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So, Captain, just where are we? What is this place? So, we're in the town of Kingsbury at the bridge that goes over
the canal on New Swamp Road. July 24th, 2005. Investigators are called out here.
What brought them out here? So, we had a report that a fisherman had been going by. He saw uh what he thought to be a
toolbox that goes in the back of a pickup truck floating. What did investigators find inside that toolbox?
Uh they found a woman's body that was uh duct taped and handcuffed and wrapped in
a comforter. It was terrible. It was a terrible thing to see. In January of 1996, I just finished my
first semester of college in upstate New York. My ex-boyfriend Shawn Doyle and I
had been broken up for approximately 4 months. My name is Cece Opinowski. My mother was going away for the weekend.
So, I had this whole big house to myself and my friend Shannon and I we were very
close. I said, "Well, let's stay at my house cuz there's no one around." It was just a girl's night. We just wanted to
chill out. You know, it's winter. It's cold. We built a fire. My parents had a great stereo system. So, you know, we
put on some music and danced around and, you know, just did girl stuff. We both went to Sage Junior College Bal. I'm
really introvert and she was very bubbly and happy and chipper and she just she brought me out of my shell. When you
were first meeting her, was Shawn Doyle around at the time? Yes, he was obnoxious. She would argue with him a
lot on the phone. And then in January is when this incident happens at her house.
We were having a good time. It was just the two of us, but he keeps calling. Mhm. Wanting to know what we were doing,
wanting to know if he can come over. She had a cell phone and I was like, "Just turn it off." Like, she's like, "No, cuz
if I turn it off, he's going to come here." We finally wake up and all we wanted was coffee. I had the of the
mindset. I'm like, "Oh, I can't go out in public looking like I'm a mess. let me go home and get dressed. So Shannon
leaves and I get up and go around the house doing whatever, watching TV, you know, being a lazy teenager. And I get a
knock at the door and I open it and it's him and he said, "I just want to talk to
you." And once he was inside, things got much different. He pushed me onto the couch, started, you know, holding me
down and restraining me and, you know, yelling at me. And he picked me up and pushed me against the French doors and
kept banging me against the French doors. After I got done out of the shower and getting ready, I called.
Nobody answered. My hair was in a ponytail and he picked me up, held me up, and cut my hair off.
It was gone. just all of it. He had already been choking me and I thought he was going to stab me. I
called her back a half an hour later. She still didn't answer. And that's when my eyebrows kind of went up. I'm in
complete shock. I can't believe it's happening and I have to figure out how to get out of it. But during this time,
the phone continues to ring. I waited a couple minutes and I called her back. I explained to him, "If I don't answer
this phone, my mother will call the police." So, I do pick up the phone and it's Shannon. I said, "Hey, are you
okay?" And I don't know why I did this, but I started unloading the dishwasher and I'm saying to her, "No, no, yeah,
everything's fine. No, no." And no kept coming out of my mouth and he didn't pick up on it, but she sure did. And
that's when she said, "Is he there?" And I said, "Yes." And I hung up the phone and I called the cops.
Believe me, I do realize how lucky I am. Investigators are continuing to piece the case together now that they found
Leonard gagged and bound with duct tape in a pickup body was found floating in a
toolbox. I'm fortunate that it could have been much much worse.

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Brief Summary

Cece Opinowski recounts her assault by Shawn Doyle while investigators discuss a woman's body found in Kingsbury.

Key points

Discovery of a Body. Investigators find a woman's body in a toolbox, shocking the community.
Cece's Night In. Cece and her friend Shannon plan a cozy night at home, unaware of the danger ahead.
A Dangerous Encounter. Shawn confronts Cece at her house, leading to a terrifying struggle.
A Call for Help. Cece cleverly uses a phone call to signal for help while in danger.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

It was terrible. It was a terrible thing to see.

Describing the discovery of a woman's body.

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