When an intruder broke into Jennifer Thompson’s home while she was sleeping in 1984, put a knife to her throat and sexually assaulted her, she vowed to not only survive, but to remember his face so he would be captured.

“I knew I was going to be raped. I didn’t know if I was going to die. I decided if there is a way to survive this – I will,” Thompson said. “I would look at his face and memorize it, I would memorize his nose, look in his eyes, listen to his voice and remember what he was wearing.”

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