For years, her name was treated as a shorthand joke: Lorena Bobbitt, the angry, crazy wife, a 22-year-old Ecuadorian immigrant who had cut off her husband John Wayne Bobbitt's penis with a kitchen knife while he slept in their Northern Virginia home. The June 1993 incident served as international tabloid fodder for months.

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Why do so many killers—Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy and David Berkowitz to name a few—abuse animals before targeting people? An expert provides insights on how the two behaviors are linked.

Q&A with Christina Lindstrom, Impact Producer of "The Keepers" about the staggering sexual abuse statistics in the U.S., and what to do if someone tells you they've been abused.