“Most people know me because of who I am, not just what happened to me.. They just assume I was born this way.”
Hello and welcome to episode five of Once Upon a Nightmare. In this episode I go full on true crime with 'True Crime Tuesday' as I discuss the story of the girl who survived, Mary Vincent. Mary Vincent was just 15 years old when she met Lawrence Singleton, a man who would try and destroy her, Mary was not going down without a fight. This is a story about a girl who lived!
Singleton only got a 14 year sentence for the attempted murder of Mary, he got out after only 8 years. As a result, a bill was passed in California, the 'singleton bill' . This would prevent early release of criminals who committed acts of torture in their crimes, this allowed for a sentence of 25 years to life. Unfortunately this was too late for mother of three Roxanne Hayes, Singleton would go on to murder Roxanne when he was released from prison.
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Sources!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t-eeuh9wqcandt=259s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t-eeuh9wqcandt=259s)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bphNcBD663M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bphNcBD663M)
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/fl-supreme-court/1489214.html (https://caselaw.findlaw.com/fl-supreme-court/1489214.html)
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-10-16-mn-5628-story.html (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-10-16-mn-5628-story.html)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Singleton (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Singleton)
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https://www.ranker.com/list/mary-vincent-lawrence-singleton-case/laura-allan#:~:text=Singleton%20Sued%20Vincent%20After%20Being%20Convictedandtext=He%20said%20he%20remembered%20Vincent,maintaining%20mistreatment%20from%20the%20courts. (https://www.ranker.com/list/mary-vincent-lawrence-singleton-case/laura-allan#:~:text=Singleton%20Sued%20Vincent%20After%20Being%20Convictedandtext=He%20said%20he%20remembered%20Vincent,maintaining%20mistreatment%20from%20the%20courts.)
