rewards. names just start pouring in. so we were talking to a bunch of people. but to no avail. the billboard campaign didn t produce any workable suspects, witnesses or leads. meanwhile, the marcell family was on edge. in the days following the attack, brittani remained on life support, close to death. we really didn t know what to do when they said, she s probably not gonna make it. their home, once a safe and sacred place, was now marred by evil. walking in was like someone died there. like, it was just morbid. it it was just dark. hard. very dark. going back there, it s a dark feeling you get on the inside of this is not okay and you just want to get what you have to get to survive and leave. brittani s mom soon found a rental house, but changing addresses didn t help with the lingering unease.
so you re raising a child that you already raised. that, i think, was the hardest part, watching mom have to go through that again. you just you wanted to cry for them. five months after the attack, her condition had stabilized to the point brittani could be released from the hospital. but she was far from healed. she didn t realize why she couldn t walk, why she couldn t eat, why she had to learn all these things over again. as helpless as a child, which meant if the attacker returned, the marcell family was more vulnerable now than ever. so diane fled albuquerque, taking brittani along with the two youngest children to neighboring texas. she found a new home, a new job, and most important a rehabilitation clinic for brittani. her mom was very, very anxious because we didn t know who the assailant was, and that they were still very concerned for her safety. doctor lori wright was one of brittani s therapists. what was your first impression of brittani when you met her?
but that optimism was lost on the marcell family. they were still living in constant fear brittani s attacker would one day return, possibly for them. it was a scary thought because we didn t know if we were being followed still. and we re all scared. and that s when, in 2012, brittani s mom placed an uncomfortable call to sgt. thomson. i finally said, you know what, i think we need new eyes on the case. and so we had to have some hard discussions about what are the next steps? how can we move this case forward? sgt. thomson decided the best way to accomplish that was to re-assign the case to veteran homicide detective jodi gonterman. so, i read through the case. i briefed with detective morales. i spoke with the family. brittani didn t remember what happened at all. describe her for us. your first impression, what you thought of her? she s a go-getter. she s stubborn. she doesn t give up. she s just fascinating. she s cute, vivacious. she s a mom. she has kids.
produce any workable suspects, witnesses or leads. meanwhile, the marcell family was on edge. in the days following the attack, brittani remained on life support, close to death. we really didn t know what to do when they said, she s probably not gonna make it. their home, once a safe and sacred place, was now marred by evil. walking in was like someone died there. like, it was just morbid. it it was just dark. hard. very dark. going back there, it s a we can all say we have a fun memory of the house. and going there, it s that dark feeling you get on the inside, of this isn t okay. and you just want to get what you have to get to survive, and leave. britney s mom soon found a rental house but changing addresses didn t help with the lingering unease. whenever we re in the house, the alarm was set constantly. no open windows. no open doors until we go out. our whole lifestyle changed.
released from the hospital. but she was far from healed. she didn t realize why she couldn t walk, why she couldn t eat, why she had to learn all these things over again. as helpless as a child, which meant if the attacker returned, the marcell family was more vulnerable now than ever. so diane fled albuquerque, taking brittani along with the two youngest children to neighboring texas. she found a new home, a new job, and most important a rehabilitation clinic for brittani. her mom was very, very anxious because we didn t know who the assailant was, and that they were still very concerned for her safety. doctor lori wright was one of brittani s therapists. what was your first impression of brittani when you met her? she just didn t know much beyond where she was. and she was very, very confused. crying a lot. she had to have somebody shower her. she had to have somebody take her to the bathroom. she had to have all