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Narrator: A YOUNG COUPLE CRAZY IN LOVE.
IT WAS JUST MY IDEA OF A PERFECT DATE.
Narrator: BUT PASSION CAN TURN ROMANCE INTO RAGE...
YOU COULD JUST SEE FEAR COME OVER HER.
Narrator: ...AND MEN INTO MONSTERS.
HER FACE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
[ Voice breaking ] THIS IS THE ONE TIME
THAT I'LL BE ABLE TO TELL WHAT YOU DID TO ME.
WHAT HAPPENED?!
-- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
Narrator: THEY SAY VIRGINIA IS FOR LOVERS.
FOR KEVIN BULLOCK, THAT'S NOT JUST A SLOGAN.
TONIGHT, HE'S GOT BIG PLANS --
A DREAM DATE WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND, NATALIE.
PHYSICALLY, I FOUND HIM TO BE VERY HANDSOME.
HE HAD GORGEOUS EYES.
I JUST -- I FOUND HIM TO BE SEXY AND ATTRACTIVE.
Narrator: NATALIE HAS HER HEART SET ON BECOMING A PROFESSIONAL DANCER.
KEVIN'S GOT HIS HEART SET ON WINNING HERS.
HE SWINGS BY HER STUDIO TO PICK HER UP AND TO ENJOY THE SCENERY.
Natalie: OF COURSE, I'M SURE HE PROBABLY LIKED SEEING ME IN A LEOTARD
AND STRETCHING AND DANCING.
[ CLAPPING ]
DANCING IS MORE --
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT CAN BE ROMANTIC AND MORE SENSUAL
JUST DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF DANCE THAT YOU'RE DOING.
HE WAS VERY AFFECTIONATE, AND HE WASN'T AFRAID TO SHOW IT,
AND HE WAS A GOOD KISSER.
Narrator: SPARKS HAVE BEEN FLYING SINCE THEY MET LESS THAN A YEAR AGO
OUTSIDE HER DANCE STUDIO AFTER A RECITAL.
NATALIE'S JUST A HIGH-SCHOOL SENIOR.
MY SISTER IS FUN TO BE AROUND, LIKES CRACKING JOKES,
SO SHE WAS A REAL POPULAR PERSON.
Narrator: KEVIN IS SIX YEARS OLDER -- ALL THE MORE A PRIZE CATCH.
Natalie: I LIKED THE FACT THAT HE WAS ATTRACTED TO ME.
I JUST FELT MORE SPECIAL.
I FELT LIKE I HAD SOMETHING THAT MOST GIRLS MY AGE DIDN'T HAVE.
UM, MY NAME IS KEVIN.
NATALIE.
NICE TO MEET YOU, NATALIE.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
Narrator: BUT THEN NATALIE'S GOT SOME UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
I DATED AN OLD BOYFRIEND BEFORE KEVIN...
I'M JUST GONNA TAKE YOU ON A DATE.
...AND HE ALWAYS EXPRESSED
THAT HE WANTED US TO GET BACK TOGETHER.
WE'RE OVER.
BUT I'M HERE RIGHT NOW. I WANT TO TAKE YOU OUT.
HE WAS ALWAYS TRYING TO CALL OR COME BY EVERY BLUE MOON.
I'M GETTING READY FOR ANOTHER DATE.
ONE TIME, HE CAME OVER UNANNOUNCED
WHILE I WAS ABOUT TO GO ON A DATE WITH KEVIN.
HE WAS HOPING THAT IT WOULD BE SOME KIND OF CONFRONTATION.
Narrator: KEVIN REFUSES TO TAKE THE BAIT.
KEVIN JUST REMAINED A GENTLEMAN.
WE WENT OUT TO THE CAR, AND HE OPENED MY CAR DOOR, AND WE LEFT.
HE STILL KEPT HIS COOL.
I REALLY LIKED THAT,
AND I THOUGHT THAT SHOWED A LOT ON HIS PART.
BUT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT GUY
BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT HE WAS.
IF I THOUGHT SOMEONE WOULD BE THE AGGRESSOR,
I KNEW IT WOULD BE HIM.
Narrator: IT'S BEEN NATALIE AND KEVIN EVER SINCE,
AND TONIGHT, SHE'S IN FOR A TREAT.
