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questions of murder and assault that some people may fly defensive. We advise exe cream caution for children under thirteen fur the neighbors New Robert Lee Yeats, as an average Joe, he was quiet and unassuming some acquaintances in his native Spokane, Washington, Yeats, was so unremarkable that they didn't remember. Him at all Yates, was a decorated army helicopter pilot. He was a father to five children, He enjoyed working with his cars, which included his beloved white corvette. He lived a king. Unassuming life or so everyone thought it soon became clear that despite Roberts, mild, mannered, nature He had a sinister side from nineteen seventy. I've until nineteen ninety eight he murdered at least seventeen people around Washington,

assume this unassuming average Joe became spoke hands most notorious resident hi, I'm Greg Paulson, and this is serial killer. On the park ass network. Every Monday we die than to the mines and madness of serial killers. Today, we're going to take a deep dive into the life of Robert Lee Yeats, a convicted murderer who old sixteen women and one man. It spoken Washington, I'm here with my co host Vanessa Richardson high everyone at par cast. We agree for four. You are listeners. You allow us to do what we love. Let us know how we're doing reach out on Facebook and Instagram at par, cast and twitter at PAR cast network, and if you enjoy to is episode. The best way to help us is to leave a five star review where every listening it really does help us.

We also now have merch head to park, cast dot com merch for more information. Robert Lee Yates was a former prison Guard Army, veteran and father of, I've children, but he harboured more vicious side during the ten year period, between one thousand nine hundred and eighty eight and one thousand nine hundred and ninety eight Yates murdered at least fifteen Sex workers and spoken. He picked up the women in his van had sex with them and shot them in the head. Two thousand forty eight year old Yeats, was charged with thirteen counts of murder and received a sentence of four hundred and years in jail in two thousand and two. He was convicted of two additional murders and was sentenced to death by lethal injection. After two thousand eighteen Washington State Supreme Court ruling, the death penalty was abolished in the state and his sentence was commuted to life in prison.

In this week's episode will examine Roberts early life. An oak harbour Washington, as well as his early victims next week, will discuss the rest of his Spokane victims, his arrest and murder trials. Before Robert was even born. Murder was part his family's history in nineteen, forty five Roberts Father Robert see lived a seemingly quiet life in Van Buren Tennessee, with his parents fifty three year old, Bela Johnson Yeats and fifty five year old, On Taylor, Yeats John worked as a farmer and as such, wasn't home for long stretches of time put most to the domestic and child rearing pressures on novella, who raising their eleven children October October, twelfth nineteen forty five Bert Senior was a young boy sleeping in his upstairs bedroom. He awoke to love noises downstairs and went to investigate. Roy

Bert Senior saw his father lying on the floor of a bedroom bleeding from his head, novella, sad com, Lee and quietly in another room as if nothing had happened, but something did clearly transpire between the couple. Novella had killed, John with a double lead: acts, medical examiner is found that John Yeats had four wounds on his head and face, including one that spanned the entire right side of his head and penetrated the brain John was taken to the hospital. and died of his injuries. Six days later, on October eighteen TH, nineteen, forty five, Its unknown, what prompted novella to kill her husband that night police Sid Novella and charged her with felonious assault. She was released. Warren in county jail on a three thousand dollar bond. There are no goods to show whether or not she was convicted of the murder. She was sent to a mental hospital

for unknown and unrecorded reasons where she remained for seven years. Meanwhile, Robert senior grew up and married a woman named anime, seven years his grandmother killed his grandfather, Robert Gates, Jr, was born on May twenty seven, fifty two in Oak Harbor Washington He was the second child to Robert senior anatomy. Yeats Yeats was a quiet child well mannered, behaved and well meaning he didn't make any. Bubble in oak harbor, a town on Washington's Woodby Island with striking views of the Olympic mountains in the Pacific Ocean Robert Senior so religious man and a very involved

or of the seventh day Adventists church seventh day. Advent ism is a form of protestant Christianity that believes in the forthcoming return of Jesus Christ to earth. Unlike most christian denominations seventh day, Adventists observed the Sabbath on Saturdays. They avoid meet drugs and alcohol. Robert seniors local church, Congregation was made up of about one hundred people. He took his participation seriously. He wanted to pass along values to his son. Rubber junior grew up with close bond to his father, his father coached, his little league baseball team. Robert Junior was specifically interested in pitching they attended church together and Robert sang in the church choir they hunted dear, went fishing and hike together. Often Roberts close friend, Al Gaudy said

