Serial Killers

 Nearly two decades after she boldly escaped her kidnapper’s clutches, Kara Robinson is inspiring other survivors.

When Kara Robinson escaped her captor, Richard Evonitz, she helped police uncover a serial killer.

Roy Norris and Lawrence Bittaker, known as "the Toolbox Killers," recorded the torture of their victims through photos and tapes.

Lawrence Bittaker, along with partner Roy Norris, used to drive around with a toolbox looking for victims to torture during a heinous five-month stretch in 1979.

Juan David Ortiz's killing spree only came to an end after one of his victims escaped, but not before he murdered Melissa Ramirez, Claudine Anne Luera, Guiselda Cantu, and Janelle Ortiz.

Since being released from prison for a 2008 manslaughter, Keith Gibson has been convicted of killing two in Delaware and is suspected of killing four others in Philadelphia. 

For years Michael Hughes stalked the streets of Los Angeles looking for victims, until one critical mistake landed him behind bars, as detailed in Oxygen's Serial Killer Capital: Los Angeles.

Turner was once considered L.A.'s "most prolific serial killer," but he wasn't the only one targeting upward of 100 Black women in the '80s and '90s. 

Doug Clark and Carol Bundy targeted runaways and sex workers in a series of gruesome crimes around Los Angeles in the summer of 1980.

Typically known for Hollywood and sunny beaches, California has been the hunting ground for a disturbing number of serial killers, as evident in Oxygen's Serial Killer Capital: Los Angeles.