Wilder and Riscio arrived in Merrillville, Indiana, a few days later. At an area shopping mall Riscio approached 16-year-old Dawnette Sue Wilt and asked if she would like to become a fashion model. The girl followed Riscio back to Wilder’s car to sign a consent form. The killer then pulled a gun and ordered her into the car. Wilder proceeded to Barrington, New York, where he repeatedly stabbed Dawnette and left her for dead in a patch of woods on April 12, 1984 exept she wasnt really dead, she fooled Wilder into believe she was. The wounded girl, broke free of her bonds and flagged down a passing truck. In the hospital the severely wounded girl provided police with enough detail for them to identify her assailant as Wilder.

                                                                   Dawnette Wilt