there was a lot of respect in that family. They were the type of people you'd want as your neighbour from the outside Young Robert Lee Yeats was a picture perfect kid. But despite this It was a dark stain on Roberts childhood at age. Six Robert live next door. Family within eleven year. Old son is unclear the eleven year old and Robert were friends, but either way, eleven year old, allegedly sexually abused Robert at age. Six, as he grew up Roberts neighbor in Oak harbor knew him ass, a hard working young man. He frequent mode lawns around the neighbourhood pumped gas at the local gas station and harvested peace with farmer to earn one dollar and eight cents an hour. But according to some sources, Robert had a dark side even during childhood. At one point, began hurting and torturing innocent animals at age. Eleven Robert may have set fire to a house, but he was not formally charged or accused of the arson in high school.

Robert was a pitcher for the oak harbour, wild cats, varsity baseball team, his former teammate Harry Farrier remembered Robert As an average Joe saying she could throw fastball with precision. He was kind of quiet, a few of his own carbon highschool classmates and teachers remembered Robert as a quiet student who turned in assignments on time, rob also played football briefly, but quit during his sophomore year in nineteen sixty eight he had a steady girlfriend for most of high school. He wasn't just an athlete. Robert was also part of the school Clare, and talented writer His classmates recalled the day when he read a son it to his english class allowed. They thought it was a word written by Shakespeare, but Robert had written a sonnet himself during his senior year in nineteen seventy eighteen year Old Robert's girlfriend moved away. So he skipped the o arbor homecoming dance. Instead

invited close friend, owl gaudy over to his home to play. Canasta a card game gaudy members quote he didn't smoke and he didn't drink. We didn't given to peer pressure. That was our thing. Our thing was hunting and fishing and hiking end quote Robert and Gate bonded over their common career aspirations. They wanted to become doctors, biologists or park rangers. Together. They went on sixteen our backpacking trip with the goal of catching at twenty inch: trout, the fish, was famous for living in an isolated lake in Washington's cascade mountains. In addition to wanting to catch the trout, Robert was fascinated by eagles and birds flying overhead in the mountains and dreamed of flying himself. After graduation Robert Engaddi attended, Scatcherd Valley, community college together, while there he began date, an eighteen year old, classmate named surely Neil under he graduate

with an associate of arts degree in general studies in nineteen. Seventy two at age, twenty Robert and me got married on August: twenty seventh nineteen and seventy two and moved to the city of college place together to attend Walla Walla College Robert shows that specific school, because it was run by seven day, Adventists at Walla Walla. He pursued pre med studies, but Roberts. First, marriage didn't last long in seventy four, surely moved out of their college, place apartment returned home and asked for divorce her reason for leaving the marriage or unknown. But twenty two year old, Robert didn't contest a request and moved on quickly Robert began dating while a while a college classmate Linda Brewer, almost immediately after his split from Shirley Linda soon became pregnant. In July. Nineteen. Seventy four. They got married in a small ceremony, but there was one problem: the marriage took place before

His divorced Shirley was finalized Robert and This marriage was considered in valid because he was still married to some one else, but Linda didn't care. She was in love and for the time being, that was all that matters but about a month after their wedding Roberts, new pseudo bride began noticing that her husband had some odd habits. One day she found a whole. He drilled in the attic when to realise the whole looked into their next door. Neighbours apartment Robert had made the whole, so he could watch the couple in the apartment. Next door at sex perturbed Linda left Bert, but they quickly reconciled and resumed their relationship. A month later, it's unclear if Robert can you'd his in the attic in the attic in Roberts divorce became vital in August nineteen. Seventy four

a few months later in December, one thousand nine hundred and seventy four Linda gave birth to a daughter named Sasha the birth of their first child motivated Robert to dropout of college, and find a steady job when his father had worked as a corrections officer at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla. Walla for eighteen years and Robert decided to join him, he became a guard at the prison in July nineteen. Seventy five, though this career would be short, lived, some sources say. Twenty three year old Robert worked at the prison for three or four months, and other say he lasted up to six months before he quit either way, Linda's family were confused by Robert sporadic behaviour. It didn't help that Robert gave no explanation for quitting. In fact, his real motive for distancing himself from the area wouldn't be on earth. For over a decade, Robert had begun to kill, we'll learn of Roberts. First victims

