Since the attack, the women said they've had to deal with physical and psychological scars.
Laura was knocked unconscious by a blow to the head with a skateboard, then kicked, punched and beaten with tree branches as she lay unconscious on the ground.
She received a concussion and multiple bruises and contusions, as well as a skull fracture. She suffers from slurred speech, dizzy spells, memory loss and blurry vision, she said.
Michelle suffered numerous bumps and bruises to her head and to the lining around her lungs.
Most seriously hurt was their friend Loren, who suffered a dozen fractures to her face, including her nose and her jaw. She is scheduled for surgery next month to repair the damage to her left eye socket, which has caused her eye to recess.
The college photography student was forced to drop her fall semester classes and doesn't know if her vision will be permanently damaged.
She also will have to have several of her teeth, which are dying, extracted and replaced, the girls said.
"On all three of us, our bodies weren't that bad but our heads were covered with bumps," Laura said. "They were going straight for our faces and our heads."
I much appreciate the additional information. This was no mere scuffle. It sounds to me like the perps were on the prowl for victims, and I would lay odds there is gang involvement.