Robert Sheldon was 20 when he moved into the home of acquaintance Robert Berdella in Kansas City, Missouri. He arrived on April 10, 1985, reportedly paying rent, but two days later Berdella found him intoxicated and decided to hold him captive. Sheldon was restrained and held for three days.

On April 15, 1985, with a workman due to repair the house roof, Berdella suffocated Sheldon with a sack and rope and then dismembered his body in the third-floor bathroom. Berdella’s violent pattern later emerged: he was arrested on April 2, 1988, and subsequently entered guilty pleas to multiple murders, including charges that covered Sheldon's death. Berdella died in prison in October 1992.

Are there unreported details about Sheldon’s life in Kansas City or people who knew him in 1985 who can help fill in the gaps?