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There are over 100,000 cold cases in America.

Only 1% are ever solved.

This is one of those rare stories.

It's July 10, 1995, in Louisville, Kentucky.

20-year-old Kira Ash awakens to find a man in her bedroom.

I saw him for a split second, and he turned me around and flying folded me with a bandana. He just said, do everything I say.

He kept telling me, don't look at me.

Do exactly as I say, don't say anything, and I won't hurt you.

I just was just, God, just please just save me.

You know, I don't know what's going to happen here, but don't let him kill me.

I'm not ready to go yet.

The man rapes Kira and leaves her with a set of instructions.

He told me to lie down, as it was already on my knees, told me to lie down, face down,

to look to the left or to the right, and to count to 50.

Kira does as she is told, and eventually contacts the police.

A rape kit is taken, but no seaman is recovered, and the case goes cold.

In time, Kira moves on, but she can never forget the moments that changed her life forever.

Even another rape victim can't understand what you've been through.

They have their own story, and no one can understand the emotions that you feel.

God had helped me erase that almost from my memory.

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