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In July of 1984, Jennifer Thompson-Cannino became a victim of breaking and entering, and sexual assault in her North Carolina apartment (Ronald Cotton). However, Thompson-Cannino wasn't an ordinary victim; she was going to find her attacker after that night, and she did everything she could try and remember him. While being assaulted, she studied his facial features, hair, tried finding any significant scars or marks that could help identify him in the future (The Perfect

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