Buried Memories: The Katie Beers Story by Katherine Beers

Buried Memories:  The Katie Beers Story by Katherine Beers

Katie Beers was born into an unfortunate life in a broken home to a mother without the life skills to raise her properly, protect her from harm, or even provide her with basic needs. 

Soon Katie finds herself living with her "Godparents" Linda and Sal Inghilleri.  The sexual abuse by Sal Inghilleri began when Katie was only two years old and escalated as she got older.  Linda, who was disabled and in a wheelchair, was also abusive, making Katie do all the chores and errands at a very very young age.  

Then, on December 28, 1992, two days before her tenth birthday, Katie is kidnapped by a family friend, John Esposito, and hidden away in a coffin sized bunker underneath Esposito's garage.  He kept her there for 16 days, raping and molesting her and providing her with only the basic needs to survive. 

Finally, Esposito turns himself in to authorities and Katie is found.  She was adopted by her foster family and went on to college, married, and has children.  Katie has adapted well to life after her ordeal but her scars are far from healed.