r/interestingasfuck 15d ago

In 2002, 15-year-old Kara Robinson was abducted by a serial killer and held for 18 hours during which she was sexually assaulted, she manipulated him to trust her and offered to clean the place to collect clues like dentist names on magnets and escaped when he fell asleep leading police to his home. /r/all

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u/Algrinder 15d ago edited 15d ago

My survival mechanism said, 'All right, let's gather as much information as we can,'" she says. "Fear barely even kicked in ... the human will to survive and the survival mechanism really just can't be underestimated."

and to keep him calm. When he wanted her to have some food, "I said, 'Well, I'm not going to eat right now, but is there anything I can do for you?'" she says. "I actually ended up sweeping his kitchen."

In the dawn hours, while Evonitz was asleep, Kara was able to free one hand from a pair of handcuffs and unclip a leg restraint. She quietly tiptoed to the front door and made her escape.

Her detailed recall led directly to his identification and subsequent capture (though Evonitz fled and later died by suicide during a police chase in Florida).

Richard Evonitz had already murdered three teenage girls in Virginia between 1996 and 1997 (Sofia Silva, and sisters Kati and Kristin Lisk), with his apartment evidence later confirming those connections 

Kara is married with two sons and works as a victim advocate, speaking publicly and helping others.

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u/siraolo 15d ago edited 15d ago

She even discusses the details of the case for those who have questions on her Instagram while doing makeup!  Damn, she is so goddamn brave. I'd be frozen by trauma. 

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u/LNLV 15d ago

What a fucking legend

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u/Jackieirish 15d ago

She's a fucking superhero. Imagine how many more lives she saved.

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u/god_peepee 15d ago

Man this serial killer worship is getting out of hand

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u/chokingontheback 14d ago

Hilarious

Well done

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u/redkinoko 15d ago

Lmao

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u/girlgirlfruit 14d ago

Nobody more gangster than Kara, nobody

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u/Western_Cake5482 15d ago edited 15d ago

damn these are the stories that need to become movies

edit: There was a movie!

The Girl who Escaped (2023)

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u/LunarLunox 15d ago

IIRC there is a Lifetime movie about this story

Edit: just doubled checked and yup there is, was made in 2023 "The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story"

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u/Weird-Statistician 15d ago

Great non spoiler title there 🙄

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u/scalectrix 15d ago

ABDUCTED!! [and later escaped]

Coming soon on Lifetime Movies

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u/Weird-Statistician 15d ago

Next up, Speed (The bus that couldn't slow down or it would explode, but they find a way to get off it anyway so it's all OK)

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u/sneakyhopskotch 15d ago

Followed by “Taken” (and found again), (Successful escape from) “The Village,” and “Troy” (there are Greeks in the horse).

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u/TenaciousJP 15d ago

Reminds me of the Lifetime movie from 30 Rock - "A Dog Took My Face And Gave Me A Better Face To Change The World: The Celeste Cunningham Story"

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u/ScaramouchScaramouch 15d ago

Titanic: The Unsinkable Ship That Totally Did Anyway

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u/mothzilla 15d ago

You forgot the obligatory ": The [Firstname] [Lastname] Story"

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u/WinninRoam 15d ago

tbf Lifetime has all these movies made way ahead of time. When something terrible happens to a woman they write her a check and then pull out whatever movie they have that most closely follows the actual events. )s

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u/schriepes 15d ago

Wow, that movie title is right up there with The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down!

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u/RammsteinFunstein 15d ago

lol glad I'm not the only one that immediately thought of this

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u/quailhorizon 15d ago

I thought of The Christmas that Almost Wasn't but then Was. 

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u/brknsoul 15d ago

Reminds me of 3096 Tages, story about Natascha Kampusch, abducted at 10 years old, held for 8 years.

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u/MangoBanana2012 15d ago

There's a lifetime or similar movie made on this. I watched it a few months back. I believe it's on YT. "The girl who escaped: the Kara Robinson story"

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u/robo-dragon 15d ago

Very brave and very smart! She not only saved her own life, but the lives of future victims as well. This was a person who clearly wasn’t going to stop doing what he was doing until he was caught. His crimes ended with her smarts!

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u/syizm 15d ago

r/iamactuallybadass

If that doesn't exist we have our first inductee.

