Victims
Patricia Candace Walsh, 24 [murdered probably in TX & dumped in Fillmore, UT] (pled guilty, sentenced to life in prison)
Douglas Scott Zyskowski, 25 [body found in TX] (pled guilty, sentenced to life in prison) (no picture)
Ricky Lee Jones (body found in MS, not convicted of his murder)
Regina Kay Walters, 14 [body found in a barn in IL] (convicted, sentenced to LWOP)
Find-A-Grave: Douglas Scott Zyskowski
Find-A-Grave: Patricia Candace Walsh Zyskowski
Find-A-Grave: Regina Kay Walters
Doe Network: Ricky Lee Jones
Accused killer awaits hearing
Texas trucker pleads guilty to 2 more murders
Trucker With Traveling Torture Chamber Admits to More Murders
Highway Injustice
Murderpedia: Robert Ben Rhoades
The Mobile Torture Chamber of Serial Killer Robert Ben Rhoades
Profile of Robert Ben Rhoades
Dead End
Books
Roadside Prey
The Evil That Men Do: FBI Profiler Roy Hazelwood’s Journey into the Minds of Sexual Predators (very good book)
Predators: Who They Are and How to Stop Them
Murder–one jurisdiction at a time: the case of Robert Ben Rhoades.(Case Study): An article from: The Forensic Examiner
The Truck Stop Killer
Case Study: Murder—one Jurisdiction at a Time: the Case of Robert Ben Rhoades
Movies/Documentaries
FBI Files: Driven To Kill
Very Bad Men: Hell on Wheels
INMATE INFORMATION
B24683 – RHOADES, ROBERT B.
Parent Institution: PONTIAC CORRECTIONAL CENTER
Offender Status: IN CUSTODY
Location: PONTIAC
Sex Offender Registry Required
PHYSICAL PROFILE
Date of Birth: 11/22/1945
Weight: 195 lbs.
Hair: Brown
Sex: Male
Height: 5 ft. 11 in.
Race: White
Eyes: Brown
MARKS, SCARS, & TATTOOS
TATTOO, ARM, LEFT UPPER – BANNER W/USMC & DAGGER
SCAR, ABDOMEN – SCAR ON ABDOMEN
SCAR, SIDE, RIGHT – HERNIA OPERATION SCAR ON RT SIDE
SCAR, ARM, RIGHT – APPROX 12 IN LIN SCAR
SCAR, SHOULDER, RIGHT – LARGE LIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER
ADMISSION / RELEASE / DISCHARGE INFO
Admission Date: 09/15/1992
Last Paroled Date:
Projected Discharge Date: INELIGIBLE
SENTENCING INFORMATION
MITTIMUS: 92CF4
CLASS: M
COUNT: 1
OFFENSE: MURDER/INTENT TO KILL/INJURE
CUSTODY DATE: 03/31/1992
SENTENCE: LIFE
COUNTY: BOND
SENTENCE DISCHARGED?: NO
Filed under: crime, Monsters Among Us, murder, murder in the 20th Century, Serial Killer Tagged: | 1984, 1989, 1990, capital murder, homicide, Illinois, ligature strangulation, LWOP, Robert Ben Rhoades, Serial Killer, sex crimes, shooting, Texas, torture, Utah, Washington
Where do all these creeps come from? It’s getting to the point you can’t trust anybody anymore. Your next door neighbor could be a potential mass murderer.