From the moment a stranger pressed a handgun to her neck, Kara Robinson Chamberlain began outsmarting her captor and planning her dramatic escape.
Only 15, she had no idea the man forcing her into the back of a car was a serial killer and rapist who had already murdered three girls.
But she knew the only way to stay alive was to obey the kidnapper's demands and fool him into thinking she wouldn't fight back so that he would lower his guard.
Now 34, Kara has told the chilling story of how she miraculously survived a sick child predator who shackled her to his bed and held her captive for 18 hours while his wife was at Disney World with his mother. Got a story?
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