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u/ChunkyLaFunga 15d ago

I'm not particularly the politically correct type, but describing a girl who was potentially the victim of rape and murder as brave by assigning them a masculine trait is so tone-deaf I don't think I have the words.

In fact that trend just needs to die entirely in entirety, it's horribly dated.

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u/DarkAeonX7 15d ago

That type of mental strength at 15 years old is incredible.

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u/vanamerongen 15d ago

She probably saved a whole bunch of girls doing this

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u/SmokeNo3244 15d ago

She a legend

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u/frenchsilkywilky 14d ago

She’s pretty active on tiktok, and recently had to defend her own story because someone said she “wasn’t even kidnapped for a whole day”. Imagine escaping a serial killer and getting called a poser! She’s a stronger man than I for smiling through that interaction.

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u/MissSassifras1977 14d ago

My older sister told my 16 year old niece (daughter of our baby sister) that she had no right to be upset because a naked man with a machete broke in to her house.

"He didn't rape her" after all.

Ended her relationship with the rest of our family. Truly sucks. There's no fixing it. She won't apologize and our baby sister ain't having it. I can't blame her.

Some people just can't comprehend that other people also suffer.

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u/HerezahTip 14d ago edited 14d ago

I find it really despicable when adults will throw away relationships rather than admit they were wrong and be better. I’m sorry your family had to go through that. Sadly it seems all too common behavior.

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u/haibaneRen 14d ago

Dear God, what a dreadful way to put it... it's not like he let her go

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u/playx111 15d ago

I'm so sorry that happened to her. But holy shit what a fucking badass.

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u/pizza2610 15d ago

Right?? Her presence of mind at such a young age is phenomenal

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u/Algrinder 15d ago

It’s not just because she was young, this level of awareness is super rare in trauma no matter how old they are.

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u/RunningonGin0323 15d ago

seriously it's one of the reasons why people that think the solution to gun violence in america is more guns are absolute loons. it's super easy to say, I would do this, I would do that if shit goes down it's a whole different thing when shit actually does go down. I would hope, I would have this kind of composure and bravery. hope

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u/fugly16 14d ago

Everyone has a plan until they get kidnapped by a serial killer

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u/Zenanii 15d ago

I've thought about this, even if you were "a good guy with a gun" and there was a school shooting happening next door, would you do anything? Surely the police would have been alerted, do you really want to be walking around with a gun in a school where an active shooter has been reported? You'd probably just be making things worse.

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u/Smooth-Relative4762 14d ago

What about when multiple "good guys" pull out a gun. How do they know who is the bad guy?

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u/Sgt2998 14d ago

Imagine a world where Sex offenders don't have easy access to weapons so you don't need a gun to defend yourself.

Welcome to most western places outide of america. Perfect world? No but preety close as things generally don't escalate quickly here.

No matter however which opinion you have regarding guns, there are 400-500 million civilian firearms in america. For perspective, that's 500x as many as all police forces and 100x as many as in the US army. Good luck getting rid of those 🤯

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u/WildNorth8 15d ago

I am not sure I agree. Anecdotally, I was in a survival situation and my brain raced trying to find a way out while I also realized I had to appear calm. Our fight or flight instincts kick in. I was 19.

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u/kausthubnarayan 15d ago

Fun fact: She was later in a criminal justice lecture where the speaker brought up her case not knowing she was in attendance.

She also has a podcast called “Survivor’s Guide to True Crime”. She not only survived immense trauma but she came out the other side all the more stronger.

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u/Allstin 15d ago

where did you read/hear about her being in that lecture? that’s pretty wild, id be curious to see

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u/kausthubnarayan 15d ago edited 15d ago

It was in one of the podcasts. I wish I could remember which one it was. Sorry!

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u/Ok_Okra_1114 15d ago

Serial season 3

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u/sweets4n6 15d ago

She definitely spoke about it on My Favorite Murder, they covered her case in an earlier episode and she later heard that and contacted them. The episode where they covered her story is #248, the interview is #337.

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u/Algrinder 15d ago edited 15d ago

People don’t get how genius this woman really is. Like seriously, it’s kind of unreal. While most people would panic or freeze (which is totally normal), she was actually paying attention to everything around her.

Who does that? She’s literally checking fridge magnets and radio stations while being held captive. That’s not normal that’s some superhero-level awareness.

And then, if you read her story or watch her interviews, you’ll see she basically turned the whole nightmare into a step by step plan, like she was taking an exam or something.

