Verkkoone day in 2008, high school student brittani marcell was going to have lunch with her mom when a man broke into their house and attacked her with a shovel. Terrified, marcell ran frantically from the house screaming, and a neighbor on the street came to her aid while she called 911. Verkko“he almost killed me,” said brittani marcell, she says she still lives in fear, after being beat nearly to death with a shovel at her westside home back in. Verkkoone day in 2008, high school student brittani marcell was going to have lunch with her mom when a man broke into their house and attacked her with a sho. Verkkobrittani marcell was left with a broken left arm, a broken left wrist, multiple skull fractures, fixed pupils and minimal brain activity. Abc news us (abc news) Verkkobrittani suffered severe injuries from the attack, including multiple skull fractures, lacerations on her head and face, and a broken arm and wrist. At the hospital, she. Verkkoone day in 2008, high school student brittani marcell was going to have lunch with her mom when a man broke into their house and attacked her with. Verkkobrittani sustained several head and face lacerations, multiple skull fractures, a broken wrist, and a broken arm. She had a smashed ear canal, fixed.