Glen then left her for dead after stabbing her numerous times and nearly beheading her in an alleyway.
About 400 feet from the scene of the stabbing, Karen attempted to crawl for assistance in her last moments but perished in a house’s doorway.
“For a long time, the grief was so dominant that I couldn’t access happiness,” Grammer stated in an interview with PEOPLE. With that, the book took me to a new realm.
The actor debated whether or not to include the “graphic” circumstances of Karen’s death, but ultimately concluded that they are “ammunition to keep Freddie Glenn in jail” even though they are “not pleasant or comforting.”
The rapist and serial killer is incarcerated for life; his next hearing is scheduled for 2027.
“You don’t want to eat yourself to pieces because you can’t forgive somebody,” Grammer told the news source, describing his struggles with forgiveness for a long period following her passing.