KEVIN'S PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS,
STARTING WITH ONE SURPRISE THAT WILL SWEEP HER OFF HER FEET --
LITERALLY.
IT WASN'T OFTEN THAT I GOT TO GO TO THE MALL,
SO I WAS REALLY EXCITED, AND HE SAW A PAIR OF SHOES,
AND HE SAID, "WELL, THESE ARE REALLY NICE."
I JUST THOUGHT, "WOW. THIS IS REALLY ROMANTIC."
HOW'S IT FEEL?
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A FAIRY TALE LIKE YOU WOULD SEE ON A MOVIE.
[ LAUGHS ] YEAH!
Narrator: IT'S A TRUE CINDERELLA NIGHT.
YOU'RE WELCOME, NAT.
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
Natalie: SO, WE WENT TO A NICE RESTAURANT --
A VERY, VERY NICE RESTAURANT.
THE BEST FOR THE BEST.
IT WAS DEFINITELY A PLACE TO BE AFFECTIONATE.
I HAVE, LIKE, A ROMANTIC-TYPE DINNER,
AND SO IT WAS JUST DEFINITELY MY IDEA OF A PERFECT DATE.
Narrator: IN FACT, KEVIN HAS SOMETHING BIG TO ASK HER.
HE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT.
SO FAR, KEVIN AND NATALIE HAVE BEEN LIVING A FAIRY TALE...
...BUT THE CLOCK IS ABOUT TO STRIKE 12:00.
Narrator: A SURPRISE GIFT, AN INTIMATE DATE,
AND TO CAP IT OFF,
KEVIN CAN'T WAIT TO ASK NATALIE A BIG QUESTION.
NOW, AT LAST, THEY'RE ALONE.
FOR KEVIN, THIS HAS ALL BEEN A PRELUDE.
I, UH...
I GOT SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO TELL YOU.
IT CAN WAIT. COME ON.
Narrator: NATALIE NIPS HIS REQUEST IN THE BUD,
BUT KEVIN CAN'T WAIT MUCH LONGER.
AFTER A YEAR WITH NATALIE,
A YEAR OF WISHING AND DREAMING...
...HE'S DETERMINED TO GET HIS ANSWER.
WENT IN THE DEN, AND I WAS CUTTING OUT MY SENIOR PICTURES
SO THAT I COULD GIVE IT TO MY FAMILY MEMBERS,
AND THEN WE STARTED TALKING.
Narrator: KEVIN WANTS TO UP THE STAKES ON THEIR RELATIONSHIP.
HE ASKS NATALIE TO MOVE IN WITH HIM.
KEVIN, BE SERIOUS.
COME ON.
I AM SERIOUS.
WE'RE GONNA GET YOU PACKED AND READY TO MOVE IN, THEN.
I LOVE YOU, YEAH?
LET ME GET YOU SOMETHING TO DRINK?
Natalie: HE LITERALLY EXPECTED ME TO MOVE IN.
IN WITH HIM AND HIS PARENTS,
AND HE WAS LOOKING TO GET MARRIED.
I KNEW THAT I WASN'T DEEPLY IN LOVE WITH HIM...
ENOUGH TO WANT TO RUN AND GET MARRIED.
SO?
Natalie: SO?
SHE WAS OVERWHELMED BY THE WHOLE THING.
I THINK SHE WAS JUST AN 18-YEAR-OLD KID,
AND SHE WANTED TO GO TO COLLEGE.
SHE WANTED TO PURSUE DANCE, AND...
...THAT'S NOT WHAT HE WANTED.
Natalie: AND I SAID, "I'M TOO YOUNG TO GET MARRIED.
I HAD NEVER BEEN TO A BAR. I'VE NEVER HAD MY OWN APARTMENT.
ALL THESE THINGS THAT I HAVE NOT GOTTEN A CHANCE TO DO.
I LOVE YOU.
KEVIN, I HAVEN'T EVEN FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL YET.
I WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE.
AND HIS ONLY RESPONSE WAS, "BUT WHY, NATALIE? I LOVE YOU."
WE WEREN'T GETTING ANYWHERE.
HE WASN'T ANGRY.
HE JUST KEPT SAYING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER.
"BUT WHY, NATALIE? I LOVE YOU."
I WANT TO BE A DANCER.
MM. I LOVE YOU.
