Poor guy has had to retell that story so many times for the last 47 years. I hope that this is the last time that he has to verbally remember it. You can tell that he will never get over this. Rodney, you were instrumental in getting justice for Carla. I hope that that gives you some peace.
it doesn't matter if he "wasn't instrumental" in getting carla justice. He did all he could possibly do for her that night. He must haved lived with so much guilt all these years...poor guy
Not sure why people are replying to your compassionate message with such insensitivity. He certainly WAS instrumental, and you are being very kind. He fought for her and told what happened to her. Before the DNA came up in 2020. That's how they found the magazine, and how they knew to start looking for her. I echo your comment. Rest in peace, Carla and her parents, and yes, peace to Rodney and her remaining siblings, family, and friends. I read that her mom suffered with depression until her death. And her poor dad, knowing the last thing she said to Rodney was "Go tell my dad". Every dad wants to protect their child, just like every boyfriend would want to protect their girlfriend.
I know I started tearing up when I heard his voice catch. Poor Rodney, neither Carla nor he deserved this. I hope she can rest peacefully now and that Rodney knows he is not responsible and did everything he could. The fact that the family never ever thought he did this shows what an upstanding guy he must-ve been/is.
He's not married either, I watched another video, talking to Carla's brother, and he said Rodney never got over what happened, that he blamed himself for not stopping the animal that took her, that he should have done more, but he was just a kid, who had a gun pointed in his gave, and the trigger pulled 3 times. That animal meant to kill both of them! But Rodney did the best thing he could in that situation, and he was _instrumental_ in putting that animal away. Hopefully now he, Carla's family, and Carla, can finally be at peace. I believe a new bill was passed in her name, so she will never be forgotten, and her bill will help hundreds is families her justice for their loved ones, and Rodney is a part of that. Hopefully that helps them all, even if it's just a little❤
I went to HS with McCurleys son! This is beyond shocking to us, she was found across the highway where my parents live! Justice has been served!! We had no idea. I was only 10 when this happened.
Oh wow! To see the ripple effect of one man's actions on not just the lives of Carla's loved ones, but his own family is just devastating. That moment when Roddy McCurley and Jim Walker embraced took my breath away.
It’s amazing he survived at all. Poor guy lost a lot of blood and survived attempted murder multiple times that night. Yet lived to see his girlfriend’s murderer put away at last. This is the stuff of nightmares and horror movies. I hope everyone finally finds some peace.
You cannot imagine the enormous pain, anguish, despair that this man has experienced for so many years, since something like this remains in the brain as if it had been at the very moment of that horrible moment. Thank God that he is still alive to try to start to have a relief in his being. I'm so sorry. Rest in peace sweet little one.
Oh, no doubt! The most chilling aspect of this crime is that he committed it on his own wedding anniversary. I guess since his wife was out of town, he ultimately ended up choosing Carla as his own anniversary present.
@@FischerFanThe average husband does not do this because his wife isn't available for sex on his anniversary. This man was a sadistic monster. They really need to look at any Jane Doe deaths and unsolved rape cases in a 60 mile radius of Ft Worth. From the time that killer was a teenager until they arrested him for Carla's murder! There's no telling how many women he killed.
At 17 she was out celebrating Valentine's Day as SO MANY of us have done as teenagers. It's stories like this that make you realize NOW as parents that EVIL EXISTS even in our small, tight knit little communities. 4' 11" Carla didn't stand a chance against this kind of EVIL. He wasn't crying for Carla during his interview, he was crying bc he had been CAUGHT as a 75+ yr old man and was FINALLY going to serve whatever amount of life he had left to serve. So unfair that he walked the streets amongst Carla's family, friends, and Rodney. Hearing her last words go get my dad will be forever etched into his memory. Idk if Rodney had a family after all of this but I can't imagine if he had a daughter the lengths he went to, to protect her from such EVIL. At least now Carla will forever rest in peace as her killer has been brought to justice. If you can call 50 years FREE amongst society justice😔🙏
How terrifying, no matter how much time has passed. It's been a long time coming, but I'm glad he can finally tell his own story in an era that has global reach vs that of 1974 media attention.
Three clicks. That monster clearly had every intention to end Rodney's life as well. It's difficult to believe someone so brazen only did something like this once.
First, he had a gun pointed at him. Unbelievably, it didn't go off. Then, he was pistol-whipped. He could've passed out and bled to death right there in his own car. I have no doubt he counts his blessings and thanks someone every day that he survived to have the opportunity to tell his story to expose the monster in court all these years later. I also have no doubts of his sincerity that he would've paid the ultimate price to bring Carla back to her family. What was supposed to be enjoyable evening for two young lovers became a nightmare that would change his life and so many others forever. He has been forced to re-live that nightmare time and time again. He will forever remember February 17th, 1974 (possibly at around 12:20 a.m.) as a traumatic experience. I have no doubts that the perpetrator had been leading an evil double life before he took Carla's and left Rodney's so badly marked. He is a serial killer who has other victims. Perhaps he was a wannabe Texas version of the Zodiac killer! He may also been influenced by negative, cultural influences such as movies like, 'The Last House on the Left', which was released not even two years before he committed this crime.
