10 Harrowing Details Surrounding Cameron And Janice Hooker, The Ghastly Couple That Kidnapped A Hitchhiker To Be Their Sex Slave

6 /10 Michael And Janice Powers

And so, the living hell that was those seven years began for Colleen Stan, under the careful watch of the Hookers. Michael drafted a “contract of slavery” for her, which a fearful Colleen signed.

Janice signed and a witness, under the name “Janice Powers,” the wife of “Michael Powers,” Cameron’s assumed name for the contract. So they were once again bound by a link as a couple, this time as torturers and criminals.

5 /10 Jealousy And Cheating

However, after some time, Janice began to feel uneasy about her and Cameron’s “arrangement.”

This was the beginning of a different period for Colleen, as she would take her to bars and complain over drinks of how Cameron preferred Colleen (who, let’s remember this again, was kidnapped and maintained in constant fear for her life and that of her relatives).

She would then go and equally cheat on Cameron with strangers in these bars, later returning Colleen to Cameron’s hands when they arrived home.

4 /10 Janice's Fears

Janice’s dissatisfaction quickly turned to fear towards the end of Colleen’s days in captivity. Cameron told Janice about his desire to procure more slaves for him to keep alongside Colleen or instead of her.

Immediately Janice suspected that he planned to dispose of them both and replace them, so she took Colleen and released her, informed her pastor (for she still went to church all those years) of Cameron’s crimes, and even went home again to keep on playing the role of a faithful wife. Colleen was now free, at twenty-seven years of age, in 1984.

3 /10 Three Months, And Then A Call

Janice Hooker was, above all, a permissive person. So, before she released Colleen, she asked her not to give her husband away in hopes that he would “reform.”

Three months passed, in which the Hookers continue to live their everyday lives, and Colleen tried to rejoin society and deal with the years of abuse and manipulation that had been inflicted on her. After those three months, Janice herself denounced Cameron to the police.

2 /10 Still Free?

Janice Hooker lives free today, still in California and under a different name. She was considered not to have been a direct participant in her husband’s worse crimes, murder and rape.

After their arrest, she was granted a full pardon in return for her testimony against her husband, as probably the only witness that could send Cameron to jail.

Her release caused a major uproar among the wider public, who wished to see her equally indicted as a guilty enabler of Cameron’s crimes: they were, to this day, disappointed in this desire for justice.

1 /10 Thank The Judge For Me

Meanwhile, Cameron was found guilty and sentenced to 104 years in prison, after which he didn’t express any regret or repentance for his actions.

After his conviction, this serial rapist, killer, and kidnapper would tell his attorney: “I want you to thank the judge for me. I have a library, a gym, and the time to enjoy them, and it’s better than living with those two women.”

He could be eligible to apply for parole in March of the current year.