Todd Stoops, 23, was killed after being held captive and tortured in Kansas City, Missouri, in the summer of 1986. He met Robert Berdella at Liberty Memorial Park on June 17, 1986, and accepted an invitation to Berdella’s house for lunch; Stoops had previously lived at Berdella’s home on two occasions in 1984 with his wife.

Reported abuses included electrical shocks aimed at his eyes and an injection of drain cleaner into his larynx to stop his screams. By late June he was severely weakened, could not keep down food, and on June 27 an injury described as a ruptured anal wall caused heavy bleeding and discharge that progressed to septic shock. Todd Stoops died on July 1, 1986.

Robert Berdella was later arrested and charged in connection with multiple victims; the case against him included first- and second-degree murder counts naming Stoops. Does anyone have further documented details about Stoops’s life or the timeline of his time at Berdella’s house?