First, gather info. Then, earn the guy’s trust. Then, wait for the right moment to escape. That kind of thinking while being held by a serial killer? It’s insane. Straight out of a movie.

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u/WutTheCode 15d ago

There's a type of response called fawning which her behavior kind of sounds like as well. Usually people who have grown up in abusive situations develop it to temporarily appease emotionally or physically dangerous people.

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u/GeologistIll6948 14d ago

Yeah, part of me was wondering if she had had previous trauma that sharpened her instincts in this situation 😢

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u/The-Lord-Moccasin 15d ago

What bums me out (as a man) is that, while this is an exceptional girl caught in exceptional circumstances, having heard my female friends talk to me and amongst themselves over the years, it feels like women as a whole tend to develop a similar sense of situational and analytical awareness which most men may take for granted, purely as a matter of course and necessity.

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u/Long_Run6500 15d ago

When I was in my early 20s I worked 2nd shift. I always walked my dog around town after I got off work at 3am, same route every day. It was a college town and there was a really cool covered bridge and bike path I enjoyed taking at night by flashlight that was directly adjacent to a couple bars so id often run into some drunk people hanging out after the bars closed.

I remember the first time I told my GF at the time and she asked if I carried pepper spray. She was just in complete disbelief that I would walk the same poorly lit path every night. It never even occurred to me that it might be dangerous, but I was a 6' 220lb man walking a 90lb GSD. I could imagine a 110lb woman would feel much less safe, dog or not. That was the first time I ever really thought about how privileged I am to not have to constantly worry about my own security.

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u/SirtDwimmer 15d ago

I feel like this plays a big part in why men are more often the victims of random violence, too. Us ladies are trained for this day since birth, head on a swivel. Meanwhile my guy friend tells me a story about how he took a random bum to an ATM to withdraw a 20 for him. That's nice and all dude but holy shit are you stupid?!

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u/LittleMsSavoirFaire 15d ago

Reels keeps serving me this guy being like "I just did everything that girls can't do". He goes to a bar, alone. Accepts a drink from a strange man. They get to chatting. Guy has a cool car. Offers to go out side and show it to the first dude. They go outside. "Do you want to go for a spin?" He goes (keeping in mind they had also been drinking??). They come back and have another drink. The end.

The dude wasn't even explaining it as a flex, more like how genuinely clueless of his physical safety he was.

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u/R3AL1Z3 15d ago

You’re extrapolating from a random story meant to corroborate the idea that men don’t have to think like that.

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u/AnAussiebum 15d ago

Yeah I'm a bloke, but a gay one, so I've kind of always grown up being hyperaware of my surroundings, because you just don't know if some raging drunk homophobe is going to decide to clock me.

You also get decent at reading body language, too to avoid conflict.

My straight male friends can go through life so oblivious at times and the women I know are even more aware of their surroundings than myself.

It is just second nature to them.

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u/KilnTime 15d ago

I definitely think women have much more situational awareness, but I'm not sure once something happens, a typical individual would plan for the post abduction criminal investigation.

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u/teas4Uanme 15d ago

Not that exceptional. There are several stories of women being kidnapped and deliberately remaining acutely aware of their surroundings. One who peeked through a blindfold to see the dash of the car, counted the number of turns and lights the kidnapper took from the point of abduction, noted smells in the air and sounds to basically lead cops to locations and an arrest. I wish I could recall her name.

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u/arnber420 15d ago edited 15d ago

I’m not trying to downplay this woman’s tenacity to survive by any means, because she did an incredible job by making it out alive, but I feel like these actions are exactly what most kidnapping survivors did to survive: learn your surroundings, figure out what you’re working with, get on some sort of trust level with your captor, and then use all that information at an opportune time to escape. I’ve heard many similar feats from kidnapping survivors because I watch way too may true crime videos. Again, what this woman did was INSANELY brave and I’m so glad she made it out. Maybe it would be useful to teach the sort of information she used to people on a widespread basis.

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u/AellaReeves 15d ago

This information is out there, just not a lot of people take the time to listen. She has done many interviews and has her own podcast.

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u/arnber420 15d ago

I’m actually watching her video talking about her abduction now. She’s awesome!

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u/Extreme-Tangerine727 15d ago

I know this is really pedantic but I'm actually a little uncomfortable with people calling her a woman. I know you and op mean well. But... She was a girl. A year earlier and she would be firmly a child.