How horribly sad to know this man has lived a lifetime with this stuck in his mind and that, that perpetrator lived a life time of getting away with murder. He was able to raise a family, fish, hunt n do whatever he wanted. He's 78/79. What's jail going to do to him now? Except give him a reprieve from taking care of his sick wife. And I don't believe for one second that Carla was his only victim
He won't even be in prison like most think its a nursing home wing of a prison for old people lot like any low end nursing home. The sad thing is the police in 1974 interviewed him because the gun was left behind he claimed it was stolen. They didn't even follow up on it the police spent lot of time investigating Rodney the Boyfriend.
I agree but they have to investigate EVERY possibility, at least he was cleared & not the victim of police wanting a solved case over actual justice, which unfortunately happens all too much especially back in the days before our heavy reliance on forensic evidence in solving crimes
@@barneyronniewait wait wait....his life is not destroyed beyond the fact his gf was kidnapped, raped and murdered. How about we blame mccurley instead you idget🤦
Mccurley had to really think this story out well to soften it like he did. In his confession he said things just got away from him. Oh my Gosh how could he just do this horrible things and then just live a normal life?
Hint: he didn't live a normal life. If you think this is the only girl he abducted and murdered I've got a bridge to sell you. IDK if they'll be able to prove it but I'd be willing to bet the bastard is a serial killer.
To live your life with what had to have been a cloud of suspicion on if he was involved must have been hell and to not be able to save the person you love. I hope this provides some closure and healing
That criminal stole her life now he's going to pay with his. I wish it had been sooner but better late than never that old man was a monster to do what he did I don't feel sorry for him at all.
@WVWoman I can't agree with torturing any one I don't want to lower myself to criminal standards inmates have no business handing out punishment for anything another inmate does he's a criminal caught let his penalty phase begin to bad it took so long but eternity is a lot longer than time on this earth anyways.
This poor guy, having to constantly relive this for 47 years, the nightmare scenario of his teenage love being taken, SA'd by a dirty old man and killed. I hope this finally gets Rodney some peace, knowing he did nothing wrong and that Carla's killer is now behind bars and now in hell where he belongs. My young cousin is named Carla and I cannot begin to imagine her lovely boyfriend going through such a thing. RIP Carla❤
I just listened to the Murderers confession and I guess the Murderer, Glen, lied when he said he went to save some girl from getting a beating in the car. Sad times..
Because someone made that decision that night to attack carla and Rodney, Rodney has had to endure so much trauma in his entire life all because of one person and on top of that I'm sure he has PTSD. I can't imagine the guilt he must feel on a daily basis because even though he has no reason to feel guilty at all I'm sure he has and probably always wonders what he could of done differently to save carla. I truly hope he understands that there was absolutely nothing he could of done differently to save her.
I wonder if he ever married or how full a life he was able to live after being the victim of such a crime. The loss of my partner at 18 from sex violence would be so so traumatic.
What an AWFUL story ! To know you are with your girl, havin an intimate moment when Bigfoot comes out of nowhere and kills your girlfriend you were just lovin on ! #AwfulStory #Frightening #PeaceToCarla
I know! And not without first taking her to a separate location, raping her (robbing her of her virginity, then murdering the poor girl. So heartbreaking! I’ve lived in Fort Worth my whole life (I was born here in 78) and I am very much interested in true crime- shows, UA-cam channels etc.. and I don’t think I had ever heard of this one prior to a few days ago. It is a bit nerve rattling when it’s out of your life long and current home town. God bless Carla’s loved ones❤️ Peace finally for a fellow Texan🕊🏵
@@candycanevzh7630 i binge true crime also on tv&youtube & have only just seen this just now on "On the case w Paula Zahn" & had to look up the court case. So 💔...I'm so glad he finally was caught, just hate that he lived his life so many yrs not giving a shit about what he did & still tried up until they said they had his DNA & had no way out of that one. I have learned to trust noone & always be aware of my surroundings as much as possible. Humans are the real monsters of this planet.
@@candycanevzh7630 well be glad you don't live in Detroit or st Louis or Memphis then. I'm rattled every time I turn the news on. I've actually had to purposefully avoid it before because its just constant murders. Every day there was a new killing last night.
Sadly, this type of incident - a couple in a vehicle being ambushed and then shot or attacked - is not unique. Prior to this case, you had the Zodiac killer in California. Then in 1976-77, you had the Son of Sam killings in New York.
I HOPE AND PRAT THAT THIS SCARES EVERY SCUMBAG WHO THINKS THEY HAVE GOTTEN AWAY WITH THESE TYPE OF CRIMES...MAYBE SOME WILL GET AWAY IN YHIS LIFE BUT THETE IS AN ALMIGHTY GOD IN HEAVEN AND YOU WONT GET PAST HIM
Rodney did everything right, and watching him give his testimony had me in tears, that poor man, he has carried the weight of that night with him for 40 years. I hope that, now the animal that did that to Carla was caught and found guilty, the family, _including_ Rodney, will be able to find some peace, and maybe some closure. Although "closure" is never want you want and hope it to be, because your loved one still got hurt, you still lost them. A guilty verdict doesn't make them come back, or the pain of losing them go away. And you can see that night still haunts this poor man to this day. I noticed he didn't have a wedding ring on, I _really/ hope he was able to have a life and a family after going through this as a teen, but this man looks so broken still, my heart breaks for him🥺💔 Hopefully Carla can rest in peace now, knowing her man did his job, and helped send her killer to prison for life!
