: She counted the number of turns the car made and estimated the time between them.
On June 24, 2002, Kara Robinson was helping a friend organize the garage. When she stepped outside to move a car, a man in a button-down floral shirt approached her. He looked like a businessman, perhaps a neighbor. He asked for directions.
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Critics and audiences alike are fascinated by her "mantra" of gathering information while waiting for her captor to become complacent.
Two decades later, Kara Robinson Chamberlain is no longer just the girl who survived. She is a criminologist, a victim’s advocate, and a voice for the voiceless.