Besides Rod, the most prominent member was Howard Scott Johnson, who was Rod’s closest ally. Rod’s dark fantasies reached a crescendo on November 25, 1996, when Rod, Scott, and two other members traveled to Eustis, Florida and broke into the home of Richard Wendorf and Naomi Ruth Queen.
The four teens had come in through the sleeping couple’s garage, which was unlocked at the time. This wasn’t just “good luck,” this was planned. Richard Wendorf and Naomi Ruth Queen were the parents of Heather, one of the members part of the break in. She was a friend of Rod’s and ran away from home before meeting his group of so-called vampires.
Heather told Rod that her parents made her life a living hell. So he decided to punish them… and she was right alongside him. After watching the couple sleeping deeply in their beds, he beat them to death with a crowbar.
Following this heinous crime, the teenagers fled from police. They thought they were safe from capture in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, but before too long the police finally caught up with them.
Rod and his fellow self-professed vampires were extradited back to Florida to stand trial. Rod didn’t hesitate to confess to the murders of Naomi and Richard. Everyone in the group was tried as an adult, even though they were just 16.
