is sharing new revelations about a shocking brush with evil her late mother Lois DeAndrade experienced, involving serial killer David Carpenter.
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Lisa Rinna Reveals Moms Encounter with Trailside Killer
Lisa Rinna is sharing new revelations about a shocking brush with evil her late mother Lois DeAndrade experienced, involving serial killer David Carpenter.The R...
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The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 62 - speaking with IMPACT x Nightline in Terror on the Trails, a special set to debut Thursday - shared new details about her late mom's run-in with the mass murderer dubbed the Trailside Killer.
Lois - - had encountered Carpenter in 1960, which led to his arrest and a seven-year imprisonment that preceded a gruesome killing spree.
Carpenter was later convicted in 1984 of seven murders and confirmed to be the killer in an eighth murder, in addition to being suspected in two additional killings. He remains on death row at San Quentin State Prison at the age of 95.
The reality star/actress in Terror on the Trails praised the strength she saw in her late mother, as she 'was positive,' 'never played a victim,' and 'never felt sorry for herself.'
Rinna explained how her mother had known Carpenter - - from a job they worked at together in San Francisco.
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Lisa Rinna, 62, is sharing new revelations about a shocking brush with evil her late mother Lois DeAndrade experienced, involving serial killer David Carpenter
David Carpenter, dubbed The Trailside Killer, was later convicted of seven murders and confirmed to be the killer in an eighth murder
'One morning she was waiting at the bus stop to go to the dentist,' the Days of Our Lives alum said in the clip, which was first obtained by People.
The Melrose Place star explained a series of major red flags that alerted her mother to danger in the incident
'As David Carpenter parked the car, he literally straddled my mom, grabbed the knife out of the glove box … goes at my mom,' Rinna said. 'My mom grabs it with her hand, and it severs these two fingers, so her fingers are like dangling.
The 62-year-old media personality discussed the time her mother, Lois Rinna, was brutally attacked by a man who went on to be come an infamous serial killer in the San Francisco area; the mother and daughter are seen in Beverly Hills back in April 2008
The Trailside Killer was convicted of seven murders and confirmed to be the killer in an eighth murder in addition to being suspected in two additional killings; Carpenter seen in June 1984
Rinna previously also opened up about the deeply personal circumstances surrounding her father revealing he passed away through assisted suicide.
Rinna also recently opened up about the deeply personal circumstances surrounding her father Frank Rinna’s 2016 death at age 94, revealing he passed away through assisted suicide; (seen in 2024)
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The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum shared the emotional revelation during the latest episode of her Let’s Not Talk About the Husband podcast
Frank died in Oregon , where the state’s 1997 Death with Dignity Act allows terminally ill patients to end their lives with medical assistance, including help from so-called ‘death doulas'; (Lisa with dad Frank and mom Lois)
She explained that under Oregon law, the person choosing assisted death must physically take the medication themselves.
, making her return to such raw family memories all the more poignant.
Oregon became the first US state to in 1997, allowing terminally ill adult Oregonians, with less than six months left to live, to ask doctors for a fatal dose of drugs they then administer themselves, typically at home.
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In 2023, it became the first US state to allow non-residents to travel to the West Coast state to end their lives.
Physician-assisted death, also , is currently legal in 10 US states and Washington, D.C.: California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington.
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