The most refined “rape kit”

But the case against Rhoades grew stronger after the rescue of the woman in his truck. From the local police department, it went up to the Houston FBI office, where it landed on Special Agent Bob Lee’s table. Lee carefully compared the accounts of the two kidnapped victims and the methodical torture they endured. As he searched through the contents of Rhoades’ bag, what he saw was a “classic profile of a sexual sadist” with the most “refined rape kit” their department had ever seen.

An immediate search of Rhoades’ Houston house

Lee wanted to conduct an immediate and thorough search inside Rhoades’ rented apartment in Houston. People engaged in sexual sadism often kept photos and journals of their victims. His landlord revealed that in one of her inspections inside the property, she found whips, handcuffs, sexually explicit magazines, and women’s clothing scattered all over the place.