Roger Kibbe Explained

Birthname:Roger Reece Kibbe
Birth Date:21 May 1939
Birth Place:San Diego County, California, U.S.[1]
Death Place:Mule Creek State Prison, Ione, California, U.S.
Conviction:First degree murder with special circumstances (6 counts)
First degree murder
Conviction Penalty:6 life sentences without parole plus 25 years
Conviction Status:Deceased
Occupation:Furniture salesman
Victims:8+ (7 convicted)
Beginyear:1977
Endyear:1987
Death Cause:Homicide by strangulation
States:California
Other Names:I-5 Strangler

Roger Reece Kibbe (May 21, 1939 – February 28, 2021) was an American serial killer and rapist known as the "I-5 Strangler".[2] [3] Kibbe found all but one of his victims on freeways around Sacramento, California. In 1991, he was sentenced to 25 years to life imprisonment for the death of Darcie Frackenpohl.[2] [4]

Criminal investigation and incarceration

Kibbe was first arrested for assault and battery in 1987 after attempting to handcuff prostitute Debra Ann Guffie. Guffie fought back and a police officer heard her screaming. With Guffie's testimony, Kibbe was convicted and sentenced to 8 months in jail, during which time police put together the murder case against him.[5] Kibbe was arrested in 1988 for murdering Darcie Frackenpohl the previous year. He was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. In 2003, he accompanied prosecutors and detectives to a dry creek he remembered to try to find the body of Lou Ellen Burleigh, whom he had killed in 1977. In 2007 a detective searched the area again. In 2009, Kibbe again returned to the site with detectives. Burleigh's body was not found, and a grand jury was convened.[3]

After a plea bargain to avoid the death penalty, on November 5, 2009, Kibbe pleaded guilty to the murder of six other women and was sentenced to six additional life sentences.[6] [3]

In 2011, a detective returned to the Burleigh dump site on his own and found a bone in the creek. DNA testing proved it to be Burleigh's.[7] [8] [9] Burleigh had left her Walnut Creek, California, home in 1977 for a job interview, but never returned.[3]

Kibbe kidnapped his victims, tied them up with parachute rigging cord and silenced them with duct tape. He then proceeded to cut open their clothes in irregular shapes with scissors that had belonged to his mother. Sometimes he garroted his victims with the parachute cord with which he skydived.[10] Then, he raped them and strangled them to death.[11] Kibbe also cut off most of the hair of his victims to remove the duct tape before leaving the scene of the crime.[12]

Death

Kibbe died at approximately 12:40 a.m. on February 28, 2021, in Mule Creek State Prison.[13] [14]

An officer made the discovery; Jason Budrow (cellmate), 40, was present at the scene. Budrow, a self-avowed Satanist who was serving a life sentence for the 2010 strangling death of 48-year-old Margaret Dalton, claimed he had murdered Kibbe to avenge his victims. He has been charged with first degree murder with special circumstances for killing Kibbe, albeit prosecutors said they will not seek a death sentence against him.[15] [16] Budrow was given a second life sentence for Kibbe's murder and is currently charged with the August 2023 attack on Paul Flores, who was the murderer of Kristin Smart.[17]

On March 3, 2021, the Amador County Sheriff's Office released the results of Kibbe's autopsy report, showing that he had died from manual strangulation.[18]

Known victims

In media

Kibbe's forensic evidence used in his conviction is reported on an episode of the series Forensic Files, "Knot for Everyone" (aired: October 1998).[33]

Discovery channel TV show The New Detectives covered the murder of Darcie Frackenpohl in the episode titled Scattered Clues (aired on October 19, 1999)

In 2002 the television show I, Detective aired an episode focusing on the murder of Stephanie Brown.

MSNBC released the documentary "Profiling Evil" where forensic psychiatrist Park Dietz interviews Kibbe in prison (aired: November 18, 2012). The interview was part of Kibbe's plea deal to avoid a death penalty.[34] [35]

The series On the Case with Paula Zahn dedicated an episode on Kibbe's crimes titled "Deadly Offer". The episode aired on May 8, 2016. Series host Paula Zahn interviewed family members of the victims, detectives, criminalist, the prosecutor, and a forensic pathologist.[36] [37]

Australian TV program 35 Serial Killers the World Wants to Forget also look into the case of Kibbe by the perspective of lead detective Ray Biondi (aired on March 6, 2020)[38]

Oxygen Network aired The Mark of a Killer: Pattern of Murder about the Kibbe case on February 17, 2019.[39]

Kibbe was profiled in an episode of Storm of Suspicion on The Weather Channel.

