ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – On this episode of New Mexico Crime Files, KRQE Anchors Dean Staley and Jessica Garate talk about an infamous New Mexico case from 2008, the brutal attack of Brittani Marcell. While home on a school lunch break, waiting for her mother, Brittani Marcell was viciously attacked with a shovel by an intruder. When her mother arrived, she found Brittani beaten almost to death on the floor, with the culprit escaping, leaving only a drop of blood as evidence. Dean and Jessica talk about the intricacies behind this case, how Brittani was able to recover, and the journey of trauma and recovery that was left with Brittani for the next years to come.

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