1. Richard Marc Edward Evonitz was an American serial killer, kidnapper, and rapist responsible for the deaths of at least three teenage girls in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, and the abduction of Kara Robinson in Lexington County, South Carolina.
27 Facts About Richard Evonitz
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Richard Evonitz was born on July 29,1963, at Providence Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina, to Joseph and Tess Evonitz.
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Richard Evonitz had two siblings, Kristen, born in July 1968, and Jennifer, born in March 1971.
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Richard Evonitz's parents separated when he was a baby, and again when he was 12.
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Richard Evonitz's father was an alcoholic who frequently passed out after drinking.
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Richard Evonitz frequently belittled his family, calling them "morons" and "peons".
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Richard Evonitz's father drowned Richard's dog in front of him.
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When Richard Evonitz was only 6, Joseph attempted to drown him.
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Richard Evonitz then served as a sonar technician and received a Good Conduct Medal before being honorably discharged after eight years of service.
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Richard Evonitz had a house foreclosed in 1999 after a failed business venture.
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At the time of his death, Richard Evonitz had been working at an air-compressor company since moving to South Carolina a few years earlier.
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On January 3,1987, Richard Evonitz pulled up beside Kelli Ballard, 15, in his car in Jacksonville, Florida and exposed himself and masturbated while she walked her 3-year-old sister down the street.
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Richard Evonitz was arrested a month later when his ship returned to port.
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Richard Evonitz entered a plea of no contest and was sentenced to three years' probation.
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Richard Evonitz had access to a white Toyota Corolla similar in description to a vehicle sighted near where Cherry's body was found and he was known to have frequently visited Brunswick Naval Air Station commissary, thirteen miles south of Bowdoin.
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Richard Evonitz's body was discovered in a wooded area fifteen miles to the southeast of where she had gone missing on May 7,1996.
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On September 9,1996, Richard Evonitz abducted 16-year-old Sofia Marlene Silva from her home in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, after she returned from school near Loriella Park.
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Richard Evonitz was last seen doing her homework on her front steps and was taken without an apparent struggle or any witnesses.
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Richard Evonitz was wrapped in a white cover and her pubic hair had been shaved off.
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On May 1,1997, Richard Evonitz abducted sisters Kristin Michelle Lisk, 15, and Kathryn Nicole Lisk, 12, from their front lawn on Block House Road in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
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On June 24,2002, Richard Evonitz abducted 15-year-old Kara Robinson from a friend's yard in Lexington, South Carolina.
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Robinson was then able to free herself while Richard Evonitz was asleep, escape, and identify her abductor to the police using information she was able to find on Richard Evonitz's refrigerator.
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Richard Evonitz went outside and found 2 men in a car and they took her to the sheriffs office.
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On June 27,2002, Richard Evonitz called his sister, Jennifer, admitting to having committed "more crimes than he can remember," and told her to meet him at an IHOP in Jacksonville, Florida, but she instead called the police and turned him in.
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Later that day, Richard Evonitz was surrounded by police on Bayfront Drive in Sarasota, Florida.
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Richard Evonitz was urged to surrender peacefully, but after a police dog was released, Evonitz shot himself and was declared dead.
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Richard Evonitz's case is featured in an episode of the show Deadly Sins titled "Insatiable".