See also

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: California Birth Index. State of California Vital Records and Statistics. Roger Reece Kibbe. 2021-08-31. August 31, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210831220801/https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/roger_reece_kibbe_born_1939_2134174. live.
  2. Web site: Ramsland . Katherine . Roger Reece Kibbe: The I-5 Strangler — The Strangler and the Court . . May 10, 1991 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120107124449/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/predators/roger_reece_kibbe/10.html . January 7, 2012.
  3. Web site: Associated Press . Admitted Serial Killer Helps Police Search for His 1st Victim . . Virginia . October 3, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202152456/http://www.dailypress.com/topic/ktla-i-5-strangler,0,2838662.story . February 2, 2014.
  4. Web site: California IN BRIEF : SOUTH LAKE TAHOE : Man Sentenced in 'I-5 Strangler' Case . Los Angeles Times . May 12, 1991 . April 12, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140221131514/http://articles.latimes.com/1991-05-12/news/mn-2723_1_i-5-strangler . February 21, 2014 . live.
  5. Book: Strand . Ginger . Killer on the Road: Violence and the American Interstate . 2012 . University of Texas Press . Austin, TX . 978-0-292-72637-6 . 158 .
  6. Web site: Anger unloaded on Kibbe. Scott. Smith. The Stockton Record. April 14, 2023. March 31, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230331135758/https://www.recordnet.com/story/news/courts/2009/11/06/anger-unloaded-on-kibbe/51809667007/. live.
  7. Web site: 'I-5 Strangler': Deputy tracks down remains of Lou Ellen Burleigh, slain by serial killer in 1977 . June 29, 2011 . Los Angeles Times . September 7, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151223235849/http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jun/29/local/la-me-i-5-strangler-20110629 . December 23, 2015 . live.
  8. Web site: WCPD: Lou Ellen Burleigh's body found after 34-years . Claycord.com . June 27, 2011 . March 1, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110701181717/http://claycord.com/2011/06/27/wcpd-lou-ellen-burleighs-body-found-after-34-years/ . July 1, 2011 . dead.
  9. Web site: Ramsland . Katherine . Roger Reece Kibbe: The I-5 Strangler — New Developments . truTV . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120107071202/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/predators/roger_reece_kibbe/11.html . January 7, 2012.
  10. Web site: Ramsland . Katherine . Roger Reece Kibbe: The I-5 Strangler — A Witness . truTV . May 10, 1991 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120107073129/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/predators/roger_reece_kibbe/3.html . January 7, 2012.
  11. Web site: Ramsland . Katherine . Roger Reece Kibbe: The I-5 Strangler — Drug Money . truTV . May 10, 1991 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120107124454/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/predators/roger_reece_kibbe/4.html . January 7, 2012.
  12. News: 'I-5 Strangler' Roger Kibbe, Sacramento-area serial killer and rapist, killed in prison . Sabalow . Ryan . March 1, 2021 . . March 1, 2021 . March 1, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210301201527/https://www.fresnobee.com/news/california/article249603653.html . live.
  13. News: 'I-5 Strangler' killed in prison; victims included Walnut Creek and Pittsburg women . March 1, 2021 . The Mercury News . March 1, 2021 . March 1, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210301225827/https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/01/i-5-strangler-killed-in-prison-victims-included-walnut-creek-woman/ . live .
  14. Web site: 'I-5 Strangler' Roger Reece Kibbe Killed In State Prison Attack . March 1, 2021 . KPIX . March 1, 2021 . March 1, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210301174119/https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/03/01/i-5-strangler-roger-reece-kibbe-killed-in-state-prison-attack/ . live .
  15. Web site: 2021-03-31 . Exclusive: California prisoner admits to murdering serial killer known as the I-5 Strangler, calls it 'a mission for avenging' his victims . 2022-03-14 . The Mercury News . en-US . March 14, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220314184020/https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/31/exclusive-ca-prisoner-admits-to-murdering-serial-killer-known-as-the-i-5-strangler-calls-it-a-mission-for-avenging-his-victims/ . live .
  16. Web site: 2021-04-20 . Man accused of strangling "I-5 Strangler" won't face death . 2022-03-14 . AP NEWS . en . March 14, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220314184016/https://apnews.com/article/sacramento-california-gavin-newsom-ff1cd77af73ea08d1a09b01c1941a5a0 . live .
  17. News: Inmate suspected in prison attack on Kristin Smart's killer previously murdered 'I-5 Strangler'. Associated Press. KTVU. November 18, 2023. November 18, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231118092334/https://www.ktvu.com/news/inmate-suspected-in-prison-attack-on-kristin-smarts-killer-previously-murdered-i-5-strangler. live.
  18. Web site: Sabalow. Ryan. California's 'I-5 Strangler' Roger Kibbe, found dead in his cell, coroner says. live. March 5, 2021. March 5, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210305004006/https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article249638008.html.
  19. News: Mother Calmly Searches for Missing Daughter . . November 11, 1977 . 64 . . December 17, 2022 . December 18, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221218095748/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114801192/mother-calmly-searches-for-missing/ . live .
  20. News: After 34 years, body of Walnut Creek woman found . . June 28, 2011 . 11 . . December 18, 2022 . December 18, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221218095751/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114801238/after-34-years-body-of-walnut-creek/ . live .
