A journalist chronicles her own true-crime story as the victim of a vicious random beating, digging for clues on her young assailant's tragic life -- and how the justice system failed us both.
I'm identified as Victim EY in court papers of the stranger who beat me, wounding my face and brain. But I'm so much more. I'm New York metropolitan-area journalist Elise Young covering the criminal case and beyond, and this is a developing story.
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I write to understand what I think, to see myself and my imaginings on the page, and for the connection--to self, to other, to the source of it all. My passion is creating a better world for kids of all ages.
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