaginable terror
33:33at such a young age
33:34too
33:35and after her escape
33:36Jamie returned
33:37to her family
33:37slowly beginning
33:38the process of healing
33:39and though the trauma
33:40of those 88 days
33:42will always be with her
33:43Jamie's courage
33:44and strength
33:44have inspired
33:45countless people
33:46around the world
33:47including myself
33:47and she has chosen
33:48to remain largely
33:49out of the public eye
33:51focusing more
33:51on rebuilding her life
33:52and support
33:54with her family
33:54and in 2019
33:55she was awarded
33:56the hometown hero award
33:58by Wisconsin State Assembly
34:00for her incredible bravery
34:01Jamie Closs
34:02is not just a survivor
34:03she's a symbol of hope
34:05and proof that
34:06even in the darkest moments
34:07there is always a chance
34:08for escape and survival
34:09so that concludes
34:11the video
34:11I hope
34:12you enjoyed hearing
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34:22I think it's inspiring
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34:26at the same time
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