Oh, so heartbreaking 😢… still so much pain . I’m so sorry for all of them - for sweet, lovely Carla & all her family & for this dear man … so much trauma.❤️🩹
This poor man has had to live with this pain, and guilt, though he had nothing to feel guilty for. The WICKED deviant that caused all that pain, got to live an entire life before the TRUTH smashed HIS head! I can’t help but wonder if Carla is his ONLY victim?
its so important to lock your car doors while you sit in a parked car or even driving around. as soon as you get in your car, always lock the door!! i do even when pumping gas don't leave your car doors unlock, someone cud sneak in the backseat. and always look inside your car before getting in, then immediately lock your doors once inside.
This poor man...has to live with the fact that some ahole was watching them specifically to harm him and kidnap and kill her, and there was nothing he could do... His memory serves him well now to get Justice for Carla.
I’m sorry sir for what happened to you and Carla. I was born that year not that it matters but it’s so hard to hear things have always been bad and worst now in days. May he burn in F hell!!
This case is just so sad. Amazing all these years and they find the killer. For her it must have been a nightmare. For Rodney I’m sure it’s been a nightmare for all these years and the feeling of guilt that he couldn’t save her. Plus people would have thought he did it. You have mum and dad wow now that’s every parents nightmare. You have 12 year old little brother and her sister that go through this all these years. Just put yourself in one of these family or boyfriends shoes and it’s a nightmare. Unbelievable.
What a tragedy. That beautiful girl murdered and the unearned guilt this man lived with. I hope he was able to gave some kind of decent life and that Carla has been st peace with our savior
Yes. I was 16 when this happened. My cousin went to school with Carla. Parents were frightened for their daughters. It happened just a little over a mile from a very popular mall that was a hangout. The bowling alley where she was abducted was popular, as well. Parents lectured their daughters about being safe whenever they went near that area.
The bowling alley was a popular hangout, there was a swimming pool there too. But the mall wasn’t built until the late 70’s, a few years after this happened.
Back when this happened, there was a lot of similar attacks on teens around the country, almost like a cult thing. We had 2 similar attacks in this county. One was a Air force GI that murdered a local girl and dumped the body in the woods close to his base. He was a known suspect in the disappearance. When the body was found a month later the MP's took care of him, never heard from again. Another a few years later, a teen couple returning from a school sponsored Basket ball game were run off the road and kidnapped. Their bodies were discovered a few days later after a massive community search. Both were tied to a tree and brutally tortured and stabbed to death. The suspect was identified but never convicted but was in prison later for the same type attack where the lady escaped and fingered him. He would always call and harass the parents of the teens from prison and harass them for years after, but the corrections officials never intervened. Before the perp was arrested, there were several reports of a strange car running the back roads and trying to run people off the road, almost happened to my oldest sister when returning from work a few times, but we taught her to not stop for any reason, likely saved her from the same fate! Another one several years later, a young couple often went fishing on a public water way. the perp was fishing there as well and befriended them all day till they went to leave, he then pulled a weapon and did the old tie to a tree stunt to supposedly rob them. All for a few bucks the kid had and his fishing gear! Killed them and went to a tavern and tried to rob that place. the barman not having it got his bar gun and blasted the hell out of the perp and made him flee. He had just gotten out of prison a few weeks prior. Recall this was about the time of the Manson murders in California, copycats?
Why did you take her to a dark parking lot behind a bowling alley instead of taking her straight home after the date?Did you take her there to take advantage of her vulnerability?...I blame you for her death!!
i know this was a valentines day dance, but in 74, maybe had the parents said home by 12 am, this wouldn’t have happened . I grew up in the 80s & had to home at that same time. r.i.p. Carla 🕊
The parents probably trusted that Carla was safe with Rodney and it was apparently a safe little town. So many young couples make the mistake of 'making out' in cars thinking they are safe when predators are stalking cars for precisely they chance to attack. So sad.
Maybe a lot of things. Carla was kind of grown at that point and rodney was grown. Maybe if they hadn't gone to the bowling alley. Maybe if they didn't go to the dance at all. Maybe if that piece of shit hadn't tried to murder him and succeeded in killing Carla...we can play that game all day.
@@Janellabelle Their only 'crime' was being in the wrong parking lot at the wrong time. That monster was clearly on the prowl for a young girl to abduct and sexually assault and on that night.
@@FischerFan exactly. Poor kids. Just doing something we all did as teens with our boyfriend or girlfriend. The original comment pisses me off playing "what if" theyd have come home by 12 this wouldnt have happened. "What if" that piece of shit hadn't gone around killing young women and trying to kill her young boyfriend!
