NEED TO KNOW

Bobby Joe Long has confessed to murdering 10 women and raping dozens of others

He kidnapped 17-year-old Lisa McVey in 1984

McVey left a trail of evidence and ultimately led police to Long

More than 40 years ago, Lisa McVey was abducted by the notorious serial killer Bobby Joe Long. However, unlike at least 10 other victims, McVey escaped — a feat that both saved her own life and led the police to the brutal predator.

In 1984, McVey was 17 years old and living in Tampa Bay, Fla., with her grandmother and her grandmother’s boyfriend. One night, as McVey was biking home from a nearby Krispy Kreme, where she worked, when she was held at gunpoint and kidnapped by Long, who had been terrorizing the Tampa Bay area for months, per The Washington Post .

Long's killing spree

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