Richard Evonitz
Richard Marc Edward Evonitz (July 29, 1963 – June 27, 2002) was an American serial killer, kidnapper, and rapist responsible for the deaths of at least three teenaged girls in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, and the abduction and rape of a 15-year-old girl in Richland County, South Carolina. Evonitz has been suspected of other murders, and confessed a number of crimes to his sister shortly before committing suicide. Early life and career Richard Evonitz was born on July 29, 1963, at Providence Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina, to Joseph and Tess Evonitz. He was the first and only male of three children; two sisters, Kristen and Jennifer, followed him in July 1968 and March 1971. Evonitz grew up in a dysfunctional family with his parents separating when he was a baby and again when he was 12. They officially divorced in 1985. Richard's father was an alcoholic who frequently passed out after drinking. Joseph also frequently belittled his family, calling them "morons" and "peons". On one occasion, Joseph drowned Richard's dog in front of him, and in another, when he was only 6-years-old, Joseph attempted to drown him. Later, Richard's wives would claim that he experienced nightmares about his father. Jennifer