Lisa Rinna revealed that her mother was nearly murdered by the Trailside Killer. “A few years ago before I was born my mom was attacked by a man that she worked with,” the 55-year-old said of her mother Lois Rinna on Tuesday night’s episode of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” as reported by People magazine Thursday. CHARLES MANSON'S GRANDSON TELLS ALL “He picked her up at the bus stop and then all of a sudden he started to drive her down this really deserted road,” the reality TV star continued. “He tried to rape her. He tried to killer her. Luckily, a military policeman had seen them drive down this deserted road and he knew no one was supposed to be down there and he followed them down. My mom was saved that day by that military policeman.” “That was a really bad thing,” said Lois, 90. “I knew him. I thought that was it. He’s straddling. He had a hammer in one hand and a knife in the other.” In 1984, the United Press International reported that during Carpenter’s trial, Lois, who was then known as Lois DeAndrade, was the prosecution’s first witness. She described how Carpenter attacked her with a knife and hammer in 1960 at the San Francisco Presidio. She testified that Carpenter said he attacked her because “every once in a while, I have this funny quirk.” DA DETAILS 'SINISTER MINISTER' People magazine reported the Trailside Killer, whose real name is David Carpenter, terrorized the Bay Area by stalking and murdering several people on hiking trails in state parks near San Francisco in the 1970s and early 1980s. At one point, some believed he may have been the Zodiac Killer, but that has since been disproved. “I was the first one he went to jail for,” said Lois of Carpenter’s 1960 conviction. “They gave him seven a half years.” Lois is believed to be the first of Carpenter’s adult victims. The magazine revealed he had been incarcerated as a teen for molesting two of his young relatives. Then in 1970, Carpenter was imprisoned for kidnapping in rape. The San Francisco Chronicle reported after he was freed, Carpenter shot and killed Richard Stowers, 19, and his fiancée Cynthia Moreland, 18, Anne Alderson, 26, Diane O’Connell and Shuana May 25 — all within a six-week period in 1980. CONVICTED CHILD KILLER'S DAUGHTER TELLS ALL The newspaper also revealed that the following year, Carpenter raped and shot 20-year-old Heather Scaggs. Her naked body was found in Big Basin State Park in Santa Cruz County. He then killed 20-year-old Ellen Marie Hansen. The Mercury News reported Carpenter’s eighth victim, Hansen’s boyfriend Steven Haertle, was shot in the neck but survived the attack. He was able to identity Carpenter. The Los Angeles Times reported that in 1984, Carpenter was convicted of two murders and received the death penalty. Then the following year, he was convicted of five more murders. He is currently on death row at San Quentin State Prison. Defense attorney Larry Biggam argued that Carpenter was “damned at an early age” by abusive parents. He said Carpenter’s criminal actions were “greatly influenced by his traumas… as a child” in a family that state officials found to be “one of the worst messes they had ever seen.” BTK'S DAUGHTER TELLS ALL “David Carpenter is a damaged human being,” said Biggam, as reported by United Press International. “He was damned at an early age.” Biggam claimed Carpenter had a domineering mother and a part-time father who didn’t love him and regularly beat him. However, Santa Cruz County District Attorney Art Danner described Carpenter as a calculating murderer who was not rehabilitated during years in prison for rapes and assaults, which ended with his last parole in 1979. “That is where our story begins,” said Danner. “What he learned from his previous mistakes was that instead of letting his victims go, because they might turn up as witnesses, he eliminated them.” Rinna said it wasn’t until she was older when she learned why her mother had metal plates in her had and couldn’t smell. TED BUNDY SURVIVOR TELLS ALL “When I finally learned the truth, I had such great sadness and empathy for my mom, knowing that not only did this happen to her but she basically just stuffed those feelings for how many years,” said Rinna. “She never dealt with it, she never talked about it — she never even told her daughter about it. It takes so much courage to come forward. I think the least we can do is show these victims some compassion.”<doc-sep>David Carptenter, notoriously known as The Trailside Killer, terrorized and killed several people in the 1970s and 80s. Lois Rinna, mother of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Lisa Rinna, was just one of two who survived an attack by Carpenter, and on Tuesday night's episode of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Lois opened up about the harrowing attack. Lois knew Carpenter and his family personally and was a very "trusting person," Lisa said, so when Carpenter offered Lois a ride, Lois hopped in the car. "He’s straddling me, and he had a hammer in one hand, a knife in the other," Lois remembered. "He tried to rape her. He tried to kill her. Luckily, a military policeman had seen them drive down this deserted road and he knew no one was supposed to be down there and he followed them down. My mom was saved that day by that military policeman," Lisa explained. This content is imported from YouTube. