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Case Study: Murder-a court at once: the case of Robert Ben Rhoades

The case of Robert Ben Rhoades is an excellent example of the type and nature cases where services ViCAP would provide critical assistance and support. Rhoades is considered one of the most dangerous offenders and sex famous killers series and the United States. Some researchers believe is responsible for at least 50, but perhaps hundreds of deaths. However, it has been convicted of homicide for which he is serving a life sentence.

Rhoades was a professional long-haul trucker, and his case illustrates dramatically the complexity of a criminal predator who can actually defy law enforcement taking advantage of the fragmentation of law enforcement, detached and disconnected data resources and investigation methods incompatible.

On 1 April 1990, Trooper Mike Miller, a highway Arizona patrol, observed a semi-trailer truck parked on the shoulder of I-10. As Miller approached the vehicle to provide assistance, he looked inside the 18-Wheeler and observed a jump, nude, white women in the sleeper cab. A little horse type and the flange was in the mouth of the terrified victim, who was chained to the truck. Also in the bunk was Robert Ben Rhoades, who, when are surprised by the advance of the captain, immediately left the truck and tried to convince Miller that nothing had happened. Rhoades said that the demonstrations have been discovered and a consensual private matter.

While Miller has tried to sort the situation, he placed under arrest Rhoades, when he discovered Rhoades was in possession of a .25 automatic pistol caliber load (Brandel, 1966). Rhoades was placed in the soldier's vehicle and secured with a seatbelt. When Miller had checked on the victim and returned to the team car Rhoades was able to get the belt off and slide his hands cuffed in front of him. Miller asked if he had a key Rhoades handcuffs, which was answered affirmatively Rhoades. Miller took the keys, Rhoades re-cuffed behind his back and his belt, and remained with him until backup officers arrived on the scene to assist.

After the terrified victim (later identified as Lisa Pennal) was released, she told her story of abduction and torture. She said she had accepted a ride in Rhoades a coffee shop in Buckeye, Arizona. Although Pennal was difficult to interview and spoke in broken sentences, investigators learned of his transient lifestyle and abuse current drugs. The investigator noted that if she was wearing a skirt and shirt, on her feet she wore slippers designed only as a tiger drawings Anime.

The victim said she had fallen asleep in the sleeper, to awake as Rhoades was put in handcuffs and ankles. She said Rhoades beaten with whips, tied a chain around his neck, attached spring clips to her nipples and type vagina. It is not known how long Pennal Lisa Rhoades had kept in this torture chamber, but the physical injuries on her body indicated that several events flogging and torture took place. During this test, Rhoades said Pennal he was doing this to girls and women 15 years.

Although Rhoades was handcuffed and in custody, he remained calm. He served as the mental capacity of the victim and tried to get the investigator to sympathize with him as he has described as the aggressor in the case, referring to it as a lot lizard. " Alva Busch Rhoades quotes in the book Roadside Prey: "I can tell you, this girl is not playing with a full set, 'Rhoades laughed, as if someone told a joke. . "It is not packed too tight," Rhoades laugh, you do not screw around with women on the road. No, unless you want your dick to fall, ok? . . . She wanted to go to bed. . . . I was on the anchor. She went back to bed. I said, 'Go ahead. " She began to undress, and I said, 'What the $% ^ & and I leave "(1996, pp. 58-62).

The victim who was hysterical at times, showed signs of physical abuse and sexual abuse, corroborating his story of enchantment. Rhoades began explanation to fall apart that investigators discovered large quantities of pornography bondage type and materials of sexual assault in his truck. Rhoades account has not been supported by the evidence.

During the subsequent investigation, search warrants were been done on the truck tractor and semi-residence on Robert Ben Rhoades "in Houston, Texas. The research results revealed a briefcase containing whips, handcuffs, spring clips, a dildo, various articles of clothing for women, various paperwork, and several photographs of a young white woman in different poses, both nude and partially clothed.

There were several Polaroid photographs women inside "convertible" cars, apparently taken from inside the cab of the truck that women over the past road. These photos were seized in the apartment Rhoades' Houston. There were also photographs of a particular victim (a girl) in the sleeper cab of truck, outdoors and in an abandoned barn type structure. In this set of photographs, the victim was handcuffed, shackled and posing with a dildo and had the type spring clips attached to her nipples.