AND THEN I COME UP WITH ANOTHER EXCUSE.
"BUT WHY, NATALIE? I LOVE YOU."
Narrator: TIME FOR NATALIE TO SPELL IT OUT.
I'M GIVING BACK THE PRESENTS THAT YOU GAVE ME.
WHY?
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT HE UNDERSTOOD I WASN'T USING HIM.
Narrator: NATALIE KNOWS THE DRILL AND THE TOLL REJECTION CAN TAKE.
WHEN HER LAST BOYFRIEND'S DREAMS WERE DASHED, HE GOT ANGRY.
BUT THEN SHE ALSO KNOWS HOW RESTRAINED KEVIN CAN BE.
Natalie: IT WAS AWKWARD SILENCE.
"ARE YOU GONNA SAY ANYTHING?"
YOU KNOW, "WHERE ARE WE AT NOW?"
AND THAT'S WHEN I LOOKED AT THE TIME,
AND I SAID, "OKAY, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ENOUGH."
OKAY.
I HEARD HIM STAND UP,
SO I WENT TO GET READY TO WALK HIM TO THE DOOR.
Narrator: NOT ALL MEN DEAL WITH A BROKEN HEART THE SAME WAY.
SOME LET IT FESTER.
OTHERS UNLEASH A RAGING FURY.
Narrator: NATALIE AND KEVIN -- LOVERS FOREVER, OR SO HE THINKS.
HE'S INVITED HER TO MOVE IN, AND SHE'S TURNED HIM DOWN.
HIS MOOD HAS GONE FROM SEVENTH HEAVEN...
STRAIGHT TO HELL.
OKAY.
SUDDENLY, HE SNAPS.
Natalie: I LOOKED UP.
HE WAS ALREADY COMING DOWN WITH THE SCISSORS.
SHE TRIED TO PUT HER HAND UP TO BLOCK HIM FROM HITTING HER,
BUT HE KEPT COMING AT HER.
HE STABBED HER REPEATEDLY.
I DON'T BELIEVE NATALIE HAD ANY EXPECTATION
THAT HE WAS GOING TO VIOLENTLY ATTACK HER.
NO! STOP!
HE NEVER SHOWED ANY HOSTILITY, SO I WAS TOTALLY OFF MY GUARD.
Narrator: NOW NATALIE MUSTERS A LAST-DITCH PLEA.
[ SCREAMS ]
I STARTED SCREAMING "I'LL MARRY YOU."
I'LL MARRY YOU! I'LL MARRY YOU!
Narrator: BUT IT'S LIKE KEVIN CAN'T EVEN HEAR...
NOT ANYMORE.
SHE WAS STABBED IN THE FACE, IN THE NECK, IN THE LEG.
IT WAS JUST A BRUTAL ASSAULT.
I JUST REMEMBER HIM JUST CONTINUOUSLY STABBING ME,
AND I JUST KEPT SCREAMING.
STOP!
Narrator: NATALIE HAS ONE LAST HOPE --
THE ELDERLY WOMAN SHE LIVES WITH.
Natalie: MY GRANDMOTHER'S ON THE TELEPHONE
TALKING TO ONE OF MY AUNTS, AND SHE HEARD THE COMMOTION...
STOP!
...AND SHE SAID, "I THINK THEY'RE PLAY-FIGHTING."
STOP!
AND THEN, WHEN SHE HEARD ME SCREAMING
AND SHE HEARD SOMETHING FALL, SHE SAID, "I BETTER GO."
NATALIE?
Munley: THE GRANDMOTHER WENT OVER TO KEVIN.
KEVIN! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!
ALL SHE COULD SEE WAS MY LEGS, AND HE WAS STRADDLED OVER ME.
SO SHE PULLED HIM BY HIS SHOULDER
AND SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"
SHE SAID THAT HE JUST LOOKED AT HER WITH THESE GLASSY EYES,
AND HE JUST STARED AT HER.
Narrator: THAT'S WHEN NATALIE'S GRANDMOTHER SEES IT --
THE BLOODY SCISSORS.
AND HER FIRST REACTION WAS, "OH, MY GOD.
"IF HE ATTACKS ME,
WE'RE BOTH GONNA BE IN HERE, YOU KNOW, LAID OUT."
