[1] Liberty High School Graduate Although investigators suspect Hobbs of crimes dating back to 1996, the first case he has definitively been linked occurred in August 2002.
A couple of months later, he abducted 38-year-old prostitute Patricia Ann Pyatt from her home in Crosby, drove to an isolated area, then raped and strangled her to death.
On September 22, an officer from Pasadena who stopped by a brushy road to clock the speed of passing cars accidentally found the decomposing remains of 57-year-old prostitute Wanda Trombley, who had been reported missing in July.
[1] The discovery of Trombley's body led local authorities to start questioning prostitutes, some of whom alleged that they had been assaulted by a large, red-headed white male wearing thick eyeglasses and a security guard uniform.
[1] Almost ten years would elapse before Hobbs would be put on trial - this was due to multiple delays caused by the search for reliable witnesses, damage from Hurricane Katrina and debates on whether he should face the death penalty.