August 19th, 1992. Geraldo Rivera on his namesake talk show brings us ‘Highway to Hell, Roadside Killings’, this segment focusing on the heartbreaking case of Susan Rossetti, a former college student at Arizona State.
“..people need to understand, Phoenix is not a small city…population of 700,000. I don’t know what the odds are against them driving to the very location where Louise and Peter were looking, but it has to be astronomical…”
The details of this horrific case; kidnapping, rape and murder, are laid out in detail with the help of Ronald Watkins parole officer for one of the killers, which he discusses in his book ‘Evil Intentions’. We learn that one of the two men was released on furlough, and the conversation continues to ask if that system is being abused.
This day, Geraldo’s television history.