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40 years after her kidnapping, Lori Poland works to end child abuse and neglect
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August 23, 2023
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3:54Now PlayingIt is impossible for Lori Poland to know the person she would have been if what happened on Aug. 22, 1983, hadn’t happened.
But it did happen. A man lured her into his car, kidnapped and molested her, and dropped her into the pit of a remote outhouse in the foothills west of Denver, leaving her for dead. She survived in the filth of that hole for three nights and four days before birdwatchers found her and called for help.
Forty years later, she can only know the person that she is – a wife, a mother, a therapist, an advocate for victims of child abuse and neglect, and a survivor of one of Colorado’s most notorious crimes. She has had much happiness in her life and faces difficulties that trace directly back to her abduction and assault.
How it all swirled together to make her who she is today – well, Poland said, that’s kind of like trying to decide what ingredient in a pot of soup is responsible for its complex taste.
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