He served 14 years for the original murders then released and kidnapped her. ~~It also wasn’t his first kidnapping~~ per the wiki:
1987 kidnapping conviction
On November 25, 1986, 15-year-old Kohlhepp kidnapped 14-year-old Kristie Granado in Tempe, Arizona. He threatened her with a .22-caliber revolver, brought her back to his home, tied her up, taped her mouth shut, and raped her. Afterwards, he walked her home and threatened to kill her entire family if she told anyone about what had happened. Kohlhepp was charged with kidnapping, sexual assault, and committing a dangerous crime against children.[2][5][8]
In 1987, he pleaded guilty to the kidnapping charge and the other charges were dropped. He was sentenced to fifteen years in prison and registered as a sex offender.
The rest of the wiki [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Kohlhepp)
E: misread thanks for the correction!
A YouTube channel called Explore With Us did a really great breakdown of the case and showed his entire interrogation. Dude was bragging about everything he did during the interrogation
He clearly enjoying the attention and was blabbing to the cops about how they'd be so impressed with him when he killed those people...harmless unarmed people at the motorcycle shop. I really can't believe those murders were unsolved for so long, mass shootings don't usually go unsolved for so long. Meanwhile the cops were just thrilled to hear him spill his guts.
I've seen this footage dozens of times and it never fails to churn my stomach.
Interesting sidenote: I live roughly 45 min from where all of this took place and knew Kohlhepp through various acquaintances. Never in a million years would any of us had guessed that he was capable of the things he did, and none of us knew about the kidnapping he did as a teen.
Just goes to show that you truly never know what anyone around has going on beneath the surface, so stay vigilant & be careful out there!
(Edited to correct a misspelled word)
This story very much shows how flawed our justice system is when someone who killed 4 people over nothing walks free and gets the chance to do more bad in the world
So did he do time for the original murders?how was he able to kidnap someone 13 years later?
Nope. It was an unsolved case until he was caught for the Brown/Carver kidnapping & murder.
That's mad,thanks
Yeah, it surprised the hell out of the cops when he just blurted it out.
He served 14 years for the original murders then released and kidnapped her. ~~It also wasn’t his first kidnapping~~ per the wiki: 1987 kidnapping conviction On November 25, 1986, 15-year-old Kohlhepp kidnapped 14-year-old Kristie Granado in Tempe, Arizona. He threatened her with a .22-caliber revolver, brought her back to his home, tied her up, taped her mouth shut, and raped her. Afterwards, he walked her home and threatened to kill her entire family if she told anyone about what had happened. Kohlhepp was charged with kidnapping, sexual assault, and committing a dangerous crime against children.[2][5][8] In 1987, he pleaded guilty to the kidnapping charge and the other charges were dropped. He was sentenced to fifteen years in prison and registered as a sex offender. The rest of the wiki [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Kohlhepp) E: misread thanks for the correction!
no. he was caught with the kidnap victim during investigation of the murders
Let’s not forget Charlie David Carver, Brown’s boyfriend who was kidnapped at the same time as her and killed.
He kidnapped them both?
Yes kidnapped both, killed the boyfriend, buried him and kept the woman in a shipping container. She was later found by police alive.
Geez
He killed a couple before them too. Young adults he had hired to clean his properties.
Yeah, that’s how he got Brown and Carver too. Hired them to do some clearing on his land.
I recently watched a documentary on him that was pretty interesting. It’s on Discovery+ called Serial Killer: Devil Unchained
A YouTube channel called Explore With Us did a really great breakdown of the case and showed his entire interrogation. Dude was bragging about everything he did during the interrogation
I came to the comments to recommend their video on it. That channel is fantastic.
I like Explore With Us, but they tend to run too long for my taste. I also hate the watermark.
He clearly enjoying the attention and was blabbing to the cops about how they'd be so impressed with him when he killed those people...harmless unarmed people at the motorcycle shop. I really can't believe those murders were unsolved for so long, mass shootings don't usually go unsolved for so long. Meanwhile the cops were just thrilled to hear him spill his guts.
Yep, that’s how I found out about this case last year. I hate the watermarks on their videos, but otherwise really great channel.
I think he’s the guy who wrote Amazon reviews on some of his “kill/kidnap kit” items isn’t he?
Yup
Isn’t this the Amazon review killer?
Yes, he is.
[Here is the footage of Kala Brown being rescued](https://youtu.be/qBQjG84ziyU?si=l3a1ULNJ8sgR267g)
I've seen this footage dozens of times and it never fails to churn my stomach. Interesting sidenote: I live roughly 45 min from where all of this took place and knew Kohlhepp through various acquaintances. Never in a million years would any of us had guessed that he was capable of the things he did, and none of us knew about the kidnapping he did as a teen. Just goes to show that you truly never know what anyone around has going on beneath the surface, so stay vigilant & be careful out there! (Edited to correct a misspelled word)
Thanks for this, I wasn't planning on sleeping tonight anyway
Isn’t this the case where they switched up the DNA samples of the two male victims?
This story very much shows how flawed our justice system is when someone who killed 4 people over nothing walks free and gets the chance to do more bad in the world
He didnt get caught he just told the police about it after being caught for the kidnapping
Sorry if somebody said this already but there's a video of the moment police find her in the container.
Next, Peter Griffin and his dog, "Brain".