People frequently age child victims up as a consequence of being seen as sexual beings and it becomes a secondary victimization unto itself.

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u/arnber420 15d ago

Well she’s a 38 year old woman now, so that’s why I’m referring to her as a woman… she doesn’t exist as the age she was when this happened to her

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u/ENorn 15d ago

Perhaps you're not so awestruck because you've seen similar stories many times? I wonder what the success rate is for kidnapping victims escaping from serial killers is?

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u/Innumerablegibbon 15d ago

Often when I read about victims who’ve managed to gain trust and escape it’s because of skills they picked up earlier from being born into abusive families.

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u/weakcover1 15d ago

She was exceptional. Survivors do some of the steps she did, like a seemingly docile,  empathic and cooperative approach towards their captor. But she was scanning the environment like a Terminator.

Perhaps that also helped keeping her calm and collected, to focus on clues and information gathering every waking moment.

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u/yavanna12 15d ago

These comments make me feel really proud of myself. I was sexually abused as a kid multiple times by my brother for years. When I was 12 I was able to convince my brother that I believed our dad was abusing me and I was going to go to the police. He believed I didn’t remember it was him and he got so freaked out our dad would get in trouble that he quit coming to my room at night after that. 

I talk openly about my experiences to anyone who will listen. It’s healing to talk about. Nice to know that’s considered a rare survival quality. 

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u/axl3ros3 15d ago edited 14d ago

I'll wager a touch of ADHD

Source: adhder who can't turn off the noticing everything and is cool as a cucumber in high stress situations

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u/MyJoyinaWell 15d ago

Definitely a touch of something and it served her very well. Whatever allowed her to turn off her emotions to focus on the task at hand saved her life.

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u/Planetdiane 15d ago

More than likely

We tend to behave more calmly when experiencing high adrenaline scenarios

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u/CanisLatrans204 15d ago

Met her at a conference. Amazing person. She remembers the type of car as she was always interested in that kind and was able to help the police find the owner/abductor’s apt. in the apartment complex. She worked for a Law Enforcement agency many years later. When she escaped, the police, didn’t at first believe her. Again, amazing person.

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u/Anzai 15d ago

Yeah, Jesus Christ. What an amazing person, and at that age too. I was a complete idiot at 15 and I’m only marginally better now. Incredible stuff.

Also, goes without saying, but fuck her captor forever in hell with a rusty saw blade.

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u/Electronic-Duck-5902 15d ago

I was in hs when this guy kidnapped and murdered my classmate and then murdered 2 sisters. My first job was at a video store and he would come in and rent 6 porn vids, the max you could rent at a time. He would go home and then come back several hrs later to return the videos. Even at14yrs old I knew something was not right with this guy. He was so creepy.

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u/No_Spectator 15d ago

I just saw that!! but mine wasn’t one after another😩

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u/GonWithTheNen 15d ago

Haha, this is one of my recent 'algorithmic pairings':

https://preview.redd.it/svizc7nzg9af1.png?width=950&format=png&auto=webp&s=6686152ff1088962906f83c537fe2a3025f66561

I have a folder full of similar front page screenshots going back to 2014 when reddit apparently began speaking through titles. (⊙﹏⊙)

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u/pambannedfromchilis 15d ago

Lmaaaaaooo wtf

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u/pluslinus 15d ago

This right here. Amazing

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u/-Speechless 15d ago

thats the algorithm for ya. creates funny juxtapositions sometimes

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u/bdd4 15d ago

"For her help in solving the murders of Sofia and the Lisk sisters, Kara received $150,000 in reward money and was able to meet their families."

Heyyyyy! She got the money!

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u/RoofComplete1126 15d ago

Seriously sick people in this world.

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u/bbabyturnsblue 14d ago edited 14d ago

My grandmother was in nursing school with the Lisk Sister’s mother, Patti, before her daughters were murdered. My mom remembers them flying helicopters up and down the Rappahannock river in Fredericksburg looking for them after they disappeared. So unbelievably sad, losing both of your children at the same time in such a horrible way.

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u/Maleficent-Pay5415 15d ago

Evil people.

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u/tidepill 15d ago

Smelly people.

