I was kidnapped at gunpoint at 15 by a serial killer rapist, I was gagged & tortured but still managed to flee
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GAGGED, handcuffed and her legs bound with rope, tears sprang to 15-year-old Kara Robinson’s eyes as she desperately scoured her captor’s flat trying to figure out an escape plan. The school girl had endured unimaginable suffering - forced into a car at gunpoint, then sexually assaulted and tortured for 18 hours by evil rapist and kidnapper Richard Evonitz, 38.
![[Kara was just 15 when she was abducted and repeatedly sexually assaulted by serial killer Richard Evonitz]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/woman-survived-kidnapped-serial-killer-686828715.jpg?strip=all&w=434)
If that wasn’t bad enough, she would have been even more petrified if she’d known Evonitz was already a serial killer - responsible for the rape and murder of at least three other young innocent girls previously. The odds were undoubtedly stacked against her.
![[Kidnapping Kara would, thankfully, be the biggest mistake the twisted killer ever made - and it ended his reign of terror]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/kara-robinson-chamberlain-happened-taken-794042308.jpg?strip=all&w=711)
However abducting brave Kara, now 38, would prove to be Evonitz's downfall, as she would miraculously escape and consequently bring an end to the monster’s reign of terror. And how she did it was also remarkable. Putting aside her terror and panic, Kara memorised even the tiniest details to help identify her attacker, even remembering the serial number on the inside of the plastic container he had forced her into.
![[Kara has since shared her remarkable story of survival]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/32fe987d-1f13-4bf7-b494-3cc086b7577f.jpg?strip=all&w=732)
For Kara it was a chance encounter on June 24 2002 that changed her life as she knew it. She'd spent the night at her best friend Heather’s house, and they had plans to go to the lake that day after completing some chores. Kara started to water the garden while Heather took a shower.
![[Evonitz abducted Sofia Silva, 16, from the porch of her home]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/sofia-silva-murdered-richard-evonitz-946722652.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
However when going out into the garden Heather discovered the hosepipe was still running - but there was no sign of Kara. Speaking on Hayu documentary, Escaping Captivity: The Kara Robinson Story, Kara's mum Debra says: “I was at lunch and I got a call from Heather and she told me Kara was missing. She said she was in the front yard and [then was] gone.
![[Kristin Lisk, 15, and her younger sister Kati, 12, were abducted outside their home]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/kristin-lisk-15-younger-sister-907207396.jpg?strip=all&w=548)
