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THE woman who was kidnapped by a serial killer and sold to his family is having her story retold in a new movie.

At just five months old, Tiffany Stasi was snatched from her mother Lisa, by killer John Robinson in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1985.

Heather Robinson in interview with ABC News
Heather Robinson was 15 years old when she discovered the dark truth about her uncle and her true identityCredit: ABC 20/20
Portrait of John Edward Robinson.
John Edward Robinson has been linked to the murders of eight women
Police and a dog at the scene where the bodies of Suzette Trouten and Izabela Lewicka were found.
Police found the bodies of Robinson’s victims in barrels on his property in 2000Credit: ABC 20/20

She would only discover the grim reality about her life and her ailing uncle 15 years later; he had been uncovered as a serial killer, with her mother among his victims.

It is the focus of a new film Kidnapped by a Killer: The Heather Robinson Story that airs tonight.

Tiffany was brought up as Heather Robinson by her adoptive parents Don and Frieda Robinson.

In 2000, her uncle John Robinson, Don’s brother, was taken into custody after an investigation into missing individuals led to the discovery of multiple women’s bodies in barrels on his property.

At 15 years old, Heather found out that Robinson had abducted her and arranged an illegal adoption to his family, receiving $5,500 in return.

Her biological mother, Lisa, met Robinson after she went to a woman’s shelter following a split with Heather’s dad.

Robinson said he would help the pair find a home but instead he brutally killed her mother and sold the baby to his brother and sister-in-law who thought they were legally adopting her.

He had claimed 19-year-old Lisa committed suicide in a hotel room.

By the time of his arrest in 2000, the then 56-year-old had been linked to the murders of eight women.

He had a lengthy criminal record that included fraud and embezzlement and had tricked people with the alias of John Osbourne.

My dad spied on my sister with hidden cameras & stalked her at work before she vanished at 17 – I’m convinced he killed her despite serial killer confession

The depths of his depravity were not uncovered until a woman came forward accusing him of sexual assault and theft which led to a police search at his home near La Cygne, Kansas.

He had already been named as a person of interest in a number of cases across Missouri and Kansas of missing women.

HOUSE OF HORRORS

When cops scoured his farmland, they found barrels containing the decomposing bodies of Izabela Lewicka and Suzette Trouten.

Lewicka was reported missing in 1999 and Trouten in 2000.

The bodies of Beverly Bonner, Sheila Faith, and her daughter, Debbie Faith were later found at two storage units he rented in Missouri.

After his arrest, Heather’s DNA was tested which confirmed the truth about her adoption and the forged certificates.

In 2002, Robinson went on trial for the murders of Trouten, Lewicka, and Lisa Stasi, though her body was never recovered.

He was found guilty of all counts and handed two death sentences and a life sentence as well as convicted for the kidnap and false adoption of Heather.

A year later, he received more life sentences after pleading guilty to the murders of Paula Godfrey, Catherine Clampitt, Beverly Bonner, and Sheila and Debbie Faith.

Aerial view of John Edward Robinson Sr.'s home.
Aerial view of serial killer John Robinson’s home in Linn County, KansasCredit: Getty
Photo of Lisa smiling.
Lisa Stasi’s remains have never been recovered but Robinson was found guilty of her murderCredit: ABC 20/20
Tiffany Stasi as baby
Heather, then Tiffany Stasi, before being snatched by RobinsonCredit: ABC 20/20
Mugshot of John Edward Robinson.
Heather’s story plays out in a brand new movie on Lifetime

Despite two life sentences being overturned in 2015, Robinson remains on death row at the age of 81.

He was found to have been one of the first killers to use the internet to lure in victims, speaking to women in online chat rooms under the username “slavemaster”.

I’d be dead. I would be in that barrel.

Heather Robinson

Authorities discovered that with some of his victims, Robinson engaged in sadomasochistic sex and master-slave relationships before killing them, per Biography.

In a rare interview with ABC News in 2019, Heather said she believes she witnessed her mother’s murder but does not remember it.

She said that while she was growing up, Uncle John “gave me this really weird, off-putting feeling in the pit of my stomach.”

“It’s like walking down a dark alley in the middle of the night while you know someone is behind you, approaching you closer and closer.”

Heather also claimed that just months before Robinson’s arrest, she nearly ended up as one of his murder victims.

At a wedding in Florida, she said he asked her sexual questions and offered to pay for a plane ticket so she could stay with him.

Had she said yes, Heather said: “I’d be dead. I would be in that barrel”.

Lisa’s remains have still not been recovered with Heather continuing efforts to try to find her biological mother to have her buried on a family plot.

Heather Tiffany Robinson was eventually legally adopted by Don and Frieda at the age of 18.

Kidnapped by a Killer: The Heather Robinson Story airs on June 7 on Lifetime at 8/7c.

Poster for the film "Kidnapped by a killer: The Heather Robinson Story" showing a man's face, two women, and a barn.
Kidnapped by a killer: The Heather Robinson Story airs on June 7Credit: Lifetime
Close-up of a man and a young girl.
Depiction of Heather and Uncle John in Kidnapped by a killerCredit: Lifetime
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