RHOBH: Who was the serial killer who almost murdered Lisa Rinna's mother?

Although The real housewives of Beverly Hills the distribution is divided there is one thing that everyone can hear. Lisa Rinna's mother, Lois is absolutely fantastic.

The 90-year-old woman moves about as half of her age and could party with any age. So, when she revealed during a recent episode that she had not only been brutally assaulted, but that she had almost been killed before Rinna's birth, it was beautiful.

Lois went further by claiming that the man who had almost murdered her had finally become a notorious serial killer who had tracked down and murdered dozens of people in Northern California. So who was the "Trailside killer?"

Lois was very lucky

Lois recounted having been driving into an abandoned area after a co-worker had picked him up at a bus stop. She told her daughter that she thought she was going to be killed. Fortunately, a military policeman passed and Lois was saved.

Unfortunately, Lois did not escape without injury. She was beaten with a hammer and stabbed. The man, David Carpenter, was arrested and spent 14 years in prison. Carpenter was charged with a charge of assault with intent to commit murder. Also two aggression leaders with a deadly weapon.

Lisa wrote on her blog the experience of her mother and dedicated the entrance to her brave mother. "When I think of the horror and trauma you suffered as a victim of the serial killer David Carpenter and the way you managed to move forward with such positivity and grace, he said: is almost impossible to describe the pride that I must be for your daughter. I hope you realize the great impact you have had on so many others to find the strength to share their own story. "

Carpenter became the 'Trailside Killer'

Upon leaving prison, Carpenter murdered 10 people in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Carpenter also assaulted several other people who managed to escape as Lois.

Her first murder took place in 1979. Carpenter shot and killed 44-year-old Edda Kane. He then attacked, stabbed and strangled a number of men and women.

Because of the time and location of Carpenter's murders, many wondered if it was the zodiac killer, another serial killer who was terrorizing the Bay Area in the 1970s. Carpenter's n & # 39; was only cleared of the crimes because he was in prison when one of the murders took place. In addition, the fingerprint and write samples did not match.

Carpenter is still in prison

Carpenter, now 88, is still alive and in prison. Although he claims to be innocent, he is currently sentenced to death in San Quentin. He was finally arrested for murder in 1981 for killing five people in the Washington Bay area, reports the Los Angeles Times.

According to the court documents, part of Carpenter's ritual was terrorizing his victims until they craved their lives. That's when he would kill them.

When Carpenter was sentenced to death, Judge Dion Morrow of the Los Angeles Superior Court was brutal. I must conclude with the prosecution that if ever the death penalty was justified, it is that, "reports the Los Angeles Times.

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