Southern Fried True Crime covers cases that are not suitable for young listeners, and there

may also be some explicit language used.

Today's episode is about sexual assault, so I would like to emphasize listener discretion.

If you find this topic distressing, you may want to skip this episode.

Imagine sleeping soundly as the rain patters against your bedroom window.

It's cold outside, but your snuggled in your warm bed sound asleep, feeling completely

secure.

Suddenly, you're wide awake, something touched you.

There's a strange man looming over you, he's wearing a stocking mask and you know instantly

why he's there.

This is how a 38 year old Nashville attorney awoke in the chili pre-don hours of March

1st, 1994.

Pat young knew immediately that she would fight.

And fight she did.

Every time the man tried to grab her hands to bind them, she thought.

He punched her in the face and head and still she fought.

They tumbled to the floor and she fought, biting him numerous times.

It was the only weapon she had.

She managed to bite off a piece of skin on his finger and thinking quickly pulled it from

her teeth and hit it under the bed.

They struggled a bit longer until he abruptly stopped, pushing her into her bathroom and

then he fled into the night.

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