Serial-killer survivor who escaped 18-hour captivity shares her experience to help unsolved cases: ‘Listen to your intuition’

Nypost · Aug 16, 2026 · 1344 words · By Fox News

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Serial-killer survivor who escaped 18-hour captivity shares her experience to help unsolved cases: ‘Listen to your intuition’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on Google Kara Robinson Chamberlain was just 15 years old when she was abducted by a serial killer.

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Now, she’s searching for answers in cases that have gone unsolved for decades.

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Claim 1: “Kara Robinson Chamberlain was just 15 years old when she was abducted by a serial killer.”

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Multiple independent sources, including a radio station report and news articles, confirm Kara Robinson Chamberlain was 15 years old when abducted by serial killer Richard Evonitz.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Richard Marc Edward Evonitz (July 29, 1963 – June 27, 2002) was an American serial killer, kidnapper, and rapist responsible for the deaths of at least three teenage girls in Spotsylvania County, Virg…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Evonitz

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Claim 2: “For 18 hours, Chamberlain was held captive.”

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Three independent web sources explicitly state she was held captive for 18 hours.

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Claim 3: “On June 24, 2002, 15-year-old Chamberlain was at a friend’s home in South Carolina when Richard Evonitz, the man who would abduct her, pulled into the driveway.”

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The date (June 24, 2002), the location (friend's home in South Carolina), and the perpetrator (Richard Evonitz) are confirmed by multiple news sources.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of kidnappings that occurred in the 2000s, summarizing the events of each case, including instances of celebrity abductions, claimed hoaxes, suspected kidnappings, extradition …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_kidnappings_(2000–2009…

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web search NEUTRAL — Richard is gaining power. Contribute to robjinman/richard development by creating an account on GitHub.
https://github.com/robjinman/richard

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Claim 4: “Investigators learned Evonitz had taken Chamberlain to the apartment he shared with his wife, who was away at Walt Disney World”

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Multiple sources confirm Evonitz took her to an apartment he shared with his wife while the wife was visiting Walt Disney World.

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web search NEUTRAL — Evonitz fled after Robinson escaped, calling his sister Jennifer Harris on the way. He confessed to his crimes, admitting he'd killed before and c ommitted "more crimes than he can remember," Richland…
https://www.oxygen.com/escaping-captivity-the-kara-robinson-…

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Claim 5: “The victim advocate hosts the ABC News Studios and Freeform true-crime series “Somebody Knows Something””

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Multiple sources confirm she hosts the series 'Somebody Knows Something' produced by ABC News Studios and Freeform/Hulu.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — My Favorite Murder is an American podcast hosted by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark. My Favorite Murder released its first episode on January 13, 2016. The podcast format includes regular episod…
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Claim 6: “In 2010, Chamberlain completed training at the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy and began working for the Richland County Sheriff’s Department as a school resource officer”

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Web search results confirm she graduated from the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy in 2010 and worked as a school resource officer for the Richland County Sheriff's Department.

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web search NEUTRAL — In 2010, Robinson graduated from the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy, reported WISTV.com . She began working with the Richland County Sheriff's Department as a school resource officer.
https://www.oxygen.com/escaping-captivity-the-kara-robinson-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Kara Robinson Chamberlain. photo taken by Kara Robinson Chamberlain, official website . The day Kara got abducted, she was spending the day at her best friend’s home in West Columbia, South Carolina.
https://thartribune.com/how-kara-robinson-turned-captivity-i…

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web search NEUTRAL — As Chamberlain told Smart, during her ordeal she focused on trying to study her attacker and plan her escape. While her attacker slept, Chamberlain wiggled out of her restraints and ran out the front …
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemcneal/serial-…

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Claim 7: “Evidence recovered from Evonitz’s apartment, former residences and vehicle linked him to the abductions and murders of three girls from Spotsylvania County, Virginia — Sofia Silva, 16; Kristin Lisk, 15; and her sister, Kati Lisk, 12.”

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The Washington Post and other sources confirm Evonitz was linked to the murders of Sofia Silva (16), Kristin Lisk (15), and Kati Lisk (12) in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

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web search NEUTRAL — 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 …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Evonitz

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web search NEUTRAL — The families of Sofia Silva, 16, and Kristin Lisk, 15, and her sister Kati, 12, looked on tearfully as members of a task force assembled to find the killer described how analysis showed that hair from…
https://web.archive.org/web/20190321174709/https://www.washi…

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web search NEUTRAL — Richard Marc Edward Evonitz was responsible for the deaths of multiple girls in Virginia, along with the abduction and rape of 15-year-old Kara Robinson Chamberlain in South Carolina.
https://www.crimecult.com/p/richard-evonitz

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Claim 8: “Police tracked Evonitz to Sarasota, Florida. As police closed in on him, Evonitz died by suicide. He was 38.”

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Find a Grave and other records confirm Richard Evonitz died by suicide on June 27, 2002, in Sarasota, Florida, at the age of 38 while surrounded by police.

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web search NEUTRAL — 27 Jun 2002 (aged 38). Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida, USA. Burial. Cremated, Ashes scattered.On June 27, 2002, Evonitz was surrounded by police near the waterfront in Sarasota, Florida.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81637686/richard-marc_ed…

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web search NEUTRAL — Richard Marc Evonitz was born to Joe Evonitz and Tess Evonitz in Colombia, South Carolina at Providence Hospital.while he was sleeping early that morning. Kara immediately went to the police, and led …
https://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/psyc+405/serial+killers/Evon…

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