@@Janellabelle It's nothing but classic victim blaming. You could say the same thing about the young couples or young people who were in their cars and ended up getting gunned down in cold blood by the likes of the Zodiac Killer and the Son of Sam! The victims in those cases were not high school students. It's no different!
BOTH MEN WHERE SO VERY WRONG.❤💯 HER BOYFRIEND SHOULD HAVE TOOK❤💯 HER HOME AFTER THAT DANCE. SHE❤💯 WAS HER FATHER'S FLOWER, THAT HE❤💯 TRUSTED THIS MAN TO RESPECT HIS❤💯 DAUGHTER, AND BRING HER HOME AT❤💯 THE TIME THE DANCE WAS OVER. HE❤💯 PUT THE YOUNG GIRL IN POSITION TO❤💯 BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. SHE WAS❤💯 17 AND A MINOR, MAYBE THE BOY FR❤💯 IEND SHOULD GO TO JAIL TO.❤💯 PRAYERS/LOVE/STRENGTH FAMILY❤💯
I was surprised her parents didn't have a problem with her staying out so late. Most parents were even stricter about that kind of thing in the mid '70's than they are nowadays.
Me and my sibling went to school with Rodney and Carla. That was an amazing year of new beginnings but after this incident school became something like a prison. We did not know who the killer was and where they were. I can say one thing for sure Rodney's race is what saved him from being charged, prosecuted, sentenced, and sent to prison for 48 years. He would have served all of that time then the authorities would have discovered that he was innocent. All of that if he had been a black man. Same for McCurley, he would have been tracked down shot and killed or given the death penalty had he been a black man. Think about. I love all of my high school classmates. And it hurts everytime I think about Rodney and Carla's young adulthood life experiences. Noone should have to experience such devastating terror in a time which is just the beginning of life. I pray that God heals and restore Rodney. And I hope that Carla met Jesus in her dying hour. Then she took a hold to Jesus and went home with him. God specializes in culverts and tombs. He roll the stone away and he raised Jesus out of that grave. So, he can do the same for Carla. Then she will live again and so shall she forever be with the Lord.. 💐 💐 💐 Amen!
It's a teenager's fault that a psychopath attacked him unawares? Get over your macho self. He couldn't have done anything. Also back then this was very rare and unexpected. When i was growing up, this almost never happened.
@@georgewagner7787 Unfortunately the rapist/murderer might have been sexually aroused by what he saw going on in the car. I can't help but wonder if things might have been different if they had just been sitting there talking. They would have been a little more alert at least when they got surprised by the attacker. They wouldn't have been falling out of the car with Rodney's head exposed.
Poor guy has had to retell that story so many times for the last 47 years. I hope that this is the last time that he has to verbally remember it. You can tell that he will never get over this. Rodney, you were instrumental in getting justice for Carla. I hope that that gives you some peace.
No he wasn’t lol. It was DNA
Exactly
it doesn't matter if he "wasn't instrumental" in getting carla justice. He did all he could possibly do for her that night. He must haved lived with so much guilt all these years...poor guy
😕
Not sure why people are replying to your compassionate message with such insensitivity. He certainly WAS instrumental, and you are being very kind. He fought for her and told what happened to her. Before the DNA came up in 2020. That's how they found the magazine, and how they knew to start looking for her. I echo your comment. Rest in peace, Carla and her parents, and yes, peace to Rodney and her remaining siblings, family, and friends. I read that her mom suffered with depression until her death. And her poor dad, knowing the last thing she said to Rodney was "Go tell my dad". Every dad wants to protect their child, just like every boyfriend would want to protect their girlfriend.
She wanted him to go get her dad to save her…
So innocent.
😢
I cried at this part. Our dad are our superhero when we are 16-17 years old
That part broke my heart
Heart-breaking imagine her poor Dad how he must have felt to know that those were her last words and him not being able to protect her.
This video made my stomach hurt.
It's sooo sooo painful ohhhh God 💔😢💔😢💔...
All she wanted in her last moments was for her dad to save her. Heartbreaking.
That's a southern girl right there.
@QueenJaneApproximately Literally! Most true statement.
I know I started tearing up when I heard his voice catch. Poor Rodney, neither Carla nor he deserved this. I hope she can rest peacefully now and that Rodney knows he is not responsible and did everything he could. The fact that the family never ever thought he did this shows what an upstanding guy he must-ve been/is.
you can just feel the sadness this lovely man feels......but congrats to you Rodney for getting justice for Carla and you!!!!
@@metrogenwendy6560That was clearly nervous laughter. He gives a Quick Look of hopelessness after he recalls what she instructed him to do.
@@jomolandI found my comment deleted it. Thank you for the reply
Only reason this man survived is this evil man lost the magazine that night. He truly meant to murder this man and kidnap Carla.
He should have been charged with attempted murder as well.
Omg you’re right! I didn’t think of that. 😱
And l think he was like 31 and they were just two happy teenagers.That scum bag robbed them of everything
I am so confused about the magazine part
God
Sad to think that Carla's dad passed away unable to get her justice, knowing her killer was still out there roaming free.
