tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072125047008275922.post7719699479319711309..comments2024-03-23T23:29:11.290-07:00Comments on Kidnapping, Murder, and Mayhem: DNAUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072125047008275922.post-25783482942989195862016-07-04T17:01:43.647-07:002016-07-04T17:01:43.647-07:00Loved your hitchhiking details. Was just watching ...Loved your hitchhiking details. Was just watching the same show. Yikes!<br />What a story!suzi dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495479953913167846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072125047008275922.post-39777792412449654872015-02-04T08:17:49.625-08:002015-02-04T08:17:49.625-08:00his mother is the strongest willed woman I've ...his mother is the strongest willed woman I've ever met I dated her 10 years after the tragedy Sandy we love you ... you inspire me and many others. xoxoAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16091360272421269199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072125047008275922.post-82048256517625291022015-02-04T08:15:54.788-08:002015-02-04T08:15:54.788-08:00I dated Michael Lyons mother Sandy 11 years after ...I dated Michael Lyons mother Sandy 11 years after the sick Rhoades struck tragedy to her family in Yuba City. she is the strongest willed woman Ive ever met. Sandy We love youAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16091360272421269199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072125047008275922.post-41439824961115865862014-03-30T14:13:10.472-07:002014-03-30T14:13:10.472-07:00Think you all are referring to the two different R...Think you all are referring to the two different Robert Rhoades'.... One was a trucker with torture Chamber, the other was California tweaker who killed innocent kidsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17660107854091160020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072125047008275922.post-20481131140639281772013-09-28T14:51:25.497-07:002013-09-28T14:51:25.497-07:00There are two Robert Rhodes that are convicted ser...There are two Robert Rhodes that are convicted serial killers. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13064228251919841332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072125047008275922.post-55920581716766484982012-09-26T21:06:33.519-07:002012-09-26T21:06:33.519-07:00I too had an encounter with him... In 84 .... Arou...I too had an encounter with him... In 84 .... Around the time juice went missing.... I knew her since I moved to San Leandro in 3rd grade.... & I too hitchhiker now & again... But he gave me a weird vibe.... There is more to it... Luckily an older friend saw me walking alone & drove by... And stopped what I think would have happened... As he had followed me & parked & had gotten out of the car.... I didn't realize until I saw his picture in the paper 14 years later what had happened.... I am glad he was caught... & I would not be surprised one bit if there was more damage he did... After seeing the woman's post above & having my own experience...<br />Reivynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05744383673003404771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072125047008275922.post-89195509385860049442010-11-06T21:15:29.791-07:002010-11-06T21:15:29.791-07:00Even though Robert Rhoades wasn't caught until...Even though Robert Rhoades wasn't caught until 1990 my friend who was 16 at the time and myself 18 at the time had the horrific misfortune of crossing paths with him in August of 1974. In those days hitchhiking was quite common and we were returning back to Colorado after having hitchhiked down to the Phoenix area to see my family. It was near midnight as we stood on the Interstate and a State Trooper had just stopped to warn us to be careful. Having hitchhiked since I was 16 I was savvy to the fact that some nuts were out there but felt no real fear as there were two of us.<br />His semi pulled over and we both hopped happily inside. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary as he drove and made small talk, he had said he needed to make a quick run to Utah but would then take us over to CO. But as we neared the Utah border he said he was tired and needed to pull over for awhile.<br />At this point his conversation turned weired telling us that he had picked up some girl who had her blouse held together with pins and all she did was pull a string and the blouse fell off. He also took out some small white pills and asked is we wanted some speed. Suddenly he told us that he had a gun in his briefcase in the sleeper where my friend was sitting and that he was going to rape both of us. If we didn't comply he would shoot us both and dump our bodies out in the desert where we sat and nobody would ever find us.<br />I had a blackjack in my bag for protection and I pulled it out and whacked him on the head. He sat there shaking his head so I hit him a few more times then opened the door and jumped to the ground and ran for my life down the road which had very little traffic. A few cars came by and I frantically stood in the road waving my hands and screaming for help but nobody stopped. I then veered off into the desert a hundred yards or so and lay down flat and waited. I was terrified that he would come looking for me and that he may already have murdered my girlfriend.<br />I'm sure this all happened in a matter of minutes yet it seemed like an eternity to me and his truck lights came fully back on and he pulled back on the road and drove on. Once he was gone I ran back yelling for my girlfriend and miraculously he had let her go including the 4 bags of ours he had stowed in the back of the trailer. He told my girlfriend it was me he really wanted and not her.<br />Shortly after that another trucker came by and gave us a lift up the road to a trading post that was closed for the night and dropped us off there. We spent the entire rest of the night hiding behind the store and terrified this maniac would return for us. <br />The following morning we called the police. Since we were now on an Indian Reservation it was the Reservation Police who came and took us to the station for a report and that was the last I ever heard of it until 24 years later while watching an episode of FBI Files on TV with my son and daughter. I was watching the story of the serial killer trucker and thinking "Man that seems familiar." and when the episode was over and they showed the real trucker who was convicted and not the episode actor I knew immediately it was him.<br />Now having read all the news stories online of this animal and what a horrific serial killer he was I feel truly blessed that my life and that of my friend was spared. My guardian angels certainly stepped in that night.<br />Just thought you'd like to know how<br />far back this killers history goes and I see now he's locked up for life in Illinois. May he rot in hell.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10551019698424835321noreply@blogger.com