The nightmare wasn’t over. As Tina Lohman fought to survive the horrific assault in her own home, her attackers fled into the night—leaving behind only terror and destruction. But Tina had one last trick up her sleeve. In this episode, we follow the race against time as law enforcement tracks down the two monsters responsible for this unthinkable crime. Surveillance footage, a shocking description, and a critical mistake by the perpetrators bring the manhunt to a dramatic turning point. Justice is within reach—but will it slip away?
Chapter 1: What happened to Tina Lohman and how did her husband find her?
When you went into the residence further, Did you observe an individual inside of that residence? Yes. Tina's husband, Tim Schmidt, arrived home. He found Tina on the floor crying and bleeding, crying that she'd been raped, bleeding from her body. Tim, her husband, had a gun because Tina was so terrified the defendant and his accomplice were going to come back.
She appeared to be emotional to you? Yes, she did. Did she tell you that he was worried they were going to come back? Yes, she did.
Welcome to This Doesn't Happen to People Like Me, a new serialized true crime podcast by the makers of Sword and Scale. We hope you enjoy it. And if you do, please tell a friend and leave us a review and a rating on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can find out more at swordandscale.com. I'm your host, Mike Boudet. This series was written and produced by Michael Stabile.
Chapter 2: Who is David Joseph and what did he witness at the gas station?
About 20 miles south of Quincy, Illinois, and just over the state's border into Missouri, there's another city. That city is named Hannibal. On the night of November 9th, 2021, a young man named David Joseph began a work shift in Hannibal at a Phillips 66 gas station.
David was the gas station attendant, which meant that he had to run the cash register and oversee the comings and goings of a small convenience store.
Can you tell us your name, please?
David Joseph.
Mr. Joseph, you live in Hannibal, Missouri, is that correct?
Correct.
On November 9th, 2021, where were you working?
At Phillips 66 gas station.
On that particular evening, did two individuals show up to the gas station?
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Chapter 3: What critical evidence was captured by the gas station surveillance?
As a night shift gas station attendant, David had seen all kinds of shady people come and go from his convenience store. But on this night, two individuals stood out.
Specifically, those individuals showed up in a white Toyota Avalon, is that correct?
Correct.
Also on that particular evening was their video surveillance at the gas station.
Yes.
And Mr. Joseph, we see a white car that's just pulled up to the punks. Is that the white car we were talking about?
Yes.
Mr. Joseph, as we were watching that, we were seeing individuals get out of that car and go inside the gas station. Is that correct?
Yes.
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Chapter 4: How did Tina Lohman's family react to the news of the assault?
Mr. Joseph, you indicated there's also a camera that captures these video machines over here, is that right?
Right.
That we're seeing on the screen. And we see an individual here that's wearing a black hoodie and green pants.
Right.
Tell us who that is.
That's me.
And part of your job, right, is just to kind of walk around and check on people, right?
Right.
And we see that you're going over here to this individual that's got something strapped over his shoulder. Is that the same individual, male individual, that we just saw coming in and out of those front doors? Yes, ma'am. And was that the same male individual that you saw coming in and out of that white car?
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Chapter 5: What were the immediate actions taken by law enforcement after the attack?
Was that because of something you saw?
Yeah, it was a Ziploc bag of money.
And did I consider you seeing a ziplock bag of money?
Yeah, it was a lot of money.
In fact, were you worried about the man that something could happen to him?
Yeah, like if he was in like where I grew up at, like, hey, you could have a problem if somebody saw you with that, you know?
And was that a ziplock bag of money that he had on that purse?
Yes.
Mr. Joseph, that male that you can see that we were just talking about that you talked to over at that video machine with the big wad of cash in the bag, describe him for you. It's kind of hard to see how he looked. Can you describe him for the jury?
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