A single mother was found bludgeoned in her basement, beaten so badly that her children didn't recognize her. Who would do this to Marti Hill? The brave survivor lived to tell the tale, and divulges the shocking details of the story to Crime Watch Daily's Michelle Sigona.

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Brian Pennington, a former handyman from Johnson County, was sentenced to 28 years in prison Monday morning in connection with the attempted murder of Marti Hill in Prairie Village.