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u/Jaybrosia 15d ago

we're not very proactive on prevention or holding anyone accountable

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u/akotoshi 15d ago

There is a movie about it:

The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story (2023)

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u/Visible-Chest-9386 15d ago

I watched it and at first did not like it for what felt like bad acting/writing. However I kept watching and because of the intensity of the story it actually turned out to be a really good and gripping film.

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u/LoogieMario 15d ago

Yeah I was actually pretty impressed with the performances. Of course it's still got all the weird production hallmarks of a lifetime movie, but the actors did a fine job. It also felt less sleazy than I'd imagined it would.

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u/MumblingDumpling 15d ago

Interestingly, the actress playing the main role starred in a movie about a similar story, "Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey"

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u/akotoshi 14d ago

They jumped on the opportunity that she looks young even tho she’s is in her mid-20s to film all kidnapped teen girls movies with her (but she is good so it’s a win-win)

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u/teeseoncoast 14d ago

Katie Douglas I think. She’s brilliant

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u/bravenewworld23 15d ago

—Serial killer killer.

Her actions directly led to the manhunt that caused him to end his own life.

Her bravery, courage and intelligence saved the lives of many young girls and spared them from a life changing trauma.

How many more girls would he have done this to if he was able to continue to escape justice and evade police?

She’s a hero for sure.

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u/Ev-linnn 15d ago edited 15d ago

Is this the guy who had his house covered in leaves? Or was that a different thing?

Edit: no, just kidding. That was Matthew Hoffman. He had his house filled with bags of leaves.

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u/Agreeable_Horror_363 15d ago

Was that the guy who hid bodies in massive tree trunks in the middle of the woods?

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u/Ev-linnn 15d ago

Yes! He hid 3 bodies inside one tree trunk according to the internet. It’s been so long since I heard the case but I remember the survivor being very persistent about the house being filled with leaves.

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u/levelupjunk 15d ago

It's pretty eerie when you see the pictures. The only two I find are of a huge pile of leaves in what would have been a living/family room/den. The pile pretty much fills the room. The other picture is even more disturbing. A bathroom in the house was wallpapered with bags of leaves. This is not an exaggeration. Floor to ceiling, in what look like large grocery bags, full of leaves. Quite neatly organized too, not just slapped up wherever. Wallpapered.

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u/Agreeable_Horror_363 15d ago

Yep. Dude lost his mind. Truly a scary ass motherfucker hiding in plain sight.

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u/thirteen_moons 15d ago

He spent most of his time in trees and would eat squirrels out of the tree like WTF

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u/kilroylegend 14d ago edited 14d ago

I think my “favorite” (if that’s the right word for that kind of thing) part about that story was how it mentioned in the police investigation that the only thing found in his freezer was “a dead squirrel and two red popsicles”. Also the whole thing happened not far from where some of my extended family lives, pretty rural area and it shook the community hard.

EDIT: Apologies, it was TWO dead squirrels.

https://preview.redd.it/fnq2lu8iadaf1.jpeg?width=1320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=29cef340362f8aaa86faeea416f7c1f47584e38c

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u/reddit_4_days 15d ago

Hmm...I don't know how to feel about that...

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u/Agreeable_Horror_363 14d ago

Demolish the house and build a women's shelter in it's place

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u/ROPROPE 15d ago

You're saying he had a House of Leaves?

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u/Itzascream 15d ago

To prove that she’s even more of a legend than she already is she actually went on to become a victim advocate while raising her own family.

An incredibly strong woman through and through.

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u/irisel 15d ago

Holy shit, I went to the Silva funeral when I was like 7 years old, because those girls went to our church in Fredericksburg.

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u/bbabyturnsblue 14d ago

I’m from Fredericksburg too and my mom remembers them flying helicopters over the river looking for the Lisk sisters after they went missing, I was only a few months old. My grandmother actually went to nursing school with their mom Patti. She spoke at my mom’s church years ago on a sermon about forgiveness, she’s got to be an unbelievably strong woman because I could never forgive someone who killed my kids.

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u/irisel 14d ago

They had an older sister (or maybe that was their mom or aunt), who was at the funeral service, from what I remember. I remember there being this long line at the wake, were we stood for like 45 minutes, just to shake hands with the family. It was almost like a celebrity death. If I recall, my eldest sister knew one of the girls, so my mom wanted her specifically to see the family. I was just old enough to be sad about it, but way to young to know what the hell was going on.

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u/Regular_Leading_4565 15d ago

Smart and strong girl!