Narrator: NATALIE IS NEAR DEATH, AND GRANDMA MAY BE NEXT.
Natalie: NOT ONLY WAS SHE AFRAID FOR ME,
BUT SHE WAS AFRAID FOR HER OWN LIFE, AS WELL.
SO WHEN SHE RAN OUT THE ROOM,
HER FIRST THOUGHT WAS TO GRAB A WEAPON TO TRY AND HARM HIM.
IT WAS A BIG KNIFE THAT MY GRANDFATHER HAD,
BUT SHE THOUGHT, "WELL, HE COULD OVERPOWER ME AND ATTACK ME."
Narrator: SHE'S GOT JUST ONE OPTION LEFT.
AT THAT POINT,
THE GRANDMOTHER CALLS 911 TO GET SOME ASSISTANCE.
MY GRANDDAUGHTER!
Narrator: BUT WILL HELP GET HERE IN TIME?
WHEN SHE'S ON THE PHONE WITH 911, KEVIN FLEES.
OH, NO!
NATALIE.
I COULD HEAR HER, AND THEN AFTER THAT, I BLACKED OUT.
[ CRYING ]
[ SIREN WAILING, RADIO CHATTER ]
Narrator: NATALIE IS ON THE BRINK OF DEATH.
HER BROTHER COMES HOME JUST IN TIME TO SEE THE GRIM TOLL.
THE AMBULANCE IS THERE, POLICE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
JUST AS WE GOT OUT THE CAR...
WHAT HAPPENED?
...THEY WAS WHEELING HER OUT ON A STRETCHER.
WHAT HAPPENED?!
IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE OUT OF A HORROR MOVIE.
[ SIREN WAILING, RADIO CHATTER ]
Narrator: AND WORST OF ALL, THE MONSTER IS STILL OUT THERE.
Narrator: HOW FAR THINGS HAVE COME FROM KEVIN AND NATALIE'S DREAM DATE.
HE STABBED HER MORE THAN 30 TIMES.
[ SIREN WAILING, RADIO CHATTER ]
SHE SUFFERED A FRACTURED SKULL, BLEEDING IN THE BRAIN,
AND SEVERE WOUNDS ALL OVER HER BODY.
SHE IS ALSO TEMPORARILY BLIND.
I WASN'T FULLY AWARE OF MY INJURIES.
IT CAME IN PIECES.
SO IT SEEMED LIKE EVERY TIME I CAME TO,
I WOULD LEARN SOMETHING ELSE.
IT SEEMED LIKE THE LONGER THAT I STAYED AWAKE,
I WAS AWARE OF WORSE INJURIES.
[ MONITOR BEEPING ]
Narrator: EVEN AS NATALIE IS STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE,
KEVIN MAKES A BRAZEN MOVE.
HE REPORTEDLY CHECKS HIMSELF INTO A MENTAL HOSPITAL.
AN INSANITY PLEA MIGHT KEEP HIM OUT OF PRISON.
HE CALLED ME IN THE HOSPITAL.
HEY. HEY, NAT.
[ MONITOR BEEPING ]
HE JUST SAID, "I'M IN THE HOSPITAL, TOO."
AND I KEPT TELLING HIM, "DO YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU DID TO ME?"
HE WASN'T REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT MY INJURIES.
WE'RE STILL GONNA GET MARRIED, RIGHT?
HE WAS JUST CONCERNED ABOUT WHEN WE WERE GONNA GET MARRIED.
Narrator: NATALIE'S SURE KEVIN'S DAYS AS A FREE MAN ARE NUMBERED,
BUT HER NIGHTMARE IS FAR FROM OVER.
THE LEGAL SYSTEM ONLY GIVES HER ATTACKER A SLAP ON THE WRIST.
KEVIN WAS CHARGED AND CONVICTED OF UNLAWFUL WOUNDING.
KEVIN RECEIVED NO JAIL TIME.
WHEN I FOUND OUT
THAT, BASICALLY, HE WASN'T GONNA BE CHARGED,
I FELT LIKE IF I HAD DIED...
THEN JUSTICE WOULD HAVE BEEN SERVED,
BECAUSE THEN THEY WOULD HAVE LOOKED AT IT DIFFERENTLY.
Narrator: KEVIN IS UNSCATHED WHILE NATALIE'S LIFE LAYS IN RUINS.
