The Truck Stop Killer With A Mobile Torture Chamber | Most Evil Killers | Absolute Crime

Though Robert Ben Rhoades is behind bars for three murders, authorities believe that the Truck Stop Killer may have killed as many as 50 women while out on the road. This is the story of how he became one of the most feared killers in the 90s.
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[@jrgomez7995]

6 years for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a person . Life in prison for selling drugs. Anyone see something extremely wrong here ?

[@renatawarec]

That's exactly what I thought. How horrible

[@cassieblack1776]

I say that all the time!

[@alousch65]

That's fine usa system, look what satanyahu is doing the Palestinians and bidon and the usa government is helping him

[@mtbridingog9083]

The system stupid asf .. the women in the reps made the laws we have to live by smh

[@aiRxShop]

Not wanting to get political but I’ve heard trump say multiple times he wants the death penalty for drug dealers too… because let’s make the justice system that much more f’d up and imbalanced, right?

[@personanongrata7976]

Six years for kidnapping and sexual assault? That's a slap on the wrist.' DA and judge should be disbarred.

[@TheEarthRealm]

Exactly. The sentencing for rapists and child sexual offenders is always super lenient. Makes you wonder about the judges we have.

[@Lena-so2lq]

Dont wonder. They're paid a lot to let these freaks off.

[@kaytigrant4527]

@@TheEarthRealm hopefully he received prison justice

[@vAbAfilM]

Thats the problem, many in the system working in the name of justice are perpetrators and padophiles themselves. Look at the Epstein-List of 170 ppl involved in the trafficking minors to very high up powerful people​ that they say will be soon public. I wonder if they just give out wrong names to protect those real criminals that are well known by the public. And even they will be charged, SA is just not getting them by law out of the game for the rest of their lives!@@TheEarthRealm

[@milesstover3724]

you and 99.9 percent of people in the west dont realize you and your governments have been covertly conquered by satanists .....oopsie!!!

[@sherylm1653]

Why is he still alive? I don't much like the death sentence, but in this case, he's not only taking up oxygen he does not deserve but he is still alive to spread his evil spirit. He said he was mainly afraid of getting the death penalty. I would have liked to have seen him in a horrible state of fear.

[@Ferrous_Bueller]

Because white liberal women pretty much made the death penalty non-existent.

[@GraveYardShif7]

_Those photo's I saw online years ago that he took of the poor girl before he murdered her are forever etched into my mind. They are creepy. I'll never forget the look on her face of utter fear. I wish I could go back in time to save that poor girl from that sick nutjob. I would give my own life without a second thought for any child or innocent murder victim. Life is precious, don't take it for granted - always help others. And always love your loved ones and family completely by hugging them and telling them you love them everyday._

[@SheLuvDevinB]

@@GraveYardShif7its cannon

[@Will324]

If you kill someone, their spirit still exists. And will probably reincarnate here. Either as a human or as something lower. That's why there are child prodigies and also children that are evil or have evil inclinations. Look at Jeffrey Dahmer - he tortured animals as a kid. Where did he learn this from or why did he want to do that ? Probably from past lives

[@Ishbikes]

@@GraveYardShif7would you really give your life? I know some evil things that are happening as we speak. Maybe you’re the hero we did.

[@thomasfoster5200]

I can't believe he only got 6 years for kidnapping and rape, but i really was floored when he was about to be released for killing those teenagers. WTF is wrong with our system

[@tarajh]

I can hardly even *imagine* the relief of his victim when Trooper Mike wrapped her in a blanket and told her she was safe. It made me emotional hearing Mike talk about that moment.

[@deannekliene2673]

Thrilling feeling.....

[@JEpsteinDidntKillHimself]

The fact that he tried to be a cop first. Crazy.

[@DheartOregon]

HOW?? That community is FILLED with psychopaths and their enablers and followers. There’s no such thing as a good cop. Period

[@roadrunner9622]

Not surprising. Many of these people are drawn to positions where they can be in control of others.

[@mrsmartypants_1]

Lots of cops are twisted sociopaths.

[@T.R.A.P.7843]

Says a lot about what the police force attracts nationwide

[@Renovegas6109]

Typical

[@nania222222]

I cannot believe the police called the first victim to identify the assailant in full view of the criminal rather than keeping her in anonymity.

[@Tilly-ts8sz]

Took that poor woman on a road trip. Chasing suspect down I would of been physically sick

[@kimyoung2748]

Yes...dumb cop. Not handled well.

[@joed9269]

That may have just been like that for the reenactment. (Would hope so)

[@NathanDubose]

She probably volunteered

[@scottst1112]

She would have had to face him at some point during the trial as you have the right to the due process to face your accuser on the stand and under oath.

[@jamespalmer4945]

I was born and raised in Casa Grande Arizona took rides from many strangers hitchhiking I was 14 and 1992. I feel blessed I never ran into this clown.

[@BidenSUCKSS]

Please be careful and don’t hitchhike. You truly were lucky.