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Twenty one year old, Patrick Oliver and twenty two year old Susan Savage were too close friends spending some time together and Milk Creek Park in while a Wala, Oliver and Savage had good reputation in the town. They were both well liked top students who came from good families. He had just returned from studying in France, while Savage recently graduated from Washington State University, the fray. Met up for a picnic in Mill Creek Park and even went for a swim in the lake. No Creek part now known ass mill, Creek Dam and Bennington Lake is appalling. Spot in Walla Walla, the sprawling six you take a recreational area. Has many hiking trails according to the Washington try association, is also a populist spot for borders. Bikers hunters, runners and anglers that day, Robert Gates was in the same area for hunting target practice. It's not clear! Why or how? But Robert approached the couple.

Sometime during his target practice activities, Walla Walla County Sheriff MIKE Comfort, He's told the wall, the wall, a union bulletin quote. I think he went up there to target shoot like he usually did. He came across these people and it happened and quote he shot Oliver three times the last bullet was especially fatal. It pierce of his heart, Robert left Savage with two fatal gunshot wounds. One shoulder and the other in her head behind her left ear, Robert took most to the closed savages unconscious body and placed on top of Oliver sexual manner. Robert covered both dead bodies with a pile of brush. An army sleeping bag and attire killer. Sometimes position the bodies of their victims and suggestive ways in order to send a message author and invested the historian Peter Vronsky, elaborated on this in his book serial killers,

method and madness of monsters. There are two ways: a killer could position a body post mortem. The first is called stage when the killer arranges the corpses and away meant to confuse or mislead investigators, but if the victims, arranged in a sexual or perverse manner that fulfils the killers on fantasies. It's called pull sing, considering that Oliver and savages bodies were hidden from plain sight, Robert may have been posing the corpses to act out a perverse fantasy for his own pleasure. Leading to a two thousand for study in the Journal of forensic science. Killers who pose bodies want to shock anyone who does covers the bodies of the victims. The study also found that female victims- to be. The ones who are staged posed were left in some kind of unusual position after being murdered, posed bodies can indicate that sexual assault had occurred, and that the manner of death was particularly hands on for the killer. Usually, victims were,

in an unusual position, have been stabbed bound or bludgeoned. Robert killed, savage at point. Blank range which also denotes a certain hands on closeness the next day, Oliver brother Dan and his uncle Frank Mun noticed Oliver and Savage didn't returned home the night before Dan and man went out looking for them at mill, Creek Dan recalled I saw a funny arrangement of debris near the edge of the creek. I found them Dan and man drove straight to the local police station to report what they have found in the park police investigated. The murder and in turn up any leads at the time. It was also unclear if Oliver Savage had been sexually assaulted in the attack, but Robert would never be a suspect in the murder. He would only be convicted of it after confessing to it over a decade later, in fact, Robert was nowhere near the murders at the time he had already did

himself from the nearby prison and found new employment as a movie theater us Some time later in nineteen, seventy five he and Linda move back to Roberts hometown of Oak Harbour likely because his mother had paddling cancer short. After a rival twenty three year old, Robert Lee Yeats took a job as a janitor at Whidbey Island Hospital, where his mother worked as the housekeeping supervisor in July. One thousand nine hundred and seventy six Robert and Linda, threw a second wedding and were officially married. It took place in Oak harbor with Robert's parents, as witnesses. Linda officially took Roberts last name, but she joined the family just as another Yates passed on October nine, ninth, nineteen, seventy six Roberts mother anime died of cancer on his friend Goddy were bears at her funeral Goddy claimed that the death didn't affect Robert too much.

