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It was the mid-90\\u2019s and Sharon Lopatka was super into the brand spankin\\u2019 new world wide web. She launched a handful of online businesses. She chatted with newfound friends. She also explored her sexuality. The anonymity of the internet allowed Sharon to discuss some pretty kinky stuff. She went into chat rooms, looking for men to torture her to death. Some said yes, but backed away when the conversation shifted from fantasy to logistics. Then, Sharon found a guy who wasn\\u2019t scared. His name was Robert \\u201cBobby\\u201d Glass.\\xa0

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Then Brandi tells us a horrifying tale that took place right across from her salon. Robin Bell was the manager of a Dollar General in Bonner Springs, Kansas. One night in November of 2005, she planned to work late. The district manager was coming the next day, and she wanted the store to look perfect. But when her husband, Don, woke up in the middle of the night and found that Robin wasn\\u2019t in bed with him, he knew something had to be wrong. He drove straight to the Dollar General, using the exact route Robin should have taken back home. But he didn\\u2019t find her car along the side of the road. He found it in the store\\u2019s parking lot.

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And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.

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\\u201cA date with death,\\u201d by Rachael Bell for the Crime Library

\\u201cKiller of Carroll woman dies in N.C. prison,\\u201d by Sheridan Lyons for the Baltimore Sun

\\u201cTake my life -- please,\\u201d Raleigh News and Observer, November 3, 1996

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\\u201cA year later, family still wondering who killed Tonganoxie woman\\u201d by Jesse Truesdale, The Tonganoxie Mirror

\\u201cBonner murder leaves lasting impression\\u201d by Nicole Kelley, The Basehor Sentinel

\\u201cFamily attends hearing in murder case\\u201d by Bobbi Mlynar, The Emporia Gazette

\\u201cJurors view grisly video of Dollar General crime scene\\u201d by Jesse Truesdale, The Basehor Sentinel

\\u201cDollar General killers receive life in prison\\u201d by Nicole Kelley, The Chieftain

\\u201cThird defendant in 2005 Dollar General murder gets maximum juvenile sentence\\u201d by Nicole Kelley, The Lawrence Journal-World

\\u201cState v. Haberlein\\u201d caselaw.findlaw.com\\n

\\u201cState v. Backus\\u201d caselaw.findlaw.com\\n