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Robert Lee Yates Jr. (born May 27, 1952), also known as the Grocery Bag Killer, is an American serial killer from Spokane, Washington. From 1975 to 1998, he is known to have murdered at least 11 women in Spokane.
At some point, the childhood friends crossed paths with another young man on a hunting trip -- 23-year-old Robert Lee Yates, Jr. For Oliver, fresh from studies in France, and Savage, a recent graduate of Washington State University, the chance encounter marked a tragic end.
7 mag 2000 · Yates, born in Anacortes, sits now on the other side of the state, in jail on a $1.5 million bond. He is charged with killing Jennifer Joseph, a 16-year-old prostitute. But evidence ties Yates...
A profile of the serial killer Robert Lee Yates, who narrowly avoided the death penalty for killing at least 13 sex workers during a horrific reign of terror...
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- Who Was Robert Lee Yates Jr?
- When Did The Crimes Start?
- 1996-1998 Killing Spree
- 1998
- The One That Got Away
- The Investigation
- The Interview
- The White Corvette
- The Arrest
- Convictions and Appeals
Born on May 27, 1952, he was and Army veteran, serving almost two decades as a helicopter pilot for the U.S. Army. Yates grew up in Oak Harbor, Washington, graduating from Oak Harbor High School in 1970. He dropped out of college soon after and got married. In 1975, Yates was hired as a prison guard by the Washington State of Corrections at the Was...
Between 1996 and 1998, multiple prostitutes were found dead, all at the hand of Robert Lee Yates. Initially they were solicited for prostitution. Yates used to have sex with them, after which he killed them. All of his victims died of gunshot wounds to the head. But that was not when he started killing. His first victims were back in 1975, almost t...
There was a break in his murders, then, in 1996 he started killing again. On August 26, 1997, the remains of Jennifer Joseph, 16 years old, were found in an advanced state of decomposition. The victim’s body was discovered in a small secluded area on the Peone Prairie, at the corner of Forker and Judkins Roads. Law enforcement retrieved DNA samples...
The next victim was discovered on February 8, 1998. She was 41 years old Sunny G. Oster. Her remains were discovered in a wooded area in Western Spokane County. Same modus operandi. Gunshot to the head, plastic bags used to cover the head and DNA samples from semen on her body was retrieved. ON April 1, 1998, the decomposed body of 34 years old Lin...
On August 1, 1998, Christine L. Smith was taking another client. She agreed to perform oral sex to a man, in exchange for $40. They were in the man’s van in a secluded parking spot in Spokane. According to her, she asked the man if he is the serial killer preying on prostitutes. The man denied, saying he had 5 children and he would never do such a ...
It didn’t take long for the investigators to realize they are dealing with a serial killer. All victims were coming from the same background, all had the same cause of death and all had the same distinctive plastic bags covering their head. Bullet fragments extracted from several victims showed that all were shot with a small-caliber handgun. It wa...
On Sept. 15, 1999, Yates met up with investigators who told him that his name showed up during an investigation, but he is free to leave and not answering questions as he is not a suspect. Yates agreed to go on with the interview. He was questioned about the November 1998 incident when police pulled him over and finding him with a prostitute. Yates...
Investigators tracked down the new owner of the white Corvette in January 2000 and asked if they can collect fibers from the car. Well at least selling the car was one correct information that Yates provided. The fibers from the car matched the ones retrieved from the first victim Jennifer Joseph. The Corvette was searched and dried blood was found...
On the morning of April 18, 2000, at 6:30 AM, police officers pulled over a car heading north on Market Street in Spokane. Yates was arrested. His home was searched while police tried to preserve all possible evidence found. They had enough to connect him to Joseph’s murder, but police refused to say right away if Yates’ name is in connection with ...
Prosecutors in Spokane agreed not to seek death penalty, however, prosecutors in Tacoma did no such thing and were looking to get the death penalty for the murder of Melinda L. Mercer (1997) and Connie Ellis (1998). On September 19, 2002 Robert Lee Yates was convicted and sentenced to death by lethal injection on October 3, 2002. But this sentence ...
The father of four daughters and a son, Robert Yates Jr. led a relatively ordinary and unremarkable life that was characterized by exemplary military service. Yates grew up on Whidbey Island, Washington, where his mother died while he was still in high school.
Join us as we explore the chilling story of Robert Lee Yates, the Spokane Serial Killer. From his seemingly normal life as a family man and decorated veteran to his gruesome murder spree that...
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