Because Robert and anime didn't have a close relationship. He told the Seattle Times Quote: boys are attached to their mothers like girls. Are he doesn't throw us over the edge end quote some time in nineteen seventy seven Robert became a father again when Linda gave birth to their second child Sonia on October. Fourth, nineteenth Seven Robert enlisted, in the U S army at age, twenty five older than the other recruits, but proceeded to train a base. In Missouri, Texas and Massachusetts in eighteen, eighty twenty. Eight year old Robert was chosen to train as an army pilot fulfilling his childhood dream of flying in order to become an army. Pilot individuals are selected for special training, called warned officer Candidate School Roberts. Training for this took place at Fort Rucker Alabama, the Aviation center in July eighty before he was allowed to fly planes started his training with helicopters. Robert became a highly Sir

helicopter pilot. His colleagues called him. An excellent pilot now bull and safety conscious from ninety Eighty until nineteen eighty four Robert was stationed in Honey Germany located about fifteen miles from Frankfurt. And his daughters remained in Washington, but Robert this did the family while on leave during one of Roberts, trips, home Robert and Linda expanded their fate, During this time, Linda gave birth to two more children. Their third daughter, Amber in nineteen eighty and their fourth daughter Michel, who was born in nineteen. Eighty four, the AIDS family now had four daughters, Sasha Amber Sonia and Michel, but despite their large family Robert and Linda, seemed happy to keep their lives separate. She re their daughters, while Robert served in the military, He rarely mentioned his wife to his army. Colleagues and many even know he was married, even when he was back in the states, Robert

Linda spent time apart in nineteen? Eighty four, thirty two year old Robert became an instructor at Fort Rucker Alabama for various AV joint training battalions. He was an instructor pilot for the awaits fifty eight, the Kiowa which was used as the army's primary observation helicopter. At the time short After nineteen eighty five Linda move to all the walls with their children and did not depend on birds. Financial support Linda was happy for a bit, but she found it hard to support herself and her daughters on her own Linda said quote: I loved the separation, but the girls were leading to be with their dad. They didn't want to be poor and not have anything anymore. End quote so Linda reunited with Robert in nineteen eighty eight in July of that while Robert Lee Leat was on leave. He returned home to harbor Meanwhile, in nearby Scatcherd County twenty three year old,

Stacy Elisabeth Han was working as a sex worker on July submits nineteen. Eighty eight thirty six year old Robert encountered Hon Presumably, while she was looking for customers, it's not clear exactly what happened during their encounter but months later, on December, twenty Eightth nineteen eighty eight authorities found HANS remains outside Mount Vernon. She had been shot once in the head at first police believed that Hon was a victim of Gary Leon, Ridgeway, the Green River killer. He was another active serial killer who targeted sex workers in Washington state. At the time, however, Robert confessed murdering, years later, and it would play a big role in his trial sometime in nineteen eighty eight, the army re stationed Robert in Germany this time in gulping, in about hundred and nineteen miles from Munich, he remit there. For three years we don't know for sure if Robert killed again in Germany, but at present

german authorities consider him a potential suspect in a string of twenty six unsolved homicides. Involvement in those homicides is still being investigated. One thousand. Eight hundred and eighty nine Roberts wife Linda who was still in the states, gave birth to Kyle. The couple's first son and fifth child Overall Robert favored is Sun, began to neglect his four daughters, Sasha Sloan. Amber and Michel its unknown in what ways he treated his son differently than his daughters, but it's usually typical for parents, to view sons and daughters differently, Doktor Glenn, Wilson Sir engender and sexual psychology told the mirror that the that men and their sons share. Why chromosomes, which carry more genetic Harold and women's double ex chromosomes could point to an instinctive dual preference for sons. It also may have to do with common interests will and told the publication in two thousand ten before the birth

father would assume he'd connect with his son psychologically more so, than with his daughter and that they'd have more shared interests such as playing football. But regardless of how much Robert cared for any of his children, he was often too far from home to see them Robert returned to the United States hundred and ninety one and served as a flight instructor at the Fort Drum Base in New York. Robert was also part of the Fort Drum Assault helicopter division. And he went on several missions with the team. It was During one of these missions that Robert drew attention to himself a story that would get more attention than many of his murderers December ninety. Ninety two he served operation, restore hope in Somalia, while serving Robert fellow soldiers. Soldiers became tired of eating army food and craved barbecue decided decided to do something about it. One day he flew Kiowa Helicopter over a near by forest and took aim

a wild pig below the pig was hit. Bird and the rest of the crew landed the helicopter after the shot. They got the pig loaded onto the helicopter thrilled for the fresh meat. Robert was not reprimanded for his unauthorized joy ride or unbecoming action. Dennis Mills who served with Robert recalled that it wasn't taken very seriously. He told the saddle times quote: they tried to court martial him because he didn't go through the proper channels. It all turned into a big joke. After awhile it didn't hurt a damn thing: they were just to get some fresh meat and quote many serial killers seem to display violent tendencies towards animals as children and adults. According to FBI report in two thousand. Sixteen. If a person hurts animals, then they're likely to hurt you or will do so in the future John Thompson, deputy executive director,

