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The first of Carpenter's adult victims is believed to be Lois Rinna, the mother of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Lisa Rinna. Carpenter kidnapped Lois in 1960 before stabbing her in the hand and hitting in the head with the hammer multiple times. She was rescued by a military policeman who saw them on the deserted road.
David Joseph Carpenter, a.k.a. The Trailside Killer, is an American serial killer known for stalking and murdering a variety of individuals on hiking trails ...
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The Trailside Serial Killer targeted female hikers in the greater San Francisco area, killing nine. David Carpenter, a violent felon was convicted in the case ...
On July 6, 1984, David Carpenter was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder. DA Art Danner "The balding, bespectacled defendant had no visible reaction," reported the Syracuse Post-Standard .
May 11, 1988 · "Trailside Killer" David Carpenter, already facing the death penalty for two 1981 slayings, was convicted Tuesday of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of five others in 1980.
Jan 5, 1988 · Trial begins today in San Diego for David Carpenter, the convicted "Trailside Killer" who terrorized victims on Northern California hiking trails, for the 1980 killings of five people in Marin County.
