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Vanessa Veselka narrowly escaped serial killer Robert Ben Rhoades in 1985 after accepting a ride near Martinsburg, PA.
Vanessa Veselka, 56, has shared her 1985 near-escape from serial killer Robert Ben Rhoades, known as the 'Truck Stop Killer,' while hitchhiking near Martinsburg, Pennsylvania.
She accepted a ride from Rhoades just hours after a teenage hitchhiker’s body was found.
During the trip, his behavior turned threatening, and he referenced a fictional "Laughing Death Society" before pulling over with a knife.
Veselka fled, narrowly avoiding becoming one of his estimated 50 victims.
Rhoades, active from 1975 to 1990, targeted vulnerable women at truck stops across the U.S.
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Vanessa Veselka escapó por poco del asesino en serie Robert Ben Rhoades en 1985 después de aceptar un paseo cerca de Martinsburg, Pensilvania.