Lois Rinna's Trailside Killer Encounter

0:00It's April 8th. From Hollywood to your headphones, this is Entertainment and celebrity news today, powered by AI. Lisa Rennagis opened up about her late mom, Lois, surviving a brutal attack from David Carpenter, who later earned the name Trailside Killer as one of. California's deadliest serial murderers. Back in the early 1960s, Lois hopped into Carpenter's car, thinking he was just giving her a ride to the dentist from her bus stop. When he drove off course, confessed something dark was coming over him, then pulled a knife from the glove box and went after her. Things turned even worse when he straddled her and slashed, nearly severing two of her fingers before grabbing a hammer to smash her head. Luckily, a military police officer spotted the car on a deserted road, shot Carpenter in the stomach, and stopped the assault cold. Lois spent three months in the hospital with a metal plate in her skull, but she pulled through strong. Rennag praises her mom for never playing the victim, staying positive despite the trauma

1:01that could have wrecked her life. Lois kept the full whore acquired for years, even telling young Rennah a kid had just hit her with a hammer. Rennah only learned the truth later and fell deep sadness for what her mom buried inside. Carpenter got seven and a half years for the attack, got out, then unleashed a killing spree in the 70s and 80s along Northern California, hiking trails, murdering couples and women hikers. Cops once thought he might be the zodiac killer, but that didn't stick. He's been on death row at San Quinn since his 1984 conviction for multiple murders. This story hits hard in the new, I impact TX Nightline episode, diving into the trailside killer's terror, with survivors and investigators weighing in on, possible unsolved cases. Lois dodged being his first murder victim, a twist that still chills to this day.