A young woman who was kidnapped by a serial killer, after he murdered her mother, then sold to his brother recently visited the former motel site where police believe she was last with her biological mom as an infant.
In an interview with ABC’s 20/20, a tearful Heather Robinson clings to a fence as she looks at the site where the Rodeway Inn used to sit.
Authorities believe Heather was four months old when she was last with her mother Lisa Stasi, a teenager and single mom who was one of the eight women murdered by John Edward Robinson.
Heather’s life was spared in the brutal killing, and Robinson then sold the infant to his brother in Florida.
‘She had everything taken away from her,’ Heather says. ‘Her life, her child, but I’ve never forgotten this motel. It lingers with me.’
In an interview with ABC’s 20/20, a tearful Heather Robinson (pictured) clings to a fence as she looks at the site where the Rodeway Inn used to sit
Authorities believe Heather was four months old when she was last with her mother Lisa Stasi, a teenager and single mom who was one of the eight women murdered by John Edward Robinson
In the video, Heather is seen stuffing pieces of grass and chunks of dirt in a water bottle.
When she’s asked what she’s doing by an ABC correspondent, she responds: ‘Getting some dirt and grass from the area so I’ll have something. Just something solid, something tangible, something from here.’
It has been more than 30 years since Heather was adopted by the brother of her mother’s killer.
Now, she’s sharing her story while meeting the family she never knew existed in the wake of this unimaginable tragedy.
Lisa Stasi and her four-month-old daughter Tiffany vanished from Kansas City, Missouri in 1985.
Cruel intentions: Robinson (above) is speaking about being sold by the serial killer who murdered her mother in a anew episode of 20/20 airing at 9pm Friday on ABC
Victim: Lisa Stasi (left) went missing in 1985 when her daughter Tiffany was just four months old, and is believed to be one of the eight women killed by John Edward Robinson (right)
The two were last seen travelling to Chicago with a man Lisa referred to as John Osborne, but whose real name was John Edward Robinson.
It is believed that Robinson murdered Lisa, who was just 19, as young Tiffany sat in the room, and then disposed of her remains which to this day have never been found.
Robinson, who at the time was a married father with four children at home, then forged adoption papers and sold Tiffany to his brother and sister-in-law, who were told the girl had no parents.
That is when Tiffany Stasi became Heather Robinson, and for the next 15 years she was completely unaware that he uncle John had murdered eight women, including her mother.
Robinson managed to evade police while continuing to prey on women in Kansas and Missouri.
He was a beloved father and later grandfather, but the law eventually caught up to him when he was arrested on charges of theft and sexual battery.
Surprise delivery: Robinson, who is currently on death row, sold Tiffany to his brother (above) in Florida after forging adoption records
In plain sight: It was not until Robinson was arrested in 1999 that Heather and her parents learned the truth about her identity, and they are only now speaking out
Family: Heather is now on a mission to find her mother’s remains, which have never been located by authorities (Heather with Donald Robinson)
That led police to search a second property he owned Kansas, where they found the bodies of two missing women in large barrels.
A subsequent search later turned up more bodies in a storage unit.
Stasi’s remains were never found, but that might all change when 20/20 airs this Friday at 9pm on ABC.
Heather will also sit down with her adoptive father, Donald Robinson, to discuss why he believed her adoption was legitimate, and the horrifying moment when he learned about his brother’s crimes.
She will also travel back to her birthplace with husband Roberto Ramos to investigate her birth mother’s past and meet her step-grandmother, Sara Elledge, for the first time.
There is yet another twist as well, with a letter signed by Stasi arriving during the filming of the episode, claiming that the missing mother is still alive.