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b'When state troopers arrive at Lauret\\xa0Savoy\\u2019s home, just after midnight, they find the acclaimed author lying in a pool of blood. She had been severely beaten. By\\xa0Savoy\\u2019s side is her friend of 14 years and colleague at Mount Holyoke College, art professor Rie\\xa0Hachiyanagi.\\xa0It was\\xa0Hachiyanagi\\xa0who\\xa0called\\xa0911.\\xa0\\n\\nSavoy tells\\xa0the police\\xa0she\\xa0can\'t\\xa0offer any information on the person who attacked\\xa0her. The professor is rushed to a local hospital with severe\\xa0blunt force\\xa0trauma.\\xa0She has multiple broken bones and fractures in her face, numerous cuts, and puncture wounds and there was evidence that the assailant had\\xa0tried to gouge out the Savoy\'s eyes.\\xa0At the\\xa0hospital,\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0Lauret\\xa0Savoy\\xa0tells\\xa0police,\\xa0she lied, out of fear. Her attacker was her\\xa0long time\\xa0friend,\\xa0Rie\\xa0Hachiyanagi.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nJoining Nancy Grace Today:Wendy\\xa0Patrick\\xa0- California prosecutor, author \\u201cRed Flags,\\u201d www.wendypatrickphd.com, \'Today with Dr.\\xa0Wendy\' on KCBQ in San Diego, Twitter: @WendyPatrickPHDDr.\\xa0Bethany\\xa0Marshall\\xa0- California Psychoanalyst, www.drbethanymarshall.com, Netflix show: \'Bling Empire\'Dr. Kendall Crowns \\u2013\\xa0Chief Medical Examiner, Tarrant\\xa0County, Texas,\\xa0Lecturer: The University of Texas and Texas A&M, Affiliated Faculty: University of Texas Medical BranchLisa M.\\xa0Dadio\\xa0-\\xa0Former New Haven Police Lieutenant, University of New Haven Senior Lecturer, Director University of New Haven Forensic Science Department "Center for Advanced Policing"Domenic Poli -\\xa0News Reporter,\\xa0The Greenfield Recorder (Greenfield, Mass.),\\xa0www.recorder.com, Facebook: "TheRecorderNewspaper," Twitter: @TheRecorderNews'