From Pasadena, Texas. She disappeared in February 1990 with 18-year-old boyfriend Ricky Lee Jones.
Her body was found months later at an abandoned farm in Illinois. The body of Ricky Lee Jones was found in October of 1990, one month after Regina.
In 1994, Robert Ben Rhoades was convicted of the first degree murder of Regina Walters. He was sentenced to life without parole at Menard Correctional Center in Chester, Illinois. Rhoades later was extradited to Texas for the murder of Jones and another victim. Rhoades, in exchange for dropping the death penalty, pleaded guilty to their deaths and received a second life sentence.∼14-year-old Regina Kay Walters was on a trip with her 18-year-old boyfriend, Ricky Lee Jones, in 1990, where the two went from city to city asking for a ride. Unfortunately, they ended up running into Robert Ben Rhoades, a notorious American serial killer, who claims to have killed at least 15 people between 1975 and 1990. He gave Regina and her boyfriend a ride, her boyfriend was killed shortly after. However, Ben left Regina alive for at least 2 months, trapped in a torture chamber in his truck. Police say the young girl was raped multiple times and tortured with hooks and other things. She was murdered by being choked with a wire, and her body was found in an abandoned pier. The body of Ricky Lee Jones was found in October of 1990, one month after Regina.
In 1994, Robert Ben Rhoades was convicted of the first degree murder of Regina Walters. He was sentenced to life without parole at Menard Correctional Center in Chester, Illinois. Rhoades later was extradited to Texas for the murder of Jones and another victim. Rhoades, in exchange for dropping the death penalty, pleaded guilty to their deaths and received a second life sentence.
From Pasadena, Texas. She disappeared in February 1990 with 18-year-old boyfriend Ricky Lee Jones.
Her body was found months later at an abandoned farm in Illinois. The body of Ricky Lee Jones was found in October of 1990, one month after Regina.
In 1994, Robert Ben Rhoades was convicted of the first degree murder of Regina Walters. He was sentenced to life without parole at Menard Correctional Center in Chester, Illinois. Rhoades later was extradited to Texas for the murder of Jones and another victim. Rhoades, in exchange for dropping the death penalty, pleaded guilty to their deaths and received a second life sentence.∼14-year-old Regina Kay Walters was on a trip with her 18-year-old boyfriend, Ricky Lee Jones, in 1990, where the two went from city to city asking for a ride. Unfortunately, they ended up running into Robert Ben Rhoades, a notorious American serial killer, who claims to have killed at least 15 people between 1975 and 1990. He gave Regina and her boyfriend a ride, her boyfriend was killed shortly after. However, Ben left Regina alive for at least 2 months, trapped in a torture chamber in his truck. Police say the young girl was raped multiple times and tortured with hooks and other things. She was murdered by being choked with a wire, and her body was found in an abandoned pier. The body of Ricky Lee Jones was found in October of 1990, one month after Regina.
In 1994, Robert Ben Rhoades was convicted of the first degree murder of Regina Walters. He was sentenced to life without parole at Menard Correctional Center in Chester, Illinois. Rhoades later was extradited to Texas for the murder of Jones and another victim. Rhoades, in exchange for dropping the death penalty, pleaded guilty to their deaths and received a second life sentence.