(ap) — a man accused of beating a former new mexico high school student in 2008 — leaving her with minimal brain activity and partially blind. The case remained unsolved for years until a. Verkkobrittani marcell was only 17 when she was nearly beaten to death with a shovel inside her westside home in 2008. Almost ten years later, police finally had. Verkkoit was resolved with the court finding justin hansen guilty of the brutal beating of then 17 year old brittani. After doing my usual google search on the case i didn’t find any.