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Dateline NBC

The Match

Dateline NBC

NBC News

News, Society & Culture, Social, Culture, True Crime

4.440.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2019

⏱️ ? minutes

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Summary

In this Dateline classic, a high school girl, who was nearly beaten to death in her own home, goes under hypnosis in an attempt to identify her attacker. Andrea Canning reports. Originally aired on NBC on September 7, 2018.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I see her laying there on the floor and I see a person who I've never seen before in my house.

0:18.0

And I'm looking at him. He tells me I'm next while he's reaching for a butcher knife.

0:23.0

Terrified.

0:25.0

Why did you walk in? I talk blood everywhere.

0:28.0

Her daughter's laying there. A young girl coming home for lunch, getting brutally attacked.

0:33.0

Blood on the floor, the shovel, duct tape, also a knife.

0:37.0

I truly thought Brittany would die.

0:40.0

You wake up from your coma and just like trying to communicate.

0:44.0

She didn't give up. It was a struggle.

0:46.0

You're not only the victim and this, you're the witness.

0:49.0

It's almost like a nightmare.

0:52.0

The detective wanted you to do hypnosis.

0:55.0

Your mind is in a completely different phase.

0:57.0

It's hurting me. It's hurting me.

1:01.0

The details that she gave.

1:04.0

It was unbelievable.

1:08.0

Because you did it. I said no you did.

1:11.0

The victim was a victim.

1:14.0

The victim was a victim.

1:17.0

The victim was a victim.

1:20.0

The victim was a victim.

1:23.0

The victim was a victim.

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