Hi, I Survived listeners, I'm Marissa Pinson.

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This episode contains stories involving violence against children. Listener discretion is advised.

I've got blood coming out of my ears, my eyes, my nose. I can't feel my jaw. I can't feel the right side of my body.

Real people. I was aware of the fact that as he closed down his grip, he just ripped my face off.

Who faced death?

He takes that piece of glass and's just trying to cut my throat.

And live to tell how.

At that point, I knew if I die right here,

nobody's going to know who did this.

This is I survived.

It's 2008 in Emory, Texas.

Terry's 16-year-old daughter has just met her first boyfriend.

Well, Erin was a pretty typical child.

You know, she was very well-mannered, very respectful to her elders, very quiet-spoken,

but she was also very energetic, she always had a smile on her face.

We never had any trouble out of her until she started dating Charlie.

The very first time I met Charlie, I wasn't too enthused.

My wife and Aaron had invited him over for supper one evening.

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