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u/ExcitementIll1275 15d ago

She saved lives including hers. What a hero.

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u/Betterme856 15d ago

Absurdly strong and smart girl.

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u/-mudflaps- 15d ago

Her detailed recall led directly to his identification and subsequent capture (though Evonitz fled and later died by suicide during a police chase in Florida).

They let a serial killer escape?

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u/MaxMadisonVi 15d ago

She was gone, he was done.

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u/Jaybrosia 15d ago

he prob woke up, saw her gone, panicked, and ran before police made the decision to get there.

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u/BoothTime 15d ago

Hard to stop a guy from killing himself, even in custody.

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u/barrygateaux 15d ago

imagine you're a serial killer and the kidnapped child you had trapped in house has escaped. do you stay in your home that she will tell the police the address of, or do you leave it?

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u/nikoll-toma 15d ago

too bad that piece of shit killed himself before he could be thrown to jail to rot

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u/throwaway77993344 15d ago

Good interview, thank you

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u/silviod 15d ago

Watched about five seconds of this and turned it off. This is so gross. Her emphatically beng all, "crime! murder! I love to consume these things!" get fucking realllll, you wouldn't if it happened to you mate. Drives me nuts how people consume this shit like it's entertainment.

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u/throwaway77993344 15d ago

Kara actually talks about this in the interview - that she doesn't really consume any true crime because she lived it and that she doesn't quite understand how people can watch it. But she doesn't judge either

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u/gkn_112 14d ago

i am strangely interested in how they lie and how believable sometimes stuff is, but then comes evidence. To explore the dark minds of assholes like this. I just wonder how many monsters are among us and how one might tell from red flags and signs...

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u/ntotheed 15d ago

I struggle with this as well. I used to watch a lot of these until I realized it was entertainment. I can’t stomach watching it now and it feels gross seeing all the streaming platforms racing to get their murder documentaries out there.

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u/FinoPepino 14d ago

I completely agree with you

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u/2benomad 15d ago

That woman is a survivor and a fucking badass

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u/homogenic- 14d ago

She is a hero, not only she saved her own life but also saved the lives of other potential victims.

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u/badannbad 15d ago

Where is the Medal of Honor for this woman? She solved three murders, escaped her own and her actions eliminated a serial killer.

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u/Substantial_Pin3750 15d ago

An incredible young woman.

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u/Aztecatl 14d ago

I saw this on Oxygen channel the other day. That girl was brave as hell. Looking at his pic closer up this time, He looks like the human equivalent of a giant rodent. Beady ass eyes and all.

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u/AggravatingCupcake0 14d ago

I remember watching her on some true crime show. She was incredible. Thought of ways to identify her kidnapper that I would never have thought of, e.g. noticed that a hairbrush in the bathroom had red hairs on it, so knew there was a red haired lady who was seen coming and going from the apartment. Just super observant and smart for a teenager.

If I'm not mistaken, she became a police officer after so that she could help others like her. Truly a legend.

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u/FULLPOIL 14d ago

Jesus, what a champ this woman is

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u/boywholived_299 15d ago

Kara was a legend, and this is saddening to see she had to go through this. I hope she was able to find peace after this was over and lived a happy life.

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u/Jaybrosia 15d ago

Absolutely brave and smart. Not many people could have done what she did.

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u/OutrageousOwls 14d ago

Holy fuck. To even remember small little details like that under duress is so impressive and speaks to her courage and steel resolve.

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u/onebirdonawire 14d ago

Can we show his mug shot instead of his LinkedIn profile pic? Gross.

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u/BigMack6911 15d ago

This is what women unfortunately need to remember. Try to stay calm and work then to your will. Sad this is the world we live in.

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u/Xtianus25 15d ago

By a serial killer? 🤔 First time I've seen the victims name and not the series killers

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u/gjm40 14d ago

This happened a couple towns from where I grew up. I remember there being a curfew for minors across half the state. My 3 older sisters were teenagers at that time. My dad made sure he was home every night to keep an eye on them. Almost all dad's in the neighborhood patroled the strees in shifts throughout the entire day. 

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u/EvilDan69 14d ago

That is one clever 15 year old young lady. I'm glad she survived!

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u/EfficientLoss 14d ago

Seriously. What is wrong with some people?

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u/MamaBella 14d ago

And folks say superheroes aren’t real. What a badass.