The adolescent in the photographs has not been identified as far as the case Robert Ben Rhoades was concerned. Then, on September 29, 1990, the decomposed body of a young woman was found in an abandoned barn near Greenville, Illinois. The cause of death was determined to strangulation by ligature. The victim was later identified as 14-year-old Regina Walters. Walters has been reported as a runaway from Pasadena, Texas, about eight months before his body was discovered. At the time of the initial report of the missing persons, Walters had been with a man of 18 named Ricky Lee Jones. The two were hitchhiking in New Mexico. Ricky Lee Jones has not been solved as of this writing.

Interestingly, investigators working on the case Rhoades and researchers working in the Walters case Texas and Illinois have each working independently of each other. Finally, by fax and databases National, they started working together.

Unfortunately, Robert Ben Rhoades will remain an episode of "single" until September 28 1991, when he was linked to the death of Regina Kay Walters. There were no photos of Ricky Lee Jones Rhoades collection, but there was a log entry in a small notebook found in possession Rhoades' at the time of his arrest that states, "Ricky is a dead man" (Evidence, 1990). Police also recovered several items of clothing that belonged to Walters in the possession of Robert Ben Rhoades (1990).

Reflecting on the comment Rhoades he had been "Doing this for 15 years," researchers examined more closely in his records of trucking. They found that killing the driver had traveled from the shores of the Pacific Ocean to the east coast of New Jersey. He specifically traveled Washington Oregon, California, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Georgia and Florida (Evidence, 1990).

Suddenly, the number missing persons, unidentified bodies, and cases of unsolved homicides in each of these states have taken a new meaning. The police have started to exchange information on similar crimes and more generous than the victim at any time before the incident. Since the affair broke Rhoades, there were many missing persons and homicide cases unresolved were awarded for Rhoades, but he has only been prosecuted for the death of Regina Walters.

This episode "unique" while not forgotten, has joined the huge workload detective Susan Trammell, receiving less attention than investigative leads cooled and time passed. During this same period, continued Rhoades travel from one state to another. As the saga rose Rhoades, information was discovered on another victim named Shana Holt, from January 1990, which came into contact with Rhoades at a truck stop in San Bernardino California.

Shana Holt missed Rhoades "torture and reported the incident frightening, like the events that Trooper Miller discovered. Holt was so frightened that when she Rhoades was facing the prospect of identifying him after he fled his vehicle, then having to testify against him, she refused to cooperate further and the case was dismissed.

Other situations Similar were discovered as time passed. enforcement of the law in many parts of the United States had criminal kidnappings and possible homicide charges against Rhoades based on comparisons and road travel. In each of these incidents, the various agencies first believed they were dealing with a unique event, which covers only their jurisdiction. It was not until the last chapter of the saga was written Rhoades each agency realized that his "unique case" was the work of a sadistic serial rapist and murderer.

If Rhoades helped law enforcement agencies throughout the United States to see, in graphic detail, the value to cooperate, communicate and coordinate their efforts to solve the difficult criminal cases. If better information sharing and coordination has occurred, it would have substantially reduced the number of victims who have been the prey of Robert Ben Rhoades (Cooper & King, 2001).

This case is discussed in detail in the most spectacular predators recently published book: Who are they and how to stop them (Cooper, King and McHoes, 2007). In addition, it is cited as a case reference methodology in the second edition Analysis II Criminal Behavior (Cooper & King, 2001). Another examination of the case is presented in the novel True Crime road Prey (Busch, 1996).

References

Cooper, G. M King, MR, and McHoes, T. (2007). Predators: Who are they and how to stop them. Amherst NY: Prometheus.

Cooper, GM & King, M. (2001). Analyze criminal behavior and victimology: predators. Ogden, UT: Design IQ: Institute of Investigative Science.

Busch, A. (1996). Road prey. New York: Pinnacle Books.

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In March 1991, Illinois State Police received this letter from the mother Regina Walters

Dear Sir:

In September 1990, police in Illinois found the remains Regina Kay Walters. She disappeared Feb. 3, 1990, in Pasadena, Texas. She was only fourteen at the time, and my only daughter. At that time, Police have not yet brought to justice the person who did this to my child. Even if we do not live in Illinois, this case must remain open. No death child should be abandoned. It could happen again.

At that time, police in Illinois asked us to keep this by the media. We did that and more. Just because you have not heard of us say we do not care. We tried to give you time to find killer of Regina. Please do not give up. And if it was one of your children? You could not rest knowing there is someone there who took someone loves you, and never think that we did not love Regina, because she was very loved. So if Please do not leave the search for the killer of Regina Kay Walters.

Sincerely,

Carolyn Walters

(Busch, 1996, pp. 137-138)

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