[@aurorahill3546]

Ur real lucky as casa grande is sure as hell remote and there are many serial killers around often in trucking at any time in this country.

[@elizabethalexander6528]

You can't do it anymore. You never know who people really are - they can fool people. Women do not seem to be very important still in 2023.

[@tommycscat]

​@@aurorahill3546Casa Grande is Casa Grande, Arizona's biggest drive-thru. It's a meth town without the means to escape like other Arizona meth towns. No arts scene, no thriving community center, no fulfilling career opportunities (except in law enforcement, the underfunded schools, and in the small local hospital.) A major blow was the opening of the outlet mall in Marana. It took too much buisness away from Casa Grande's only tourist destination, the once thriving, now abandoned outlet strip mall along the I-10. It's a shame because Casa Grande's location should be a selling point. Less than an hour from Tucson, less than an hour from Phoenix, and it's the at junction of two interstates. Anyone headed to or from the San Diego area to or from both Tucson and Phoenix pass right through Casa Grande. Some thought that as the Tucson and Phoenix metro areas expand, Casa Grande would become a bedroom community for people commuting to either for work. It sounds perfect for families with one spouse's career in Phoenix and the other's in Tucson. Unfortunately, daily commute times would be just a bit too long for most, so the mega suburb idea never took off. So, it is what it is. Lots of meth, and lots of vulnerable meth addicts

[@Boga217]

​@@BidenSUCKSSI crossed the USA 12 times by hitchhiking and walking...very rare chance you'll have problems..not once did I meet someone to be worried or uncertain about. No luck needed, don't be paranoid and sheltered.

[@sashalakota8292]

The question that needs to be asked is, how many more Ben Rhoades are still roaming on our Hiways doing the same thing?

[@pietikke5598]

And how many are in high places and get away with it all because they have money and power. Only look at Epstein. And there are many more like him.

[@delanorrosey4730]

Maybe there really is such a thing as "Suspect Zero". Look at the movies "Breakdown", "Joy Ride". I think Rhoades could've done the 3 boys in Robin Hood Hills near a truck wash.

[@Durchii]

Not nearly as many as back in the day, I suspect. Trucks are GPS tracked on their routes and they could more easily trace drivers back to the crime these days than back then. Plus, since this situation has happened, there are fewer women just... hitchhiking. Or men, for that matter. Shit's way too much of a gamble to risk.

[@sealteamryx6758]

There's 4

[@johnlaprade8331]

There is way too much video cameras security cameras not to mention cell phones there was none of that back in the 1990s people would hitchhike no no sort of being harmed about it there was no GPS on the trucks so nobody knew where they were all of that changed I truly believe there is probably no serial killers rolling the highways

[@sandibaker5298]

I can’t believe that monster said “she invited me back”! What a huge POS.

[@anddontcallmeshirley-]

I think she did.

[@aaronbenns9051]

I cant believe they were letting him out after 20 years like it wasnt a fight that got out of hand and someone accidentally died he was actively seeking out people to rape and kill there should have been no parole

[@Nomadcreations]

They may appear Good Behavior In prisons but they just learn more on how NOT to be caught next Time!

[@tomasrestrepoa.1247]

Kidnapping kiling and torture 20 years, ( it was his second strike, third if you count rhe victim that failed to identify him). But for seling dope on the streets life without parole? are you serious?

[@cynbloxy]

@@tomasrestrepoa.1247 No one is getting life without parole for selling dope

[@SOMNIOHM]

_I believe this actually goes on every single day, these sick individuals just have not been caught yet!_

[@Samuel-bm3th]

You watch way too many crime shows

[@CuzmicTarot]

Somni The thought allows Is a sickening possibility.😢

[@JustBcuzo]

​@@Samuel-bm3th Apparently you don't watch enough of them.. not to grasp the fact of @SOMNI's comment that is actually the truth! 100.000 % the truth.. 💀 evil monster beings NOT human Beings by any statement.

@@zcam1969🙄

[@This_tub]

You betcha, only 1% is caught

[@bsqwahlE]

Rhodes did not "have an uncontrollable sexual appetite"; he had a sexual appetite he chose not to control.

[@JEpsteinDidntKillHimself]

I mean, what was the woman wearing? Maybe she wanted it?

[@abc-bu7nr]

​@@JEpsteinDidntKillHimself If a woman dresses provocatively, you believe it's an automatic invitation to torture &/or rape? I'll bet you have one disgusting internet search history.

