Melissa Dohme Thriving Again After Brutal Stabbing From Ex

March 5 2013, Published 1:05 p.m. ET

Melissa Dohme met her current boyfriend, paramedic Cameron Hill, after she was stabbed 32 times by ex Robert Lee Burton Jr.

Melissa Dohme met her current boyfriend, paramedic Cameron Hill, after she was stabbed 32 times by ex Robert Lee Burton Jr.
Robert Lee Burton Jr.

Robert Lee Burton Jr, Dohme's one-time high school sweetheart, currently faces charges of first-degree attempted murder.
Melissa Dohme

Dohme's face, head, hands and arms were slashed and bloodied in the January 2012 attack.
Melissa Dohme

The community rallied around the injured beauty in the wake of the incident.
Melissa Dohme

The community rallied around the injured beauty in the wake of the incident.
Melissa Dohme

Dohme spent three weeks in the hospital, a period in which she flatlined four times and had a stroke.
Melissa Dohme

Dohme spent three weeks in the hospital, a period in which she flatlined four times and had a stroke.
Melissa Dohme

Dohme and Hill finally crossed paths again last October.
Melissa Dohme

Dohme and Hill finally crossed paths again last October.
Melissa Dohme

"When I look back on that night," Dohme says of her attack, "I can't think of it as all bad anymore because I met Cameron."
Melissa Dohme


Dohme suffered a severed nerve in the stabbing, which has left the left side of her face partially paralyzed.
Melissa Dohme

Dohme suffered a severed nerve in the stabbing, which has left the left side of her face partially paralyzed.
Melissa Dohme

Dohme suffered a severed nerve in the stabbing, which has left the left side of her face partially paralyzed.