The National Sheriffs Association told the FBI quote if somebody is harming an animal there's a good chance there, also hurting a human. If we see of animal abuse. The odds are that Something else is going on and quote, but nobody suspected rob. Of anything more sinister at the time, probably because they viewed his hunting trip as little more than a desire for good barbecue, rather than consequences. Robert was promoted after this stint overseas in nineteen. Ninety four Robert returned to the United States and became a pilot who trains army aviation instructors. at Fort Rucker in Alabama at the time he was one of only ten army instructors on that highly trained level. My Those Merrill one of Roberts, former students, recalled quote bob- was really kind of quiet. He was very methodical, saw things through quite well. Patients, like you, wouldn't believe,

quote Merrill spent seven hours a day with Robert for the eight weeks of training. Throughout that time, Robert mentioned. Is children but never mentioned Smyth Merrill thought Robert was a single dad. Robert received it he's. Thirty days of leave a year from the army during ones, Watch, leaving one thousand nine hundred and ninety four Robert Bottle white, one thousand nine hundred and seventy seven corvette. He drove it back to the Bay a move that would later come back to haunt him. Occasionally Linda attended parties on the Fort Rucker Base with Robert, she saw a whole new side of him at the events, robber, drink alcohol and flirted with other women. His colleagues called him. James bond Linda was shocked at her husband's behavior, but she tolerated it. His army pay helped support their family and she needed it for her children plus Linda, was still living in Washington. While Robert. Stationed in Alabama, so she rarely

had to deal with his excessive flirting and other bad behaviors his time in fort worker incidently aligned with the murder of murder of a Corbett. Old, transgender woman who was killed on August tenth. Ninety ninety five sources say she was a sex worker. Corbett was less at a night spot in Dothan Alabama located twenty miles south of Fort Rucker. The next morning Corbett was found by an unidentified bystander in a remote area along the nearby chalked, Hatchie river she had been shot in the face several times with a forty five caliber pistol at the time police. Dear as the murder may have a connection to Fort Rucker due to its proximity. But that was little more than a hunch. No leads ever materialised. It wasn't until decades later that Robert was considered a suspect in the case Dale County detective, were unable to determine if Robert owned a forty five caliber pistol at the time, but they knew

We have been familiar with the area due to his time on a military base, though police consider Robert a suspect. He was never formally charged with it eight days after Corbett's murder Robert graduated permanent structure pilot course at Fort Rucker on August eighteenth, nineteen. Ninety five later that month, he BC the Master Army aviator badge which symbolized his fifteen years as a military helicopter pilot. He had been a pilot for majority of his eighteen years in the service around this time. The army underwent a reduction in forces. Forty for Europe Robert accepted Incentive to leave the army after eighteen years of service, it was a shock to most people because robber was only two years shy of the twenty year mark, which is when he would qualify for full military retirement benefits back in Alabama police, continued com Bits, murder, investigation, so

sources of theorized that a proper did murder carpet. The investigation is most likely what caused Robert to leave the army in eighteen. Ninety six, Roberts deal allowed him to continue receiving forty five percent of his normal annual pay likely around twenty thousand dollars a year during his eighteen year career raw earned. Eleven honours, including several army, achievement, metals and meritorious service metals, have to return coming from the army and nineteen. Ninety six Roberts friend L Gaudy, recalled that Robert found a good deal, Anna woman, Spokane Washington, Robert moved into the new home in South Hill on a cul de sac with well manicured lawns, but this idyllic neighborhood, was unsettling really close to the most notorious street. In Spokane we learn. How that street got it seedy reputation in a moment, this episode is brought, you buy Casper your most life, changing