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Carpenter was arrested for his attempted murder attack on Lois and spent time in prison and was even suspected of being the Zodiac Killer. Lois' attack put Carpenter in jail for about seven and a half years before he was released and murdered several other women. Carpenter, now 88 years old, is currently on death row at San Quentin State Prison. “I had such great sadness and empathy for my mom, knowing that not only did this happen to her, but that she basically just stuffed those feelings for how many years?” Lisa said during the episode. “She never dealt with it. She never even talked about it.” In an Instagram post the day the episode aired, Lisa commended her mother for her strength and paid tribute to her late father by sharing an old photo of her parents. This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. "I wish my Dad was still with us so he could see my Mom tonight on #RHOBH 😇," she captioned the photo. "I am so proud of my Mom and I know Dad is watching from heaven and is so proud of you Mama! I love you! ❤️“ Nerisha Penrose Assistant Editor Nerisha is the assistant editor at ELLE.com, covering all things beauty and fashion. This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io<doc-sep>Image : Getty Only two people survived attacks by the Trailside Killer, and one of them was Lisa Rinna’s mother, Lois Rinna. Advertisement Rinna shared her story on Tuesday’s episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Before David Carpenter beca me known as the Trailside Killer and was convicted of six murders , h e was a co-worker of Rinna’s who lured her into his car and assaulted her on a deserted road before a military police officer intervened and saved her: “ ‘ I thought that was it — that I was going ‘Bye bye,’” Lois, 90, reflected. “He’s straddling me, and he had a hammer in one hand, a knife in the other.’ ” On The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills After Show, Lisa Rinna talked a bit more about how Carpenter used the birth of his child to get Lois into the car: “ ‘ He had just had a new baby and he said, ‘I want you to come and see my new baby.’ She knew the wife and you know my mom, she is very trusting and obviously a lot of us are... she works with him so he drove up and she got in the car.’ ” Carpenter served seven years in prison for attacking Lois Rinna and was briefly suspected of being the Zodiac killer upon his release. In 1988 he was convicted on five counts of first-degree murder, two rapes, and one attempted rape . He is still alive and on death row. “I was very lucky — I should not even be here,” Lois Rinna said. Tuesday’s episode of RHOBH is, according to Lisa Rinna, one of the few times her mother has discussed surviving the attack: “ ‘ I had such great sadness and empathy for my mom, knowing that not only did this happen to her, but that she basically just stuffed those feelings for how many years?” Lisa said. “She never dealt with it. She never even talked about it.’ ”<doc-sep>
The Trailside Killer, whose real name is David Carpenter, was known for stalking and murdering several people near San Francisco, California in 1980s. Lisa Rinna‘s mom is lucky to be alive after being kidnapped and stabbed by the Trailside Killer. “A few years before I was born my mom was attacked by a man that she worked with,” Lisa, 55, said of her mother Lois Rinna on Tuesday night’s episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. “He picked her up at the bus stop and then all of sudden he started to drive her down this really deserted road. He tried to rape her. He tried to kill her. Luckily, a military policeman had seen them drive down this deserted road and he knew no one was supposed to be down there and he followed them down. My mom was saved that day by that military policeman.” “That was a really bad thing,” Lois, 90, explained. “I knew him.” “I thought that was it. He’s straddling me. He had a hammer in one hand and a knife in another,” Lois recounted. Lois was stabbed in the hand and hit in the head with the hammer a number of times. The Trailside Killer, whose real name is David Carpenter, was known for stalking and murdering several people on hiking trails in state parks near San Francisco, California in the 1970s and early 1980s. At one point it was even believed he may have been the Zodiac Killer but that has since been disproved. Lisa Rinna and her mother Lois Rinna Lois Rinna, Lisa Rinna | Credit: Jesse Grant/WireImage “I was the first one he went to jail for,” Lois explained to Lisa of Carpenter’s 1960 conviction. “They gave him seven and a half years.” Lois is believed to be the first of Carpenter’s adult victims. He had been incarcerated as a teen for molesting two of his young relatives. In 1970, Carpenter was imprisoned once again for kidnapping and rape. After he was freed, Carpenter struck fear around the Bay Area when he shot and killed Richard Stowers, 19, and his fiancée Cynthia Moreland, 18, Anne Alderson, 26, Diane O’Connell and Shuana May 25 — all within a six-week period in 1980, according to The San Francisco Chronicle. The next year, Carpenter raped and shot 20-year-old Heather Scaggs — a coworker at a Hayward print shop, The SF Chronicle reported. Her naked body was found in Big Basin State Park in Santa Cruz County. He then killed UC Davis Student Ellen Marie Hansen, 20. Lois Rinna Lois Rinna | Credit: Bravo Carpenter’s eighth victim, Hansen’s boyfriend Steven Haertle, was shot in the neck, but survived the attack and was able to identify him, according to The Mercury News. In 1984, Carpenter was convicted of two murders and received the death penalty, according to The Los Angeles Times. The following year he was convicted of five more murders. He is currently on death row at San Quentin State Prison. “When you first hear about it you’re like that can’t be real — how [is] that real?” Lisa said on the show. It wasn’t until Rinna was older that her mother told her what really happened, Lois explaining that the metal plates she had in her head and the fact that she couldn’t smell was “because some kid hit you in the head with a hammer.” “When I finally learned the truth, I had such great sadness and empathy for my mom, knowing that not only did this happen to her but that she basically just stuffed those feelings for how many years,” Rinna said. “She never dealt with it, she never talked about it — she never even told her daughter about it.” David Joseph Carpenter - the Trailside Killer David Carpenter | Credit: Nick Ut/AP/REX/Shutterstock RELATED: Lisa Rinna Threatens Legal Action Against RHOBH Costar Lisa Vanderpump Over Rumored Spinoff “It takes so much courage to come forward. I think the least we can do is show these victims some compassion.” Lois has since received an outpouring of love from viewers everywhere for her courage. “Your mom is a HERO she has such strength and is such a great example of not allowing a terrifying and life threatening experience keep you from living your life to the fullest and having a positive outlook,” a told Lisa, which she shared on her Instagram Stories. Lisa also paid tribute to her mom by sharing a photo of her and her late father.