  21. News: Third I-5 murder victim identified . . December 10, 1986 . 8 . . December 17, 2022 . December 18, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221218095749/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114801342/third-i-5-murder-victim-identified/ . live .
  22. News: I-5 Strangler suspect faces Stanislaus County lineup . . August 12, 1988 . 24 . . December 17, 2022 . December 18, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221218095752/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114801324/i-5-strangler-suspect-faces-stanislaus/ . live .
  23. News: Strangled woman found on golf course . . July 4, 1986 . 14 . . December 17, 2022 . December 18, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221218095751/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114801426/strangled-woman-found-on-golf-course/ . live .
  24. News: Scissors could be link to killer . . July 16, 1987 . 28 . . December 17, 2022 . December 18, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221218095750/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114801463/scissors-could-be-link-to-killer/ . live .
  25. News: Suspect charged with I-5 Killer slaying (2/2) . . April 29, 1988 . 32 . . December 17, 2022 . December 18, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221218095753/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114801738/suspect-charged-with-i-5-killer-slaying/ . live .
  26. News: Third victim in I-5 serial killings named . . December 10, 1986 . 14 . . December 17, 2022 . December 18, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221218095750/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114801547/third-victim-in-i-5-serial-killings/ . live .
  27. News: Local officials kept busy on homicide investigations . . January 14, 1987 . 3 . . December 17, 2022 . December 18, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221218095753/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114801617/local-officials-kept-busy-on-homicide/ . live .
  28. News: For the record (Katherine Quinones) . . January 15, 1987 . 2 . . December 17, 2022 . December 18, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221218095748/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114801688/for-the-record-katherine-quinones/ . live .
  29. News: Suspect charged with I-5 Killer slaying (1/2) . . April 29, 1988 . 1 . . December 17, 2022 . December 18, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221218095750/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114801727/suspect-charged-with-i-5-killer-slaying/ . live .
  30. News: 1987's unsolved killings . . January 3, 1988 . 29 . . December 17, 2022 . December 18, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221218095753/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114801917/1987s-unsolved-killings/ . live .
  31. News: Serial killer makes a deal. Bohm. Layla. Lodi News-Sentinel. November 18, 2023. November 18, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231118090822/https://www.lodinews.com/news/article_2f5732c7-7328-5709-8a9a-2506283f0395.html. live.
  32. News: I-5 suspect faces trial in killing . . October 27, 1988 . 36 . . December 17, 2022 . December 18, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221218095751/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114801977/i-5-suspect-faces-trial-in-killing/ . live .
  33. Web site: Forensic Files: Knot For Everyone. TVmaze. January 22, 2018. en. October 1998. In 1996 a woman named Stephanie Brown was driving some friends home to a foreign part of town. She took a wrong turn on Interstate 5 to get home and was later found dead in a flooded irrigation ditch.. https://web.archive.org/web/20180122235037/https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/219811/forensic-files-3x02-knot-for-everyone. January 22, 2018. live.
  34. Web site: Profiling Evil Dr. Park Dietz Interviews the I-5 Strangler. Park Dietz & Associates. January 22, 2018. 2012. Under the terms of a plea agreement in which he was spared the death penalty, Kibbe agreed to speak to detectives and forensic psychiatrist Park Dietz and to show them where he had hidden the remains of one of his victims.. https://web.archive.org/web/20180123072102/http://www.parkdietzassociates.com/dr-park-dietz-interviews-the-i-5-strangler-2/. January 23, 2018. live.
  35. Web site: Profiling Evil. MSNBC. January 22, 2018. November 12, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20180122235030/http://www.msnbc.com/documentaries/watch/profiling-evil-44565571538. January 22, 2018. live.
  36. Web site: Deadly Offer On the Case with Paula Zahn. investigationdiscovery.com. Discovery Communications, LLC.. January 22, 2018. en-us. May 8, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20180123072205/https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/tv-shows/on-the-case-with-paula-zahn/full-episodes/deadly-offer. January 23, 2018. live.
  37. Web site: On the Case With Paula Zahn – Season 7 Episode 8: "Deadly Offer". TWC Central. January 22, 2018. After coming to the aid of a stranded roommate, Stephanie Brown's car is found abandoned on the interstate and her body is later discovered floating in an irrigation ditch, the victim of sexual assault and murder.. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180122235110/http://tv.twcc.com/tv/on-the-case-with-paula-zahn/6557466__8160241. January 22, 2018.
  38. Web site: Watch 35 Serial Killers the World Wants to Forget, Season 1 Prime Video . 2022-06-10 . www.amazon.com . June 10, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220610175813/https://www.amazon.com/Serial-Killers-World-Forget-Season/dp/B085CM9X18 . live .
  39. Web site: Mark of a Killer: Pattern of Murder (Season 1, Episode 4). February 7, 2019. Oxygen Official Site. March 1, 2021. April 22, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210422172023/https://www.oxygen.com/mark-of-a-killer/season-1/videos/mark-of-a-killer-pattern-of-murder-season-1-episode-4. live.

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