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In America one out of every six women have been the victim of rape and there's a sexual assault every 73 seconds

But the trauma lasts much longer than the event itself

94% of rape survivors develop PTSD symptoms

For many survivors the relief that comes from a conviction is just the knowledge that the attacker

can't strike again

That knowledge is powerful but as far as the impact on the victim is concerned a guilty verdict doesn't undo the past

In this case the victim lived in fear for over 10 years that her rapist might return

From A&E this is cold case files I'm Brooke and here's the dignified Bill Curtis with the classic case

The taunt

I think my brain literally just stopped for a second, you know, I didn't feel anything. I felt numbness

20-year-old Kara Ash awakens to a nightmare

There is a man in her bedroom

I saw him for a split second and he turned me around and blindfolded me with a bandana

He just said do everything I say he kept telling me don't look at me

Um do it exactly as I say don't say anything and I won't hurt you

I just was just breaking God just please just save me, you know, I don't know what's gonna happen here

But don't let him kill me. I'm not ready to go yet

The man rapes Kara and leaves her with a set of instructions

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