Survivor of serial killer forms friendship with his former wife
Kara Robinson Chamberlain, who escaped kidnapping and sexual assault by serial killer Richard Marc Evonitz when she was 15, has formed an unexpected friendship with his former wife, Bonnie Lou. Their connection began after Chamberlain sent Lou a message in 2024, bringing together two women whose lives were affected by the same predator.
Evonitz was linked to the murders of three teenage girls in Virginia in the 1990s and later died by suicide as police closed in. Chamberlain became a victim advocate and has spoken about the wider harm he may have caused; Lou had followed her story but was unsure how to make contact. The article uses their relationship to introduce a new weekly US edition of the Crime Desk newsletter, featuring crime reporting, interviews and case analysis.
- A survivor and her attacker’s former wife have become friends.
- Kara Robinson Chamberlain reached out to Bonnie Lou in 2024.
- Their lives were both shaped by Richard Marc Evonitz.
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Richard Marc Evonitz was a serial killer linked to the murders of three teenage girls in Virginia during the 1990s. He also kidnapped and sexually assaulted Kara Robinson Chamberlain when she was 15; she escaped, and Evonitz later died by suicide as police closed in.
Chamberlain went on to become a victim advocate, while Bonnie Lou, Evonitz’s former wife, had followed Chamberlain’s story. Their connection brings together two people affected in different ways by the same man, and offers a chance to consider the harm crime can cause beyond its direct victims.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “The unlikely friendship between a teen who escaped a serial killer and his ex-wife revealed in the new Crime Desk US newsletter”.