[@HeidiH37]

@@JEpsteinDidntKillHimself doesn’t matter. No one ants to die like that but that’s what he gave her

[@HeidiH37]

@@JEpsteinDidntKillHimselfbased on your other videos watched and comments, you definitely seem like a phsycopath 😢

[@JesusRunsMyHouse]

He came through Michigan and I had a run in with him at a rest stop outside of Belleville, Michigan. I actually got away but they found a girls body but no head. She had been bound and tortured. This happened in 1989. I was hitchhiking and he offered me a ride from the rest stop and when I went to get in the truck he was right behind me pushing up into the cab and I have serious fucking problem with someone who gets behind me trying to make me do something. There was another driver right next to his truck watching and he hollered out at him to get his hands off me and he turned around and seen him and it was like the air went out of him and he told me fuck off and find another ride. It wasn't until the guy next to his truck told me that he had a knife in his hand. That guy gave me a ride to Ypsilanti, Mi and the next morning the girls body was found. I was seventeen but I looked fifteen at the time. I still have nightmares about this fucker.

[@debralynnpaxton5238]

So very thankful that you escaped that monster, so very thankful for the driver who yelled at him; saving you from sure death. Prayers for you for relief from nightmares.

[@tomruth9487]

What a scary encounter. Proof that this guy has possibly killed more than will ever be known.

[@davidsellers3639]

You dodged a bullet sister,someone was protecting you in that moment

[@tomruth9487]

@@davidsellers3639 That's exactly right

[@davelawson8699]

Wow. That barn Regina was found in was at the corner of wagon wheel Rd and 40 East an outer road for hwy 70 in Greenville IL. I was living down that road at a farm about a decade ago. I can see how 30 years prior it would've been an idea place for what evil he did. Nobody would have bothered or interrupted. Plus the times were different, people didn't get involved in things that didn't concern themselves. Everyday when I would walk the dogs down the road I would think of poor Regina. The photos show a terrified young woman. Heartbreaking. If you think about how much she went through from the moment her boyfriend was killed in front of her till the sick way he slowly choked her...those 10 days or whatever were hell.

[@debralynnpaxton5238]

In all of the reports that I've read since the 1970's, there's no doubt that he is responsible for Dozens of 'unsolved , horrific crimes' against women, and possibly some men as well.

[@moseskongi4746]

*He looked so normal or at least normal like a normal white man. I guess this shows to beware of all white man.*

[@Durchii]

They believe over 50 based on his regular routes and reports of missing women on/near them which match the description of the women he targeted, yep.

[@SanDmaNTheFreakTrucker]

I’m embarrassed to share the same profession as this psycho. A lot of people already don’t care for truck drivers for various reasons and this stuff only sets us back another 50 years. I assure you 99.9% of us are just working hard to provide for America and our families.

[@jennybeam7226]

& most of us appreciate you!❤

[@RomanDiaries]

Tons of people appreciate you and think it's a cool career!

[@user-us1jn5mn1f]

Your name doesn’t help😂

[@shelmithmuthoni3841]

​@@user-us1jn5mn1f😂😂

[@moseskongi4746]

@@RomanDiaries What do you mean tons of people, boy? You're not tons, you're just you.

[@handylady8015]

The tape of the patrolman calling is to his base is excellent. Dispatch acted just as uninterested as most 911 operators sound. She asks him if he need an EMT, he interrupts and shouts “I need everybody!!!!!

[@orccandy]

whats the time stamp for that?

[@jayg9014]

They act like mcdonalds drive throughworkers

[@roadrunner9622]

911 operators and air traffic controllers are supposed to be like that.

[@daniellickel9867]

While I was a deputy Sheriff in WI, a woman's body was found that had clearly been drug from a vehicle. It was suspected it was a truck driver because she was from the Detroit area. Last I knew, it was still unsolved, hmm..

[@briandm33]

You know Daniel Larry Hall was very constrictive to murdering alot of women in Wisconsin and the Midwest. I'm not suprised if Larry Hall hadn't killed some victims in your area besides Lorie Depies.

[@tinejensen8309]

Truly terrifying and well done documentary

[@sandibaker5298]

I will never understand why some evil POS are even given the opportunity to plead out to avoid the DP!

[@pale_saint]

Liberalism

[@annamarielewis7078]

It’s cheaper and faster. I hate it too, but we have such a backlogged system 🤯

[@journeybrook9357]

Usually disclosure of body locations and additional victims.

[@mikesmith7497]

Exactly why liberals. Vote democrat and have everyone go soft on crime. @@pale_saint

[@Ferrous_Bueller]

Liberal white women

[@mattboyce3276]

The guy is a total coward. Pleads guilty to avoid the death penalty. He had no problem taking innocent lives.

[@makeupboss3568]

This is why I can’t condone the idea of girls or anyone hitchhiking. It’s dangerous. This guy makes me sick , and he makes other truck drivers look bad, there are good guys out there on the road too .

[@Userxyz-z2d]

FBI says most undolved murders are committed by truckers. They also said lots of them are lowlifes and anyone can become a trucker in only weeks.

[@makeupboss3568]

@@Userxyz-z2d it’s a scary thought, but yeah . I agree with that.

[@davidsellers3639]

If men were still allowed to be men,it would have been taken care of

[@gigigiseleworld]

His line of work makes it easy for people such as himself and his travel route's across the country.

