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Ricky Lee Jones

Case from Houston, TX dated Feb 01, 1990

Victim Details

Ricky Lee Jones

Male

White / Caucasian

Houston

TX

1990-02-01

18

Ricky

Lee Jones

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Ricky Lee Jones, an 18-year-old male from Pasadena, Texas, disappeared in the spring of 1990. He was a runaway teenager who had been picked up as a hitchhiker by Robert Ben Rhoades, a truck driver later known as the "Truck Stop Killer". Rhoades murdered Jones shortly after picking him up, and his body remained undiscovered until March 1991, when it was found in Lamar County, Mississippi. Ricky Lee Jones was identified in July 2008.

Robert Ben Rhoades was arrested in April 1990 in Arizona, ...
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  • Robert Ben Rhoades - Wikipedia
  • All That's Interesting: The Story Of The Truck Stop Killer's Last Victim — And The Photos He Took Just Before Murdering Her
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