That's just devastating... how he looks so broken
He's not married either, I watched another video, talking to Carla's brother, and he said Rodney never got over what happened, that he blamed himself for not stopping the animal that took her, that he should have done more, but he was just a kid, who had a gun pointed in his gave, and the trigger pulled 3 times. That animal meant to kill both of them! But Rodney did the best thing he could in that situation, and he was _instrumental_ in putting that animal away. Hopefully now he, Carla's family, and Carla, can finally be at peace. I believe a new bill was passed in her name, so she will never be forgotten, and her bill will help hundreds is families her justice for their loved ones, and Rodney is a part of that. Hopefully that helps them all, even if it's just a little❤
God grant this man the peace of justice. His strength and dignity is awe-inspiring. 🙏
I went to HS with McCurleys son! This is beyond shocking to us, she was found across the highway where my parents live! Justice has been served!! We had no idea. I was only 10 when this happened.
Oh wow! To see the ripple effect of one man's actions on not just the lives of Carla's loved ones, but his own family is just devastating. That moment when Roddy McCurley and Jim Walker embraced took my breath away.
@@mandykimmav I agree- I went to college with Craig- He died in a traffic accident I think in 1988?? I never knew Roddy -Poor kid, left with this.
It’s amazing he survived at all. Poor guy lost a lot of blood and survived attempted murder multiple times that night. Yet lived to see his girlfriend’s murderer put away at last. This is the stuff of nightmares and horror movies. I hope everyone finally finds some peace.
You cannot imagine the enormous pain, anguish, despair that this man has experienced for so many years, since something like this remains in the brain as if it had been at the very moment of that horrible moment. Thank God that he is still alive to try to start to have a relief in his being. I'm so sorry. Rest in peace sweet little one.
that type of individual dosnt do that just once..there are more victims out there connected to this killer
Oh, no doubt! The most chilling aspect of this crime is that he committed it on his own wedding anniversary.
I guess since his wife was out of town, he ultimately ended up choosing Carla as his own anniversary present.
@@FischerFanThe average husband does not do this because his wife isn't available for sex on his anniversary. This man was a sadistic monster. They really need to look at any Jane Doe deaths and unsolved rape cases in a 60 mile radius of Ft Worth. From the time that killer was a teenager until they arrested him for Carla's murder! There's no telling how many women he killed.
At 17 she was out celebrating Valentine's Day as SO MANY of us have done as teenagers. It's stories like this that make you realize NOW as parents that EVIL EXISTS even in our small, tight knit little communities. 4' 11" Carla didn't stand a chance against this kind of EVIL. He wasn't crying for Carla during his interview, he was crying bc he had been CAUGHT as a 75+ yr old man and was FINALLY going to serve whatever amount of life he had left to serve. So unfair that he walked the streets amongst Carla's family, friends, and Rodney. Hearing her last words go get my dad will be forever etched into his memory. Idk if Rodney had a family after all of this but I can't imagine if he had a daughter the lengths he went to, to protect her from such EVIL. At least now Carla will forever rest in peace as her killer has been brought to justice. If you can call 50 years FREE amongst society justice😔🙏
How terrifying, no matter how much time has passed. It's been a long time coming, but I'm glad he can finally tell his own story in an era that has global reach vs that of 1974 media attention.
this a very devastated man.
OMG this was heartbreaking testimony.
😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢💔💔💔💔💔💔💔...
Three clicks. That monster clearly had every intention to end Rodney's life as well. It's difficult to believe someone so brazen only did something like this once.
“Go get my dad” 😭💔
That line had me teary eyed!!! I heard of this case on dateline NBC. So heart breaking . She was a beautiful girl.
😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢💔💔💔💔💔💔💔...
Abseloutly heartbreaking watching Rodney talk about that HORRIBLE night and that HORRIBLE CREEP 😔
This poor man having to relive that. 😔 I hope he didn't end up blaming himself for that monsters actions
People tend to live with 'survivor's guilt' so I can only imagine that he's had a very tough life in that respect. So absolutely heartbreaking.
First, he had a gun pointed at him. Unbelievably, it didn't go off. Then, he was pistol-whipped. He could've passed out and bled to death right there in his own car.
I have no doubt he counts his blessings and thanks someone every day that he survived to have the opportunity to tell his story to expose the monster in court all these years later. I also have no doubts of his sincerity that he would've paid the ultimate price to bring Carla back to her family.
What was supposed to be enjoyable evening for two young lovers became a nightmare that would change his life and so many others forever. He has been forced to re-live that nightmare time and time again. He will forever remember February 17th, 1974 (possibly at around 12:20 a.m.) as a traumatic experience.
I have no doubts that the perpetrator had been leading an evil double life before he took Carla's and left Rodney's so badly marked. He is a serial killer who has other victims. Perhaps he was a wannabe Texas version of the Zodiac killer!
He may also been influenced by negative, cultural influences such as movies like, 'The Last House on the Left', which was released not even two years before he committed this crime.
@@FischerFan The clip fell out of the gun while he was hitting Rodney in the head with it. That is why the gun didn't go off, no bullets.
