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. Terrified, marcell ran frantically from the house screaming, and a neighbor on the street came to her aid while she called 911. Brittani marcell was left fighting for her life after the 2008. 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. Marcell had to relearn how to speak, walk, eat and drink because of the beating. She's also blind in her left eye and deaf in her. Verkko8:08am jun 17, 2018.