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The lives of two sisters were derailed on July 11, 1984 at 2:00 in the afternoon in a small Mississippi town when Willie James Harris shattered and climbed through a window at the Scott home. Julie Scott, 16, and her sister, Marcie, 12, were home alone together. Harris forced both girls into a bedroom by gunpoint, then raped and beat them. After he collected money and valuables from the home, Harris beat the girls again, and stabbed and choked them (Leagle 1). The sisters survived and Harris was convicted, but this heinous, horrendous incident dramatically altered the lives of every member of the Scott family. The Scott sisters have had many hurdles to overcome. Being a victim of childhood sexual abuse, like the Scott sisters, is linked to
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