How horribly sad to know this man has lived a lifetime with this stuck in his mind and that, that perpetrator lived a life time of getting away with murder. He was able to raise a family, fish, hunt n do whatever he wanted. He's 78/79. What's jail going to do to him now? Except give him a reprieve from taking care of his sick wife. And I don't believe for one second that Carla was his only victim
He won't even be in prison like most think its a nursing home wing of a prison for old people lot like any low end nursing home. The sad thing is the police in 1974 interviewed him because the gun was left behind he claimed it was stolen. They didn't even follow up on it the police spent lot of time investigating Rodney the Boyfriend.
He has been humiliated and that is enough justice for now. His legacy is tainted forever and he dies in prison not free.
He has been humiliated and that is enough justice for now. His legacy is tainted forever and he dies in prison not free.
Feel bad that this man was suspected of staging it and that he murdered Carla!
I agree but they have to investigate EVERY possibility, at least he was cleared & not the victim of police wanting a solved case over actual justice, which unfortunately happens all too much especially back in the days before our heavy reliance on forensic evidence in solving crimes
@@angelinagiovinazzi766 So what. Eager pigs destroyed his life, and almost destroyed mine through false charges. I love your neverending sentence.🤣
@@barneyronnie eager pigs?
@@barneyronnie Eager pigs? Yourself??
@@barneyronniewait wait wait....his life is not destroyed beyond the fact his gf was kidnapped, raped and murdered. How about we blame mccurley instead you idget🤦
So effing horrific/sad.. what a monster, and the world is FULL of them.
Mccurley had to really think this story out well to soften it like he did. In his confession he said things just got away from him. Oh my Gosh how could he just do this horrible things and then just live a normal life?
Hint: he didn't live a normal life. If you think this is the only girl he abducted and murdered I've got a bridge to sell you. IDK if they'll be able to prove it but I'd be willing to bet the bastard is a serial killer.
He kept her alive for 2 days raping and torchering her .She said go get my Dad !!!!
This is why you should lock your car doors
To live your life with what had to have been a cloud of suspicion on if he was involved must have been hell and to not be able to save the person you love. I hope this provides some closure and healing
That criminal stole her life now he's going to pay with his. I wish it had been sooner but better late than never that old man was a monster to do what he did I don't feel sorry for him at all.
@WVWoman I can't agree with torturing any one I don't want to lower myself to criminal standards inmates have no business handing out punishment for anything another inmate does he's a criminal caught let his penalty phase begin to bad it took so long but eternity is a lot longer than time on this earth anyways.
Heartbreaking 💔
This poor guy, having to constantly relive this for 47 years, the nightmare scenario of his teenage love being taken, SA'd by a dirty old man and killed. I hope this finally gets Rodney some peace, knowing he did nothing wrong and that Carla's killer is now behind bars and now in hell where he belongs. My young cousin is named Carla and I cannot begin to imagine her lovely boyfriend going through such a thing. RIP Carla❤
Truly Horrific even after all these years
I just listened to the Murderers confession and I guess the Murderer, Glen, lied when he said he went to save some girl from getting a beating in the car. Sad times..
There is no portion of the confession in which he didn't lie.
God bless you Ronnie, I'm so sorry, you have endured this all these years. You just can't seem to get a break from this tragedy.
UPDATE: GLEN MCCURLEY DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES WHILE SERVING HIS LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE SENTENCE JULY 2023.
Because someone made that decision that night to attack carla and Rodney, Rodney has had to endure so much trauma in his entire life all because of one person and on top of that I'm sure he has PTSD. I can't imagine the guilt he must feel on a daily basis because even though he has no reason to feel guilty at all I'm sure he has and probably always wonders what he could of done differently to save carla. I truly hope he understands that there was absolutely nothing he could of done differently to save her.
Awful for him- sad and terrifying for her…
This's so sad 😢 Poor Rodney!!
I wonder if he ever married or how full a life he was able to live after being the victim of such a crime. The loss of my partner at 18 from sex violence would be so so traumatic.
I notice he has no wedding band
God bless you Rodney. You've been through hell and back but you persevered.
God bless this guy
What an AWFUL story ! To know you are with your girl, havin an intimate moment when Bigfoot comes out of nowhere and kills your girlfriend you were just lovin on !
#AwfulStory
#Frightening
#PeaceToCarla
I know! And not without first taking her to a separate location, raping her (robbing her of her virginity, then murdering the poor girl. So heartbreaking! I’ve lived in Fort Worth my whole life (I was born here in 78) and I am very much interested in true crime- shows, UA-cam channels etc.. and I don’t think I had ever heard of this one prior to a few days ago. It is a bit nerve rattling when it’s out of your life long and current home town.
God bless Carla’s loved ones❤️
Peace finally for a fellow Texan🕊🏵
@@candycanevzh7630 i binge true crime also on tv&youtube & have only just seen this just now on "On the case w Paula Zahn" & had to look up the court case. So 💔...I'm so glad he finally was caught, just hate that he lived his life so many yrs not giving a shit about what he did & still tried up until they said they had his DNA & had no way out of that one.
