In 1992, Fabienne Witherspoon became one of the few people to survive an encounter with Tommy Lynn Sells by heroically fighting him off with a heavy ceramic duck after he attacked her in her home. "Quack, Quack, B*tch"

Years later, ten-year-old Krystal Surles displayed equal courage by surviving a slit throat and walking nearly a quarter-mile to find help after Sells murdered her friend. Together, these two women provided the critical testimony and composite sketches that finally ended Sells' cross-country killing spree and secured his conviction.

Resources:

Through the Window – Diane Fanning  

Most Evil Season 1 Episode 2  

I Survived a Serial Killer Season 1 Episode 5  

48 Hour Interview – Krystal’s Courage  

ABC News Mini-Documentary – Tommy Lynn Sells – The Mind of a Psychopath  

https://abcnews.go.com/US/serial-killer-survivor-speaks-alive/story?id=81081689 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Lynn_Sells