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Narrator/Host (0:27)
This episode contains stories involving violence against children. Listener discretion is advised.
Mitzi (Survivor) (0:34)
Just has to be something so wrong with this person for him to be able to do something like that to a child.
Narrator/Host (0:42)
Real people.
Tammy (Survivor) (0:44)
I managed to get the knife away from him and he went absolutely bat crazy.
Narrator/Host (0:50)
Who faced death.
Leona (Survivor) (0:52)
I closed his eyes and told him I loved him. And then I walked down the trail.
Narrator/Host (0:58)
And lived to tell how.
Mitzi (Survivor) (1:00)
I didn't know if he was gonna kill me. I just. I didn't know.
Narrator/Host (1:06)
This is. I survived. It's August 2000 in Vallejo, California. It is the morning of Midzy's 8th birthday.
Mitzi (Survivor) (1:22)
It was the day of my birthday party. I wanted to help my mom get all this stuff together, go get the cake, set up balloons and, you know, I just wanted to, you know, I wanted to help out. I was excited for this day. It was my birthday. I was going to have a bunch of friends over, so I didn't want to go to school. I asked my mom if I could just, you know, stay home, but she said no. She wanted me to, you know, she didn't want me to miss school. She wanted to surprise me, you know, and do her own thing. So I went to school that day. I lived about six blocks away from my elementary school, so my mom would let us walk home sometimes, you know, if she was working. But we, you know, I always had to be with my brother. She never let us walk, never let us walk alone. So the whole day I was anxious to get home. I was just, you know, I was just excited. So at the end of the school day, the bell rang and I got up and left. I didn't even look for my brother. I just. I just got up and left. I was about a block away from home and I remember seeing this car and, you know, it looked kind of suspicious. I had a gut feeling, you know, that told me to cross the street, but I didn't, you know, I. I was on the same side that my home was on. So I just continued on walking. And I saw this man in his car looking at me through his rear view mirror. I had a nasty feeling in my stomach. And this guy got out of his car and, you know, he's walking, he's got his cane, and he's looking like he, you know, needs some help. He asked me if I could help grab something from his car. He said his leg was messed up and he couldn't bend over. I just wanted to help the guy because he looked like he needed some help. He looked like he couldn't do it on his own. So I said, okay, you know, I'm gonna help this guy. And then get on. I opened up the car door and he leaned over me, leaned over me from behind and put his hands around my mouth. He threw me into the car. And, you know, he said, if you try to get out or run, I'm gonna shoot you. I have a gun in my trunk. I was freaked out. I was scared. I didn't know what was going on. I didn't know if it was real. I didn't know. I just, you know, I was in shock. We took off down the street, and as we took off towards the freeway entrance, I was looking back at my house, just wanting to, you know, be there so bad. Not with this weirdo, you know, I'm just like this scared little girl, not knowing or understanding why this old man has me in his car, what he wants to do with me. I did, you know, everything he said. I didn't want to make him mad or I didn't want, you know, I didn't want him to hurt me. So I just. I just went along.
