Lois Rinna's Brutal Attack by Trailside Killer

0:00On April 8th, Lisa Rena just opened up about her late mom Lois surviving a brutal attack from David Carpenter, the guy who later earned the name, Trailside Killer. This happened back in the 1960s when Lois was heading to the dentist and ran into Carpenter at a bus stop. He offered her a ride, but things turned dark fast as he pulled out a knife and went after her. She fought back hard, getting her fingers nearly severed before he switched to a hammer, smashing her head. Luckily, a military police officer spotted the car on a remote road, shot Carpenter in the stomach and saved her life. Lois spent three months in the hospital with a metal plate in her skull, but she pulled through. Rena calls her mom a total fighter who never played the victim or let trauma define her. Lois kept it together, raising her family without bitterness, even though she lost her sense of smell and carried those scars. Rena only learned the full story later and fell deep sadness for what her mom endured. Carpenter got seven and a half years for the assault, but after release, he went on

1:00a killing spree in the 70s and 80s, murdering hikers in. California State Parks near San Francisco. He racked up multiple convictions, including for victims like a young couple and college student Alan Marie Hanson. This story highlights Lois as one of his earliest known adult victims, and without that officer's quick action, she might have been his first kill. Check out the full episode of Impact X Nightline on Hulu for more survivor tales and the killer's trail of terror. Pop culture powered by AI. This is entertainment and celebrity news today. I'm Corey with the story.