Morgan Metzer

I mean, really kind of unheard of. Canton is just beautiful. You've got a lot of trees, tons of places to go hiking. So it's really cute.

On New Year's Eve of 2020, I went to Nicole's house.

We're gonna stay there and watch the ball drop together. But I left early.

I got home. I just didn't have any interest waiting up for the fireworks. Closed the house down and I went to bed.

I woke up because of fireworks. Because I can hear them in the distance. And I got down and kissed my dog. I was like, happy New Year's. And I go lay back in bed.

I opened my eyes. They flung open. And that's when I saw the shadow of a man's body standing there, you know, all in black and just lit up by the light in the background. He had a mask on. I screamed so loud. He pounced on me. He then hit me with a gun. Then he punched me.

Yes, he said, you're going to regret this. You've done really wrong now. It was the sound of Batman's voice.

He would keep continuing to hit me, pistol whip me. He strangled me a few times to the point of where I knew I was about to pass out.

Yes, I did.

Eventually, I would learn the intruder was somebody that I knew.

He's standing there like a soldier, like with his fists clenched, like he was ready to go.

But then... He ran at me and jumped on top of me. And that's when he started pistol whipping me.

Vulnerable, exposed. What is going to happen to my kids? I haven't done a will. I haven't talked to my family about who gets them. I was like, they're not going to have a mom.

It's the worst feeling in the world to think you're dying and you feel like you're going to be tortured beforehand.

Yes, you're going to miss your husband. And I said, no, don't hurt my husband.

I swear I, like, went through my whole life in my head. That's how my brain was just everywhere. I mean, 50,000 tabs opened up at one time in my brain.

Where's your jewelry? Where's, you know, all of your other nice stuff? And he's ripping out stuff out of my, you know, my drawers. And then... The attacker asked for my phone and the passcode to my phone.

I wasn't too sure what he was doing on my phone at the time until I heard a door lock open, which was for the back porch.

He got me out of the bed, walked me out to the back porch. I was naked, still with my zip-tie handcuffs behind my back.

Yes. What did he say as he left? He said, do not get up until you hear two car honks or I'll kill you.