80’s Halloween KFC Killing | 21-Year-Old Manager Found Dead - Death Through The Decades | Robin Hoynes

October 9, 2026

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On Halloween morning 1984, Cheryl Fuller arrived at the Torrance, California Kentucky Fried Chicken to open the store, having traded shifts with her colleague Robin Hoines the night before. Cheryl found Robin’s yellow Datsun already in the lot and the employee door unlocked. Inside, in the back kitchen area, 21-year-old Robin lay face-down on the concrete floor, fully dressed in her work uniform, with a pool of blood beneath her head and neck. She had been stabbed multiple times. The contents of her purse were scattered across the floor—photos of her nieces and nephews, a checkbook, gum, bobby pins, an empty wallet. The safe, encased in concrete and normally covered, had its lid pushed aside. Inside was all $600 from the night’s receipts, stacked neatly. The killer had not taken the money.

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What you'll learn

1 (00:01) **The Hoines Family & Their Love of Halloween** - Introduces the four Hoines sisters and their cherished Halloween traditions, setting the stage for the tragedy to come.
2 (11:28) **Life in the 1980s & The Hoines Sisters at Work** - Paints a nostalgic picture of 80s pop culture and details the jobs of each Hoines sister, focusing on Robin's role at KFC.
3 (41:30) **The Fatal Shift Swap** - Details the events leading up to the murder, including a shift swap that put Robin at the store alone on the night of October 30, 1984.
4 (46:16) **The Discovery of Robin's Body** - Describes the grim discovery of Robin's body on Halloween morning by Cheryl Fuller.
5 (48:07) **Policing in the 80s & The Initial Crime Scene** - Describes the primitive state of 80s policing and the initial observations at the crime scene.
6 (70:42) **The Suspicious General Manager & A Disgruntled Employee** - Introduces the two primary suspects: the general manager, Gregory Rabdow, and a recently fired employee, William Marshall.
7 (89:22) **Interviewing William Marshall** - Recounts the police interview with William Marshall and his initial alibi.

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Show Notes

80’s Spotify Playlist: https://spotify.link/yjmsrGPe8Db🕯️ THIS IS A NEW SERIES! It's the debut of my Death Through The Decades series. This episode features a Halloween murder at a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in the 1980s. The videos in this series go in depth about what life was like in that decade. What policing was like in the 1980s, technology (or lack thereof), and what the culture was like. I'll be diving into the 80's, 90's, and the 2000's and I've lived through all three, so I've been there! I really hope you appreciate the nostalgia and connect even more with the people who have lost their lives and are frozen in time. In October 1984, Robin Hoynes was a KFC manager in Southern California when she crossed paths with a monster.

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