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very series that we examines one of the most famous cases of the century. The answer questions such as, where their mission ex made by the investigators where their way This is overlooked. To the media, shape public opinion to help convict an innocent man or did Jeffrey Mcdonald actual kill his family a willow. Severa, premieres Friday September. Twenty five on fx streaming next day, FX on Hulu, now back to the story in teen ninety six, Robert Lee Yeats and his wife Linda, hoped there moved. Both. Can Washington might weaken the romance in their marriage. Although that wasn't the case Linda Robert soon realised that they no longer felt the same about each other, but they decided to they together as they raised there. Five children Linda, said quote: the romance was gone, but I felt guilty about splitting up the family, the kids loved their dad and I just kind of suffered through it,

quote after leaving the service Robert found. His military retirement package wasn't enough to support his children. He began to look for a new job, but, despite being an accomplished pilot, his work experience wasn't directly applicable to the civilian workforce and he had trouble. Work in September nineteen. Ninety six, forty four year old Robert, took a job at pan. Troll ink a company that assembled electronic instruments used in heavy machinery petrol Tony givens recalled quote: he was a good worker who mostly kept to himself thing really stuck out about him. He was just an average Joe, pretty quiet I didn't talk too much, but he seemed friendly enough and quote once wrote It had a steady income. He took up a new hobby at home cars. He owned three. Ninety. Ninety six Robert worked on that cars and wash them off and in the family's front yard the entire neighbor. Who was familiar with his enthusiasm for cars and neighbours

then joked that they wanted, Robert to wash their cars to Robert hid behind his love of car Even as his own child, got a sense of his dark tendencies. One day and ninety ninety six, his now nineteen year old, daughter, Sonya found her fathers address book and looked through it. She noted it was filled with names of women. She didn't recognize, Sonya started to go through the address book and call the women one by one. She asked them if they knew her father and they each answered. No. When confronted about the address book, Robert told Sonya that he was buying used car parts from the women named in the book, even though the women said they didn't know him. However, Lynn The two had reason to be suspicious of her husband. She knows the family was running out of money. As her husband frequently withdrew cash from Atms Roberts response, he told her to get a job.

Although Robert and Linda's marriage had been loveless for years, it had stayed physical, but after Robert left the service they began have issues in the bedroom as well. Around this time, Linda recalled Robert used to talk about being impotent and wanted to take back She remembered telling him quote: it's ok, you're, probably tired and I'm tired and quote erected, dysfunction and men over forty is relatively common. A two thousand thirteen study of four hundred thirty nine men in the Journal of sexual medicine revealed that forty percent of men, Forty were affected one day and night ninety six Linda found Roberts, pornographic magazines filled with images of orgies. She also found a piece of paper with more names, a list of people interested in group. Sex another time. Robert asked Linda if she was interested and kissing another woman Linda, had accepted that Robert was looking for sex outside of their marriage

Meanwhile, his assignments at patrol slowed to a halt. So forty four year old Robert took a job the Kaiser aluminum processing plant. His colleagues were much younger than him so often saw him as a father figure Roberts, Keyser colleague, described him as a family guy. He often took coffee breaks with timber cannon at the plant, Buchanan recalled quote he got along with all of us and quote. Robert started out at the processing plant is carbon centre. Working with carbon in the aluminum making process. Then he became an overhead crane operator. He spokesperson, Susan Ash said, quote biology he was a good worker. He had a very good work record and quote, but the job wasn't enough for Robert his darker side began to emerge on the most dangerous street in Spokane, At some point in nineteen ninety six Robert Lee Yeats, visited

the notorious EAST, Sprague Avenue and spoken The area had a reputation for being climb, riddled a haven for sex workers. The spokesmen review reported in two thousand seventeen that, throughout the years, EAST Sprague Avenue had up to thirty, Sex workers a day occupying corners and through the nineteen nineties sex work. From the avenue, often ended up murdered one Particular EAST Sprague Avenue sex worker. Thirty eight year old, Shannon Zelinsky was last in Live on, May twenty seventh nineteen. Ninety six- she was a former waitress and heroin user. So Linsky was also the mother to it what a year old daughter Zalewski had a criminal record with drug possession and that charges on that day she was drinking alcohol with a group of men near Sprague Avenue a police officer approach. The group, but No arrests were made later that evening, witness

to say they. The szalinski leave her nearby residents for sex work. She wore a grade. And high black boots. It's unclear how Robert met Selensky or how their encounter turned deadly, but on June fourteen TH nineteen, ninety six, the last day of classes at the local high school two teenage boys decided to investigate a rotting stench at their school bus, stop in the foothills of Mount Spokane. They had noticed the smell for a few days and set off to find the source, The team stop the foul odor might be coming from a deer carcass or a dead raccoon. They found either in their search the boys reach Holcomb Road and explored the nearby brush. They saw something lying beneath low hanging. Pine branches