I have learned to trust noone & always be aware of my surroundings as much as possible. Humans are the real monsters of this planet.
@@candycanevzh7630 well be glad you don't live in Detroit or st Louis or Memphis then. I'm rattled every time I turn the news on. I've actually had to purposefully avoid it before because its just constant murders. Every day there was a new killing last night.
Sadly, this type of incident - a couple in a vehicle being ambushed and then shot or attacked - is not unique.
Prior to this case, you had the Zodiac killer in California. Then in 1976-77, you had the Son of Sam killings in New York.
@FischerFan those are just famous stories. There's way more instances
So sad
so sad for all
I HOPE AND PRAT THAT THIS SCARES EVERY SCUMBAG WHO THINKS THEY HAVE GOTTEN AWAY WITH THESE TYPE OF CRIMES...MAYBE SOME WILL GET AWAY IN YHIS LIFE BUT THETE IS AN ALMIGHTY GOD IN HEAVEN AND YOU WONT GET PAST HIM
Rodney did everything right, and watching him give his testimony had me in tears, that poor man, he has carried the weight of that night with him for 40 years. I hope that, now the animal that did that to Carla was caught and found guilty, the family, _including_ Rodney, will be able to find some peace, and maybe some closure. Although "closure" is never want you want and hope it to be, because your loved one still got hurt, you still lost them. A guilty verdict doesn't make them come back, or the pain of losing them go away. And you can see that night still haunts this poor man to this day. I noticed he didn't have a wedding ring on, I _really/ hope he was able to have a life and a family after going through this as a teen, but this man looks so broken still, my heart breaks for him🥺💔
Hopefully Carla can rest in peace now, knowing her man did his job, and helped send her killer to prison for life!
Poor Guy- Bless him❤ Thank God Carla and her Family l has justice now over heartbreaking evil
How awful 😢 such a scary situation
God bless him. Mr. McCoy can have some closure now, bless his heart.
Oh, so heartbreaking 😢… still so much pain . I’m so sorry for all of them - for sweet, lovely Carla & all her family & for this dear man … so much trauma.❤️🩹
This poor man has had to live with this pain, and guilt, though he had nothing to feel guilty for. The WICKED deviant that caused all that pain, got to live an entire life before the TRUTH smashed HIS head! I can’t help but wonder if Carla is his ONLY victim?
its so important to lock your car doors while you sit in a parked car or even driving around. as soon as you get in your car, always lock the door!! i do even when pumping gas don't leave your car doors unlock, someone cud sneak in the backseat. and always look inside your car before getting in, then immediately lock your doors once inside.
This poor man...has to live with the fact that some ahole was watching them specifically to harm him and kidnap and kill her, and there was nothing he could do... His memory serves him well now to get Justice for Carla.
Imagine the parents having to hear about his daughter about to have sex with her boyfriend...then the rest of it... Hard to stomach.
I’m sorry sir for what happened to you and Carla. I was born that year not that it matters but it’s so hard to hear things have always been bad and worst now in days. May he burn in F hell!!
Wow she was my height as well. Sorry just now listening to all what happened to both of them
Crime was far worse back then compared to today .
5:02 “when he pulled the trigger nothing came out of the gun?”
Would he be sitting there alive and talking to you now?? 🤦♂️
Thanks for staying strong for Carla to be able to have justice and put the perpetrator in jail.
A few years before my now late mum was born😢. Oh God
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This case is just so sad. Amazing all these years and they find the killer.
For her it must have been a nightmare. For Rodney I’m sure it’s been a nightmare for all these years and the feeling of guilt that he couldn’t save her. Plus people would have thought he did it. You have mum and dad wow now that’s every parents nightmare. You have 12 year old little brother and her sister that go through this all these years. Just put yourself in one of these family or boyfriends shoes and it’s a nightmare. Unbelievable.
What a good-looking man in his younger days
Go get my dad 💔💔💔💔😢
I hope he finds peace.
What a tragedy. That beautiful girl murdered and the unearned guilt this man lived with. I hope he was able to gave some kind of decent life and that Carla has been st peace with our savior
Yes I think you're right I wish I could delete my comment . I'm sorry
Anyone here from the area this case is based at?
Yes. I was 16 when this happened. My cousin went to school with Carla. Parents were frightened for their daughters. It happened just a little over a mile from a very popular mall that was a hangout. The bowling alley where she was abducted was popular, as well. Parents lectured their daughters about being safe whenever they went near that area.
The bowling alley was a popular hangout, there was a swimming pool there too. But the mall wasn’t built until the late 70’s, a few years after this happened.
This is so heart breaking.
