Thurmond and Holmes had kidnapped and killed Brooke Hart on 9 November but continued to send ransom notes to his family, owners of Harts Department Store. Governor James 'Sunny Jim' Rolph praised the action, stating that California had sent a message to future kidnappers and promised to pardon anyone involved in the lynching. (26 November 1933)
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Sunday 13th of October 1996 (x) — Consensual victim of Robert Frederick Glass Sharon Lopatka leaves her house for a date with internet contact Robert Frederick Glass aka Slowhand whom she had asked to torture and strangle her to death. Lopatka informed her husband she was going to Georgia to meet acquaintances. She also left him a note that she would not be returning home and requested not to track down Glass. The note also read that "If my body is never retrieved, don't worry: know that I'm at peace."