[@gigigiseleworld]

@@Userxyz-z2d In the 1970's-1990's these trucker's we're driving all across the country and those decades there were Serial killers..left and right. Unfortunately some of them died,, before being apprehended . With DNA it has solved many homicides.

[@Dwmckay]

This is insane! How is this man still alive!

[@kimurton4346]

I was a solo female driving over the road for 18 years. I hate hearing stories like these because it makes truckers look awful. There were a few scary moments, but I met many people who would give you the shirt off their back.

[@cbliss]

Me too

[@lindaarrington9397]

I know. A lot of Tru ker Just making a living. Good folks

[@d.e.p.5624]

In general I believe that good people are a large, silent majority. I have always believed the same about truckers

[@Unpainted_Huffhines]

"Lot Lizzard" is common trucker slang. It's not something this guy came up with.

[@mamakat114]

Michael Sheeley... Bravo for saying what you said as this POS left the courtroom. I applaud you.

[@Johnjohn-dt6hw]

There was no one to hold him accountable..thank God for the trooper and these detectives!!!!

[@juanarreola5525]

Can you imagine if he would have become a cop?? Damn..

[@waynerohde1036]

Alot of psychos become cops!

[@marcusfitzgerald59]

@@waynerohde1036lol😂

[@spinning1063]

True @@waynerohde1036

[@Papicholo1]

​@@waynerohde1036 True story 👍

[@tomorowsnobodys]

Yes lol that’s super easy to imagine

[@richardliller7679]

Fun Fact: My state has a relatively high cost per prisoner, $37,000. That’s about $7,000 more than a full scholarship at our state universities

[@antoniokastrocarlisledemel6617]

Humanity seems to know no bounds when it comes to Evil

[@lindaoheff9169]

Yep…and it seems all down to testosterone

[@joem6352]

Being evil is part of being human, we're still evolving, our undeveloped brains still primitive. Either we just wait to evolve, count on science to fix our flaws or a meteor hit us so hard, it wipes out the human race.

[@robertbarnhart7791]

Explain Aileen Wournos then lol

[@Jerseyboondocks]

​@@lindaoheff9169No honey. It's because humans can be awful. I think we can be one of the best species and most intelligent but also the worst at the same time.

[@Jerseyboondocks]

​@@robertbarnhart7791exactly women can be awful and cruel as well. It does seem that there's more male murderers but you can't give females a pass. And ironically my first name is Aileen 😂

[@0hMyGandhi]

why do they always gotta wear the Stephen King glasses?

[@smitty31560]

I know right! If I was a detective I would immediately start investigating anyone that had glasses like that lol.

[@Gawnfall]

​@@smitty31560Stephen King is probably a murderer tbh. He's sus af

[@Derfboy]

Dang it...I just got bifocals and moved to that style because it gives more surface area. lol

[@trixiek2582]

Regina's photos have haunted me for years 😢

[@The_Not_So_Great_Cornholio]

There are a lot more people out there like this than anyone wants to know about. I don't mean that have done what he did, but who think like he does.

[@blakesleyk.7166]

Absolute truth. In the legions of murdered women a particular case haunts. Police chief’s daughter. Stranger abduction. She’s thrown into trunk. He’s unaware she’s on cell w/dad trying to convey info. Multiple roadblocks are set up to search all vehicles. He’s not caught. She suffered horrific death. In the aftermath police revealed they were stunned by how numerous were vehicle’s containing rape kits.

[@Userxyz-z2d]

Lots

[@aquariuscheers9191]

There are many psychopaths among us but only some of them are killers.

[@GreyBeatle]

@@aquariuscheers9191 Truckers, have to be a bit uncaring at times to others. If they stop for every situation they see going bad, they won't live through their first year of trucking either. Understand that aspect to the job. It's not always so simple.

[@ya-boyrookus7516]

I drove semi trucks otr for 25 years. Trucking is a solitary profession that has many loners in it. I would sometimes see drivers and tell they weren’t right in the head.

[@1978mackdaddy]

I'm a OTR driver too.. Lots of crazies out here.

[@Lena-so2lq]

Many normal family men, I've been at a rest stop once and had one standing behind me. Daytime. But he was behind me reading a wall map, i could hear him breathing. And see his reflection. I unfolded my blade in my sleeve of my jacket and i got out of there. I could FEEL something wrong.

[@jeremygriggs1333]

I'm a truck driver im 6,6 240 pounds was doing a pretrip at 4am at a reststop guy was standing behind me scared me todeath he wasn't right just stared at me.

[@Nomadcreations]

far Too Much Of malnutrition Junk Food, Coffee, bennies, Lack of proper Rest/Sleep fries peoples minds hence Excessive Deviant Behaviors Plus worse If they be de-Ranged to start with! & Yes like Always a few Screw It Up for the whole! so Many Ignorant So called regular people Like to prejudge any one they dont know!