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u/arodfan4life12 14d ago

so glad she escaped and shes safe

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u/TurgburgerDeluxe 15d ago

Amazing story.

What an inspiration.

What a sad thing that our world needs people to have to be so brave.

& big respect for the police dog too. I hope the handler didn't call it off too soon.

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u/dreftig 15d ago

I know you mean well, but let's be honest. People don't have to be this brave. But women. I don't know what is going on with some men. But woman have to be extra vigilant for garbage shit stains like this.

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u/TurgburgerDeluxe 15d ago

I know you mean well, but I'm sure many tears have been shed by boys who have suffered terrible abuse too. Can't we just unite as people and agree that no one deserves anything like this.

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u/blackbook668 15d ago

Maybe I'm overthinking things, but I'd swap "manipulated" for "convinced", it may be technically correct but it doesn't seem right to frame things this way.

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u/stargazer2020s 15d ago

She didn’t manipulate him. She did what she needed to do to survive.

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u/0Tezorus0 15d ago

Well done girl.

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u/TurnGloomy 15d ago

Absolute gangster.

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u/blockchainbandolero 15d ago

I just hate that pigs like this exist. Worthless scum.

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u/omfgcookies91 15d ago

I guarantee you we will hear more about abduction torture stories in the years to come due to all this ICE bullshit. They are not identifying themselves, they could be anyone that went to a military surplus store and bought their gear, they are kidnappers.

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u/Florida1974 14d ago

They have arrested a few impersonating ICE officers already.

The masked crap, no identification , should be illegal, even with real authorities.

I’m shut in this summer bc of Trump admin. I’m in Florida. I’m white but also 1/4 American Indian. Most ppl think I’m Spanish. I get super dark bc it’s the sunshine state and bc of my ancestry. So I’m staying out of sun as much as possible bc I turn brown extremely easy. Already had 2 run ins with Trump supporters, 1 grabbed me. Luckily I was at my corner gas station, they all know me and manager came out with a bat, to get him to let me go. Was screaming at ppl to call ICE, all ignored him.

I was born and spent my first 25 years in Illinois. Then in Florida for 25 years now. I was bothered once before Trump-a new neighbor kept screaming at me to go back to my country. It’s so fun educating ppl that Illinois is part of USA. And I’m no birthright citizenship baby. Oh I’m sure my mom’s ancestors immigrated at some point (German on her side) but I know me, mom and grandma, all born in Illinois.

I have to alter my life bc I can’t be seen as brown bc scared I’ll get taken. So my flower beds look awful, I get an Hour in am and hour in pm, it’s not enough time. All so I don’t get browner. I’m not pasty white like my extremely Irish husband but if I stay out of sun, much less brown. I can spend 2 hours in the sun and have an extremely dark tan .

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u/omfgcookies91 14d ago

This story makes me sick. I fucking hate it here. You shouldn't be fearful just because of your skin color. It's just wrong.

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u/Sadcowboy3282 15d ago

Clever girl…

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u/marr 15d ago

"dentist names on magnets"

Sorry I know this is a minor detail, but... what?

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u/TheRabbitTunnel 15d ago

She didn't know his name or if she would be able to lead police back to his place (or if he would still even be there. For all she knew, she couldve been in some abandoned shack in the woods). She gathered as much info as possible to try and make an ID on this guy with the police.

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u/Major_Wager75 15d ago

CHILLS. What a badass

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u/Nikita_bananayo 15d ago

They made a movie about this, it’s amazing how she kept so calm

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u/big-mac 15d ago

If you're curious at what she's doing these days: https://www.instagram.com/p/DCHR8J3xs6k/?hl=en

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u/teknrd 15d ago

I didn't realize this happened more than once. There's a lady named Lisa McVey with a eerily similar story. I knew about her because it happened in Tampa where I lived. The major difference is McVey convinced her kidnapper that she would be his secret girlfriend if he let her go, so he did.

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u/nourright 15d ago

I  might get flack for this but why do pedophiles, rapist  and serial killer share similar facial features? There's this guy, I won't say too much . but he did something very scary. at our job. got some people fired.  I always stayed away and kept a record of my interactions with him .  One day I google him and find he's had a ton of restraining orders and law suits against him. all dismissed though .  his wife is some type of city manager 

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u/AellaReeves 15d ago

Start researching and you will see they come in all shapes and sizes. But ALWAYS follow your gut when you feel there is something off about someone. There are freaks everywhere.

