Something that I always think of is how I would react in a situation like that when I’m being attacked, because you’re completely thrown off your guard. It’s terrifying. I know it’s been a long time, but can you give anyone any advice to handle a situation like that?
It happened so fast. It was seconds. It was minutes, but it felt like seconds. Like I said, they need to talk it out as much as they can, and they all have obstacles in their way, and they’ll find it slow going, but don’t go backwards. Don’t look backwards. Look forward to whatever else is good, because there’s good things out there. They may cry, they may hurt again, but you got to keep walking forward.
Where can people find your book?
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It’s going to be on Amazon and Barnes and Noble and pretty much any bookstore that they want to check out. If you pull up Amazon, there’s a little short film about me, or a short snippet about who I’m and what I’ve done. The book has been really successful. It’s the first day it’s been out, and we’ve gotten lots of good reviews and everything, and I’m so stoked. It’s so cool.
Kathy Kleiner’s book, “A Light in the Dark: Surviving More than Ted Bundy,” is now available online and in stores.
This interview has been edited for clarity.