[@Nomadcreations]

@@Lena-so2lq >>> Inutuition

[@LoloCommentQueen]

It’s scary to think of the terrible fear and torture, the victims trapped in a cabin moving up and down the interstates as other innocent drivers moved along totally unaware. If he picked you up in TX, he could take as long as arriving in Illinois to kill you. From Utah to Mississippi. That’s horrible, confusing for police and had a lot to do with why it took so long, besides the eyewitness victim being scared. They handled that badly and should’ve concealed her identity by having him in a lineup behind tinted glass.

[@patrickwynkoop9442]

I used to work as a stage hand in Philadelphia and had many scary encounters with truckers n this is in the 90s n i had more than one trucker tell me n they laughed about killing women and just discarding their bodies n they all open carried firearms so it probably wasn't just this guy there are many more serial killers that are truck drivers those men who bosted about what they did scared me n my 300lb friend who worked with me but I don't know why my friend never took a second thought about it maybe cause we were young and didn't want to seem intimdated idk I have lost touch with my friend about these experiences Steven just told me they were just trying to intimidate us but now after hearing this story i believe there were more killer's than just this guy we should have reported them

[@BK-qp8zp]

Punctuation.

[@Will324]

Truckers make this country work! There's crazy people in every profession, calling it out in only truckers is unfair and untrue.

[@kaytigrant4527]

@@Will324 he’s just saying more than one trucker told him they’d killed women.

[@aquariuscheers9191]

​@@BK-qp8zpI understood it.

[@patrickwynkoop9442]

@BK-qp8zp pet Peeve of yours but I have Dyslexia n the of hspt in high school I failed 3 times before passing the writing part so I did Graduate but people still can understand what I'm saying n you sound like a troll to me anyway I hope George soros is paying you well

[@badbuddha6]

Ironically, The Truck Stop Killers name is "RHOADES"

[@AA-BB]

Sigh

[@makared636]

Praying for healing for the victims in their families

[@mantorras7752]

There is never healing

[@Dball10-4]

Us truck drivers in America already have a horrible reputation. This man was sick and deserved what he got! A lot of us Truckers are caring, wholesome people who have families to get back home to, and would never, ever want to hurt somebody.!!!😢

[@Imakebootysclap]

theres a bunch of truck drivers doing this, like at least 1,000 according to the FBI websight.

[@Userxyz-z2d]

Exactly!

[@Madvizion]

I could never be a defense attorney because of cases like this. It also goes to show how being a present intentional father is important and how real generational curses are.

[@moondancer4660]

That poor girl, only 14 years old.

[@privateprivate1865]

Reminds me of david parker ray,.. the toy box killer.. this world is horrible

[@Kindmelllie1]

His story scares me to death.

[@RoseanneSeason2]

That psycho was a big time meth head which explains why he was maybe the most sadistic serial killer on earth.

[@tekboi1984]

I'm pretty sure around the year 2000 I found the belongings of one of his victims. I was just a teenager and had been working for the summer for our family's business. We were staying at a trucker hotel in Sioux City, IA and while we were doing laundry in the laundry room. I spotted a set of women's clothes, 1 pair of shoes, wig, CDs, and other misc personal belongings. I swear I got a bad vibe and thought it was the victim of a killer. I dismissed it at the time but still remember finding that stuff vividly.

[@NoReply28]

So she told the cops that it was actually him after he had left and knowing what he and his truck look like... Did they not try to catch him again?

[@renatawarec]

I thought I read somewhere else she didn't tell them for a long time. Not then & there.

[@eva1480]

Yes and even when she denied why they do not investigate asking for documents searching the cub or somthing

[@darrelllockard2107]

If you are called by all 3 of your names you’re more than likely going to be a serial killer😂

[@junkmail9958]

I was a total rebel and have hitchhiked all over the US sometimes alone and sometimes with others. I was a teenager. I fit the description of these victims. (Never traded for sexual favors). I watched this show in horror and placed myself in the situation. I know it is only by the grace of God that I am alive and this made my blood run cold. This was a little before these killings were committed, but we don’t know when they started. It’s just bone chilling.

[@edwardduarte7393]

This is a crazy story GQ writer was one of the girls that survived wrote an article on him. Amazing!!

[@razor282]

Why are these murdering monsters even given a chance for release? 🤷🏽

[@patrickcork9358]

OMG 😢 So Sad 4 All Those Who Died 😢

[@tylivinlife2238]

The real ball buster is how many guys or truck driver out there just like him. That have just never been caught!

[@bennybongosbigolebonanza894]

Yeah there’s that new book out by the FBI guy who estimated 450! 😳

[@MrCharlesEldredge]

His sick twisted face in the most recent photo of him reflects his life.