The remains of a woman's body. Maggots infested a woman's body clad in a grey dress. A blue tat had been draped over the body, barely covering it. The boy spotted a pair of pantyhose, a pair of white socks and one high black boot near there remains too defied the teens, ran home and contacted the police. They returned to show Spokane County Sheriff Deputy bread Garrett, the body they had found sheriffs, detective Rick Grab steam examined the crime scene and theorize that the woman had been killed somewhere else since the forester. didn't show any signs of struggle or blood the spot near Holcomb. Road just happened to be the killers. Dumping cite the will head had to gunshot wounds. One other Side and one on the left police tried to take a sperm sample. The body that could help track down the killer, but the body was too composed there was no

I d or wallet, found on the body or near by authorities, the bodies. Fingerprints, to identify her as Zelinsky forensic entomologist doctored me Fiscal examined. The maggots found Excellency's crime scene to figure out the data for death. He studied lamented the insect, which was identified as the blue, Blow fly maggot. This detail would later become crucial to the murder case, the lifecycle length at the black blow fly. Maggot is determined by temperature. Its life cycle will fully Advance, through all of the stages, if the temperature is at least around seventy degrees Fahrenheit, otherwise, it's life cycle will be stunted based on the line. Stage of the maggots found in the body and the outside temper during the days leading up to the bodies. Discovery has determined that the bodies date of death was around May twenty, sixth or twenty seven. Ninety

Ninety six, this also aligned with the fact that Solinski was was last seen alive around the same time, The maggots grab and steam found a shell casing near where the body was found. Ballistics experts I If I'd the ammunition used as a twenty five caliber gun, Robert Use, this murder weapon for several more of his victims, Robin had been familiar with selensky rested her on EAST Sprague Avenue several times for drug possession and theft. He was unable to recognize her face due to the advanced state of decomposition. The detective firstly told Slinky's mother, Shannon Laflin about her death. She She knew ass soon, ass. She saw him laugh. When said, I always thought it was going to happen. Eventually, Robert wasn't identified as a suspect, insulin, Skis murder. At the time she

a dangerous life in her EAST Sprague Avenue activities in addition to sex work, she had recently ripped off a notorious drug dealer who vehemently refuse to take a lie: detector test Solinsky was also a potential key witness in the case against Jojo Andrews, a murder suspect who allegedly shot two people in spokan in nineteen. Ninety four. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter a year later Police initially believed she could have been murdered in connection with that case months later, Linda caught Robert blood on his hands, literally in the fall of nineteen. Ninety six: when did notice that Robert didn't returned home one night the next morning he returned home and blood covered the back of their ban Robert. Told her that he had run over a dog and driven it to a veterinarian. She said she believed him: it's unknown. If the story had some truth to it or if the blood belonged to still unknown human victim

Robert began, amassing more victims and ninety ninety seven after a big blow to his ego, almost exam, A year after his army retirement Robert joined the national guard in Washington in April nineteen. Ninety seven at aged forty five. His goal was to fly helicopters again Lieutenant Colonel Patterson a national guard. Spokesperson said he came to us very, very qualified Robert TRAIN, near Tacoma once a month in order for Robert to be fly helicopters for the National Guard he had to undergo routine medical examination, he had to run grounded in the meantime, but there was a leaf delay in processing the approval for flight, sources say an unknown ailment was found in Roberts, examination and doctors kept him grounded from flight from April nineteen. Ninety seven until spring of ninety ninety eight Cooper form its evaluation stated that his morale and dedication remained high, even though he couldn't fly, but on the ground

there seem to be another side to Robert. It was during this time period when he ordered the majority of his victims. Next week will discuss the thirteen murders Robert committed between one thousand nine hundred and ninety seven and one thousand nine hundred and ninety eight, mostly on EAST Sprague Avenue. Also see how a glaring clerical error involving his beloved White Corvette, kept police off his trail for years and during that time period, this murderous pilot was free to calm the state for victims but terror. On the street and in the sky there was literally nowhere to hide from Roberts watchful eye. Thanks again for tuning into serial killers, we'll be back Monday, With a new episode you can find moribus

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