This was a case that hit home for the young female detective -- a particularly brutal sexual assault that nearly left the victim dead. The single, 20-something woman did not die -- and neither did Det. Kerry Dalling’s resolve to put someone away for the heinous crime.
“It just weighed on me because he really hurt her, he really brutalized her,” said Dalling, a 10-year veteran on the Fairfield Police Department. “I guess I was empathetic to her because she was about my age and single like me.”

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