[@tystephens2267]

The body in the barn was of a 14-16 year old smh I didn’t think it could get any worse but that made my stomach drop. Disgusting

[@DollaDollaBillYall]

“How am I gonna get out of this one” Well just go to court you won’t get any time

[@localfatty4364]

This is unreal. I would love to know both the killer and the victims thoughts as this entire process is playing out. Just imagine all the other victims out there that just left the house from the 60’s-80’s to never ever been seen again

[@frannypalmer2726]

I would not want to get in the killer's head. Too dark and evil in there.

[@Partart3160]

@@frannypalmer2726you do you but I love studying the ideology of serial killers.

[@frannypalmer2726]

@@Partart3160 oh I understand! I wasn't trying to condemn you.

[@trump45and2zig-zags]

​@Partart3160 ya you got issues too huh?

[@Partart3160]

@@trump45and2zig-zags yes

[@lulumoon6942]

As the daughter of a long haul truck driver and a former longtime Victim Advocate, I'm frankly surprised this didn't happen MORE.

[@aquariuscheers9191]

It probably does but they haven't been caught yet.

[@lulumoon6942]

@@aquariuscheers9191 Nor ever will. 😮‍💨🙏

[@aquariuscheers9191]

@@lulumoon6942 Some will be caught.

[@albailey4307]

When they took away the electric chair for crimes like this it was the biggest mistake made by the criminal justice system

[@Gawnfall]

The problem is if someone was actually innocent.

[@plumbingstuffinoregon2471]

I had to get out of over the road trucking after only 10 months of doing it. It can be fun, but you're just alone with your thoughts WAY too much, and my mental health is pretty crappy anyways. It's easy to sit there as you're cruising along and justify doing terrible things, and I didn't want to lose my mind. There's definitely a lot of crazies out there.

[@vaughnmojado8637]

He was 44 years old when he was caught. The Wikipedia said he killed 4-50+ victims. His first conviction got him 6 years for kidnapping and rape in 1990. The next killing got him 20 years. That’s insane.

[@lauramounir3660]

Thankfully today, we’ve optimized and implemented fool proof, forensic DNA testing that pretty much puts someone at the scene or not but, it’ll definitely get someone dragged in for questioning. Sorry to the families who lost loved ones at the hands of this monster. But ; isn’t age 14 considered a child?Why wouldn’t they have charged him with child sexual assault and murder? Maybe he could’ve gotten the death penalty instead of put in prison on the taxpayers money.

[@SugarandSarcasm]

It depends on whether the state has those chargeable offences

[@melcoffee224]

Something tells me he more than likely had friends in high places

[@merlinoddog2197]

You can have all the dna you want. If you don't have the person to match it to you don't have shit.

[@southerncaltattooedbiker3643]

I can't believe that he was never put too death for all the innocent people he killed or that the other inmates didn't take care of him because they don't like people who did what he has done. And Texas and Arizona both have the Death Penalty I believe that Utah also still had it but they keep giving him a deal had he been able to get out of prison he would still be killing women and men.

[@sympathetic187]

I can't believe out of all those years, he never got his truck inspected and was found out. Trucks get pulled over all the time and logs and trailer inspected.

[@eclipznpicz8879]

From a *psychological standpoint* in Rhoades mind, he *blamed* these *young girls/women* for taking *his father* away from him! 🧐

[@sidDkid87]

*_"there's a killer on the road_* / *_his brain is squirmin' like a toad"_* 🎶

[@personanongrata7976]

Parole?!!! WTF do you mean "parole?" They were gonna parole this monster?

[@eadiebrown7510]

Great detective work

[@aurorincorporated]

...can't stop staring at the glassless glasses used here and there.

[@atfbproductions7458]

Time is a flat circle, there have been those like him before and there have still been those like him after🤢

[@Pennshitz]

That guy from the 70’s Show got life.

[@viccrown8188]

When will younger people get it…. STOP getting in strangers vehicles. You’re asking to become a victim. People are so naive.

[@UncleKennysPlace]

Most people are good. But one cannot act as if _all_ people are good.

[@JEpsteinDidntKillHimself]

Uber lol

[@Denise_Suzanne]

My daughter is a teenager, and I told her that once she gets in a stranger's car, she is as good as dead. I've told her to do ANYTHING to not be put into a car. I wanted to put fear in her so that she will definitely NEVER do it. She gets it. My parents never told me things like that, and my friends and I used to hitchhike in the 8os and thought nothing of it.

[@podunkmissouri4999]

Its always a peterbilt driver 😅😅

[@AudioReplica2023]

wow , she got th perfect oportunity to make the guy pay for what he did to her…but she opted for leave him free with 100% chance to get taken aghain by the same guy..cuz she was scared??? you kidding mwe right …. Thats beyond comprehensive

[@RicheeBee-nn8mn]

@@Sunflower-ug3eh no the police allowed you don’t bring your victim to hunt down perps

[@itsnotthesamething]

It really isn't all that uncommon for a victim to be so traumatized they can't cope with going through a prosecution of their abuser, or even agreeing it's him when face to face. While it seems terrible to those of us who have never been through anything like that, we really should try to understand it from the standpoint of the victim. We have no idea what he did to her before she was saved. I seriously doubt she was ever ok again after that.