Munley: BECAUSE OF HER COORDINATION,
IT HAD AFFECTED HER ABILITY TO DANCE.
AND I WOULD NO LONGER BE ABLE TO DANCE AGAIN.
SO HE TOOK AWAY MY DREAM.
HE TOOK AWAY MY DREAMS,
AND HE -- HE ALTERED MY WHOLE FUTURE.
HE ALTERED MY LIFE, AND IT'LL NEVER BE THE SAME -- NEVER.
Narrator: 25 YEARS LATER,
THE PAIN OF THAT FATEFUL DATE RETURNS WITH A VENGEANCE.
NATALIE GETS A SURPRISE VISIT FROM A POLICE INVESTIGATOR.
I AM.
DO YOU HAVE A FEW MINUTES?
SURE. COME IN. HAVE A SEAT.
SHE GREETED ME, I SHOWED HER MY CREDENTIALS,
AND SHE ASKED ME, "HOW CAN I HELP YOU?"
SHE SAID, "THE PERSON THAT I'M INVESTIGATING IS KEVIN BULLOCK."
AND, INSTANTLY, I JUST FROZE.
Munley: YOU COULD JUST SEE FEAR COME OVER HER
AND ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT OF SHOCK THAT I SAID THAT NAME,
AND THEN I SAID TO NATALIE, "I'M SORRY."
AND SHE SAID TO ME, "DID HE DO IT AGAIN?"
WELL, HE RECENTLY ATTACKED A WOMAN.
HER FACE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED
ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HER FACE.
A LARGE CHUNK OF SKIN WAS REMOVED FROM HER FACE.
THAT -- THAT JUST TORE ME UP.
I TOLD HER THAT I ALWAYS HOPED
THAT IT WOULDN'T BE A VICTIM AFTER ME --
THAT IT WAS JUST A ONE-TIME THING
AND THAT NO ONE ELSE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH
WHAT I WENT THROUGH.
Narrator: IT'S THE SAME STORY --
A GIRLFRIEND BREAKING UP WITH HIM, A VIOLENT ATTACK.
BUT THIS TIME, HE USED A DIFFERENT WEAPON -- HIS TEETH.
FOR SOMEONE TO TAKE THEIR MOUTH AND USE THEIR MOUTH AS A WEAPON,
AND TO THE VICIOUSNESS THAT HE DID,
IT WAS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE WORST CASES
THAT I'VE DEALT WITH, AS FAR AS AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS GO.
BEFORE I COULD EVEN GET OUT WHAT I WANTED NATALIE TO DO,
THAT I WANTED HER TO TESTIFY, SHE JUST LOOKED AT ME AND SAID,
"I'LL DO WHATEVER YOU WANT ME TO DO."
MY OFFICE WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU.
Narrator: AS SHE ENTERS THE COURTROOM, NATALIE HOLDS HER HEAD UP HIGH.
Natalie: YOU CAN'T WALK BEHIND ME AND STALK ME,
[ Voice breaking ] AND THIS IS THE ONE TIME
THAT I'LL BE ABLE TO TELL WHAT YOU DID TO ME.
MY NAME IS NATALIE PURDIE.
Munley: NATALIE WAS DETERMINED TO TESTIFY.
SHE WAS DETERMINED TO LET THE COURT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.
SHE WAS DETERMINED TO FACE KEVIN BULLOCK AGAIN.
I WASN'T SCARED,
AND WHEN I WENT UP ON THE STAND, HE WOULDN'T LOOK AT ME.
THE WHOLE TIME, HE WOULDN'T LOOK AT ME.
HE NEVER LOOKED AT ME,
BUT IT'S OKAY BECAUSE NOW I KNOW WHAT YOU DID.
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID.
EVERYBODY NOW KNOWS WHAT YOU DID.
YOU CAN'T SWEEP IT UNDER THE CARPET
LIKE YOU DID FOR 26 YEARS.
IT WAS -- IT WAS AMAZING, WHAT SHE DID.
IT REALLY WAS.
GUILTY.
Narrator: KEVIN BULLOCK IS SENTENCED TO 35 YEARS IN PRISON.
IT'S TAKEN DECADES,
BUT NATALIE PURDIE'S DATE FROM HELL IS FINALLY OVER.