In the summer of 2011, Lisa Ricchio received a call from a man she knew. He said he was in Massachusetts, in pain from a recent surgery, and needed help.
“I went down to meet him, and from there, that’s where my nightmare kind of began,” says Ricchio, who lived in Maine at the time.
Together, they checked into the Shangri-La Motel in Seekonk, Mass. Once they closed the door, he suddenly turned violent.
Editor’s note: This report includes graphic and disturbing descriptions of assault.