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The following episode contains scenes and descriptions of sexual violence that could be disturbing to some listeners.

Listener discretion is advised.

He started strangling me and wouldn't let go.

Real people.

And he just kept spitting on me and just kept saying, say Obama, say Obama.

Who faced death.

He had the gun pointed right at my face through the window.

And lived to tell how. And Ethan said, why are you doing this to my mommy?

I love my mommy.

This is I survived. It's October 2008 in Roaring Springs, Kentucky.

Christie was a 36-year-old single mom of three children.

I was just one of those type of people that loved having children.

I loved being with my children.

They meant the world to me. Kayla was 17 and she played the guitar.

Courtney was 14 and she liked to talk on the phone a lot.

She was everybody's friend.

Ethan was five and he liked to dig for worms and hunt for frogs

and anything to do without being outside.

Christie's house is being advertised for sale.

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