Back when this happened, there was a lot of similar attacks on teens around the country, almost like a cult thing. We had 2 similar attacks in this county. One was a Air force GI that murdered a local girl and dumped the body in the woods close to his base. He was a known suspect in the disappearance. When the body was found a month later the MP's took care of him, never heard from again. Another a few years later, a teen couple returning from a school sponsored Basket ball game were run off the road and kidnapped. Their bodies were discovered a few days later after a massive community search. Both were tied to a tree and brutally tortured and stabbed to death. The suspect was identified but never convicted but was in prison later for the same type attack where the lady escaped and fingered him. He would always call and harass the parents of the teens from prison and harass them for years after, but the corrections officials never intervened. Before the perp was arrested, there were several reports of a strange car running the back roads and trying to run people off the road, almost happened to my oldest sister when returning from work a few times, but we taught her to not stop for any reason, likely saved her from the same fate! Another one several years later, a young couple often went fishing on a public water way. the perp was fishing there as well and befriended them all day till they went to leave, he then pulled a weapon and did the old tie to a tree stunt to supposedly rob them. All for a few bucks the kid had and his fishing gear! Killed them and went to a tavern and tried to rob that place. the barman not having it got his bar gun and blasted the hell out of the perp and made him flee. He had just gotten out of prison a few weeks prior. Recall this was about the time of the Manson murders in California, copycats?
I've seen curlys version on this.. nice to hear the truth IMHO. Still wish this guy was a man.. no guilt in his testimony.
Horror stories animated brought me here
I know I’m late but What video was you watching ?
Why did you take her to a dark parking lot behind a bowling alley instead of taking her straight home after the date?Did you take her there to take advantage of her vulnerability?...I blame you for her death!!
Aged well after what he went through.
He really has. He was a cute kid and he's attractive at 60 as well.
Glen McCurley looks like Fidel Castro @1:25.
Why does this video look like it was shot in the 90's...?
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I know this is silly but did he ever get married 😢
Rodney was fine back in the day!
i know this was a valentines day dance, but in 74, maybe had the parents said home by 12 am, this wouldn’t have happened . I grew up in the 80s & had to home at that same time. r.i.p. Carla 🕊
The parents probably trusted that Carla was safe with Rodney and it was apparently a safe little town. So many young couples make the mistake of 'making out' in cars thinking they are safe when predators are stalking cars for precisely they chance to attack. So sad.
Maybe a lot of things. Carla was kind of grown at that point and rodney was grown. Maybe if they hadn't gone to the bowling alley. Maybe if they didn't go to the dance at all. Maybe if that piece of shit hadn't tried to murder him and succeeded in killing Carla...we can play that game all day.
@@Janellabelle Their only 'crime' was being in the wrong parking lot at the wrong time. That monster was clearly on the prowl for a young girl to abduct and sexually assault and on that night.
@@FischerFan exactly. Poor kids. Just doing something we all did as teens with our boyfriend or girlfriend. The original comment pisses me off playing "what if" theyd have come home by 12 this wouldnt have happened. "What if" that piece of shit hadn't gone around killing young women and trying to kill her young boyfriend!
@@Janellabelle It's nothing but classic victim blaming.
You could say the same thing about the young couples or young people who were in their cars and ended up getting gunned down in cold blood by the likes of the Zodiac Killer and the Son of Sam!
The victims in those cases were not high school students.
It's no different!
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Stfu and stop typing like that
I was surprised her parents didn't have a problem with her staying out so late. Most parents were even stricter about that kind of thing in the mid '70's than they are nowadays.
Do you know was a nice boyfriend either
Do you know what you typed 🤔
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@@kimbermichelle3922lol
Me and my sibling went to school with Rodney and Carla. That was an amazing year of new beginnings but after this incident school became something like a prison. We did not know who the killer was and where they were. I can say one thing for sure Rodney's race is what saved him from being charged, prosecuted, sentenced, and sent to prison for 48 years. He would have served all of that time then the authorities would have discovered that he was innocent. All of that if he had been a black man. Same for McCurley, he would have been tracked down shot and killed or given the death penalty had he been a black man. Think about. I love all of my high school classmates. And it hurts everytime I think about Rodney and Carla's young adulthood life experiences. Noone should have to experience such devastating terror in a time which is just the beginning of life. I pray that God heals and restore Rodney. And I hope that Carla met Jesus in her dying hour. Then she took a hold to Jesus and went home with him. God specializes in culverts and tombs. He roll the stone away and he raised Jesus out of that grave. So, he can do the same for Carla. Then she will live again and so shall she forever be with the Lord.. 💐 💐 💐
Amen!
Oh ffs. What saved rodney is that they had zero evidence against him and he had pretty severe injuries himself. Not his skin color.
People like you, who make everything about race, is what makes real racism look bad.
Definitely was because he was a white male
If God can create such miracles why would he not protect a man from people who might be racist?
If God can create such miracles as you stated, why wouldn't he save a man from racists judgements?
Usted no fue un hombre respetuoso con ella; todo es su culpa
Who hurt you?
No mame! 🤦🤦🤦🤦
It's a teenager's fault that a psychopath attacked him unawares? Get over your macho self. He couldn't have done anything. Also back then this was very rare and unexpected. When i was growing up, this almost never happened.
Es obvio que tu no conoces qué paso en este historia ...
@@georgewagner7787 Unfortunately the rapist/murderer might have been sexually aroused by what he saw going on in the car. I can't help but wonder if things might have been different if they had just been sitting there talking. They would have been a little more alert at least when they got surprised by the attacker. They wouldn't have been falling out of the car with Rodney's head exposed.