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u/TheCanadian666 15d ago

My drama teacher had a story about a guy he went to college with who was completely normal, but a few people in his friend group felt something was off about him. He was polite, nice, and nothing was outwardly concerning about him until he was arrested for being a hitman for the local mafia. Always trust your instincts, if you feel off about a person there's usually a reason for it (although they're probably not a serial killer).

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u/Jaybrosia 15d ago

It's probably just the way mug shots or older cameras came out as.

an eerie reminder that a monster can and will be anyone.

There won't always be red flags, a clever predator will try to get as close to the victim as possible before striking.

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u/Papayaslice636 15d ago

You think so? I was just thinking that this guy looks like every random Joe Sixpack on the street. It's a good reminder (for me anyway) that villains rarely look like Hollywood wants us to think..they're just random ordinary people..

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u/NotJokingAround 15d ago

I find it weird when a person asks "why?" about something that isn't even close to established as being true. Comes across as a little disingenuous. 

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u/mr_glide 15d ago

This is called confirmation bias, and not a sound observation at all

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u/jacklondon183 15d ago

What an insanely dangerous and ignorant take.

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u/CptCroissant 15d ago

It's the creeper 'stache

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u/Mylaptopisburningme 14d ago

I am bad with faces, I don't recognize people I just met 20 minutes prior. But back about 20 years ago I was doing a lot of photography, I've done it on and off for a long time. So one night I was shooting a fashion show and there were 2 other photographers also shooting and I love to chat with other photographers and check out what equipment they are using and just to generally network. The one photographer was cool, I found it amusing that he specialized in wedding photography but his main business was a divorce lawyer, we chatted briefly, cool. The other photographer was fairly well known in the online photography community in that city. We chatted for about 5-10 minutes and I don't know what it was. It wasn't anything he said or how he said it or how he looked. He gave me his business card, I put it in my back pocket but had no intention of contacting this person..... About 9 months later he was arrested along with a woman for producing CP.

I picked up on something, I don't know what it was. Him being a pedo wasn't a thought, but I just knew I didn't want any contact with this person.

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u/teas4Uanme 15d ago

"Females are too emotional to be president."

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u/hang10shakabruh 15d ago

Been awake for six minutes and already encountered two horrifically titled posts. Stream-of-conscious slop.

Y’all are butchering the English language and it’s offensive to me.

Crazy that this guy fell asleep whilst leading the police to his home.

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u/BloodyMalleus 15d ago

Ugh, the title is soooo bad. The grammar and sentence structure is hard to parse. I looked up what happened because I was confused on why she helped him look for clues such as magnets! No, when she escaped, she gave the police clues such as what dentist he used based on the magnets she remembered.

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u/barelycrediblelies 15d ago

Excuse my ignorance by why would dentists names be on magnets?

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u/-u-m-p- 15d ago

it was fairly common in the 1990s-2000s, don't really see it as a thing now but back then it was like a novelty thing like how some companies give out pens or mousepads or whatever with their names on... the dentist wants you to remember to go back. it's like a business card you stick on your fridge.

you can find a whole list of them being sold by a magnet company here lol https://www.magnets.com/magnets-by-industry/dental-orthodontics-magnets.html

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u/Conjuring1900 15d ago

Wow! What a brave brave girl

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u/GroundPleasant 15d ago

Wow, that's brave! Can't even begin to imagine what trauma she was experiencing and the fact that she was still able to be logical and escape to the police.

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u/CakeMadeOfHam 15d ago

Now that's a Nancy Drew mystery directed by David Fincher

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u/SwampRSG 15d ago

When the movie? I wanna be punching air the whole way through!

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u/I_eat_tape_and_shit 14d ago

The girl who escaped PG-13 Came out 3 years ago man is late to the party

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u/prince-pauper 15d ago

I’m glad that guy was an idiot.

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u/Brief_Birthday_5189 14d ago

1984 also lisa mcvey 17 became a cop

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u/stevo_78 14d ago

Why no movie? This is amazing. What a lady.

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u/frnkmnst 14d ago

there is, it’s called The Girl Who Escaped. came out in 2023

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u/stevo_78 14d ago

Nice thanks

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u/findafixeruppah 14d ago

Its always the people you most suspect. Look at that guy's marsupial little face.