[@jtsawis7078]

Yes it is. She could of lied in front of him but afterwards say that he's the perp. Never underestimate the stupidity of humans.

[@itsnotthesamething]

@@jtsawis7078 She did say afterward that he was the perp. I think she was too terrified to testify though.

[@cynk956]

It shows you have no empathy!!! I'm 66 years old and I'm still terrified from the emotional abuse I received from my mom. I remember when I was 16 and had to go to the doctor cuz I had a cut that was turning putrid. I was too afraid to tell anyone. It started to smell so bad thatI my mom actually noticed. The doc asked my mom to leave the room. He asked if I was afraid of my mom. He said he wouldn't tell my mom. However, I was so terrified of my mom that I wasn't able to trust him. I remember wanting to tell him but my fear said either he would tell my mom or she would find out and my Hell would be even worse. You're so smug about someone else's suffering and fear! You kidding me?! You're as unfeeling as Rhodes!!!

[@MichaelBrackenTalent]

@AbsoluteCrime, what a monster 50 women! I just found your channel, and you do a fantastic job! I liked it and subscribed! Look forward to more!

[@JohnnyDanger36963]

Divorce court

[@chrisxavier3147]

Gives the Toybox Killer a run for his money

[@Lena-so2lq]

You cant be serious right.

[@JayTee78NIN]

Why did those two police have that poor woman identify him with him looking directly at her? She was terrified. What's the point of having a police lineup when police do not line up criminals to be identified

[@lpluva1]

I know they say you can't tell by looking at a person if they're a serial killer, but looking at that drivers license photo clearly sometimes you can. 😬

[@Tilly-ts8sz]

What. An obductected woman had a horse bit in her mouth, is naked and restrained and the cop tells her: that shes okay, the cops are taking care of it and she won't be bothered anymore. This officers sense of the meaning "bothered" is different from mine

[@renatawarec]

This is a reenactment so we don't really know his exact words

[@petej.8676]

The fact shes not in her right mind makes this even more evil..and 6 yesrs?? Why not just probation? He needs 50 years to life

[@bf3949]

With dash cams/ in-cab driver facing cameras,GPS & a policy of no riders, the killers of today will think up a new approach.

[@alainvosselman9960]

"Rhoades had an uncontrollable sexual appetite"...lol..; which man doesn't ? This case must've been extra tough on those working it bc of the nasty pictures he took. I don't think those memories and emotion don't fade easily. Truely a monster.

[@Texas_Made_]

Facts😂

[@SsmAnyfeSt]

Me.

[@lindaarrington9397]

Ageee

[@USAsave]

Thanks to Det Bob and Det Long. Unseen heroes. Thank you for caring and pursuing. I know it must be painful.

[@USAsave]

What ever database helps with Red Hair, Mid twenties with certain bullet, is amazing!

[@USAsave]

The haunting pics of Regina is forever embedded in my mind of facing evil. I cry for her and all the victims. It is so heartbreaking that people can be so cruel.

[@markmike7933]

I'm NOT victim blaming...but what makes even KIDS think they KNOW that they can trust a complete stranger? Or maybe i'm 55 now and I would have done the same thing if I was looking for a ride. I HATE that these kids missed out on life.

[@nutellabutt8104]

Children aren’t as jaded as a lot of us adults. Sadly we become less trustful as we get older because we’ve either had or heard of others bad experiences. It’s knowledge that comes with age.

[@Chelidog]

Probably bc our brains aren’t fully developed until our early twenties. Kids don’t make the wisest decisions at times. They are still learning

[@rozchristopherson648]

I'm 62. My mother told me not to get in any man's car except my father's car which was the only car our family had. When I asked about one of my parents' best friends--the neighbor across the street--my mom said not even him. I knew she meant business. I was only about 6 at the time. I had no concept of sexual assault. But When my mom said I could not even get in that man's car, I realized that I was to take my mom seriously. That man and his wife had been best friends with my parents since they were all young people. My mom went to high school with that guy's wife. The man was my dad's poker buddy. As I grew older, I realized my mom wasn't trying to tell me whom and whom not to trust. She was telling me something more important. She was telling me not to put myself in positions where I could be harmed. Many people try to determine whether or not they can trust a particular person. But that is not the test, that is not the issue. Certain dangers can be avoided by avoiding the situation altogether. As in, do not get into a stranger's vehicle. Also, as women, be careful getting into any vehicle with a man or letting a man into your vehicle if you are alone even if you know the person.

[@pietikke5598]

​@@ChelidogYet they are allowed to change their gender and go into the military. 😮

[@AuntLALA]

🤔 maybe texas killing fields victims should be looked into. And that area in louisianna 😢

[@byronharano2391]

Wow! I had a flat along I10 in Casa Grande, Arizona. Imagine this lunatic stalking your roadways and Interstates? Upon conviction, "assemble a firingsquad!"

