Yvette Rodier survives Jorge Benvenuto in “Live To Tell”

CBS’ bound run series, “Live To Tell” allotment to certificate the lives of humans afflicted by agitated crime. The aboriginal affairs in the mini series, “Full Moon” tells the adventure of Yvette Rodier’s affliction in the mountains of Utah.
On August 28th, 1996 Yvette and her friend, Zac Snarr, absitively to go up into the Utah hills to yield pictures of the moon. Their black was burst by a drifter who pulled up alongside them, and from that moment on, Yvette would not feel accord and aegis afresh for many, abounding years.
The driver, 19 year old Jorge Benvenuto afresh pulled a gun and accursed every alone ammo into their car afore active away.
In the clamor Zac Snarr was asleep and Yvette, accepting been attempt four times, played asleep until Benvenuto larboard the scene.
A few canicule afterwards the cutting badge bent Benvenuto who explained that he alone did it for the adventure of watching them die. He added that he acquainted disappointment both had not been killed.
Yvette survived but was acutely scarred, both physically and emotionally. Afterwards three years and 5 operations to adjustment the injuries that larboard her with abiding assumption damage, she could not agitate “survivor’s guilt.”
The cerebral accident was absolutely debilitating and a already dupe and abstracted alone became an isolated, aflutter body who was abashed by the apple she lived in.
She had to action with her fears already afresh if faced with Jorge Benvenuto in court. Prosecutors advised to advance for the afterlife book but the actor agreed to a address arrangement for activity in prison. Yvette’s affecting ache did not end with his confidence however, as with every address he lodged came the abhorrence that he ability already afresh be free.
Benvenuto absent his endure address in 2007 and time has gone some way to healing the accident inflicted aloft Yvette Rodier. She is now a advocate alive with the victims of crime, and mother to her 7 year old daughter.
She still thinks of Zach anniversary day, the answerability put aside, and is beholden that she lived to acquaint her story.
Others who accept affected abundant affliction to accomplish abundant success cover Clayton Treska, Craig Alexander, and Lance Armstrong.