[@kellyshomemadekitchen]

Do you ever wonder if these perps sit in prison and watch these crime docs about themselves?

[@thesebadseeds]

If they smuggled in a cell phone then its not out of the realm of possibility.

[@AA-BB]

Maybe

[@Jerseyboondocks]

I had a family member who went to prison and they absolutely do have TVs in their cells, or at least ones with good behavior and a family who would buy it. They also have rec rooms with a TV. This piece of crap might have watched it

[@Lena-so2lq]

Most prisons have very basic TV. Judge shows and nothing that great. Canada has more of course. USA doesnt have much in way of stuff like this.

[@waynerohde1036]

My buddy that's a prison guard said the inmates like watching crime and cop shows on tv

[@gwugluud]

What is precisely up with these kinds of losers? What the hell.

[@CTimmerman]

I think it's called the "warrior gene"; lack of feels.

[@Lena-so2lq]

​@@CTimmermanyou can be a warrior without being a coward...i mean, warrior sounds strong and positive. This guy is nuts.

[@CTimmerman]

@@Lena-so2lq Psychopaths are not cowards, and excel at operating death camps.

[@RyanHorn-fk1sg]

If he did this in 70's imagine what they do now... people are scandalous

[@davidsellers3639]

They aren’t truckers so much anymore,politicians more likely

[@RyanHorn-fk1sg]

​@@davidsellers3639facts

[@user-hi2nj5qy7w]

There not people demons

[@sharrielee911]

Interesting video indeed 😊 thx for sharing...

[@xorb-cg4hy]

it blows my mind how accurate criminal minds episodes are

[@amberly707]

That young couple , Regina and her boyfriend what a shame, and what a horrible fate. I started hitching long distance with my first boyfriend at around 15 . And at 20 i spent 2-3 years hitching mid - southern mexico by myself ( and with some friends i met early in my adventure) and im so glad that i did ...and that the majority of the people i met were wonderful and respectful.

[@Cherryhill335]

God must have been watching over you. Especially on Mexico.

[@ld3418]

The reason for CCW permits and why you never leave the house without the permit in your wallet and your "bodyguard". Also a reason to suspect everyone, and assume they will behave as basely as most humans do.

[@michellebrown2965]

That is a miserable way to look at life and a sad existence. If you live in fear at all times; evil has already won. It already took your life while you are still living.

[@lakegeneva1068]

If most people behaved "basely" no one would still be alive right now.

[@Jerseyboondocks]

It might be a miserable way of looking at life, but at least that's one person who's less likely to get themself in a fatal situation. I'm sorry but humans are the most intelligent species but they're also the worst species at the same time. ​@@michellebrown2965

[@Userxyz-z2d]

They didnt say live in fear, just be aware of your surroundings & not trust. Trust is earned! Women are prey of men & men are natural born predators, womens only rapists & murderers ARE MEN. Women better be on guard & listen to their intuition.

[@Lena-so2lq]

​@@michellebrown2965that person isnt living in fear, they're being smart. You want to have people. Your family and maybe minors at the total mercy of random sickos? Why would you do that when you know better? You must not carry very much about the people around you either. I live in Florida. Screw that !!

[@maria89479]

Anytime this guy pops up on my feed. I gotta watch it. The dude is diabolical.

[@jdoe981]

Back in Oregon when I was 16 I was riding my bike and stopped on an overpass to watch traffic. A trucker stopped and got out and started walking toward me. I was too scared to turn my bike around. He walked up and asked do you want to mess around? He was in his 40s. Aubrecht Trucking was printed on the side of the truck. I yelled NO! He walked away.

[@c.d.8975]

The British bird talks like her lower jaw is loose, or the jaw doesn't quite fit right

[@hotellady4033]

😅😢every one seen wearing those eye glasses..lol always end up being serial killers..😂funny ..not funny.😢

[@neopa3695]

That woman who would not ID him is a real piece of work.

[@Mike-tg7dj]

They caught another serial killer in Nashville Tenndssee a few years back, and yes he was a long haul trucker

[@TheEarthRealm]

4:30 Oh come on, he _looks_ like a serial killer. 🙄

[@journeybrook9357]

In the weat Coast area there was a truck driver that picked up 3 hitch hikers. Killed one put two into a barn dugged out area chained. The atea looked normal. The family claimed they didn't know they were not allowed in the barn or to question. There eas more than one man involved. I meet the couple who had to go to every parole hearing to not have him released. They also had to live in the shadows for fear of the others. On news and in papers. Who would think 3 people would be hurt

[@AlexandraBolz]

The pictures of Regina haunted me when I first saw the pictures of her where she was forced to wear the high heels and dress. If I didn’t know the background of those pictures I wouldn’t have thought that was a murder victim but because it is, it is part of what haunts me about those pictures.

[@RighteousnessWillPrevail]

You shouldn't wish malice on people. Makes you almost as bad as them.