A California lumber mill worker, Cameron Hooker, turned his darkest fantasy into a seven‑year nightmare. In 1977, he and his wife Janice picked up 20‑year‑old hitchhiker Colleen Stan, then drove her to their Red Bluff home and kept her as a sex slave [citation:1][citation:10]. Hooker, who had always dreamed of "practicing bondage on a girl who couldn't say no," locked Stan in a coffin‑sized box under the couple's bed for up to 23 hours a day [citation:2][citation:11]. He beat, whipped, and electrocuted her, forced her to sign a "slave contract," and convinced her that a powerful group called "The Company" would kill her if she escaped [citation:2][citation:12]. Stan eventually fled in 1984 and Hooker was convicted on multiple charges, receiving a 104‑year sentence [citation:6][citation:11]. A judge called him "the most dangerous psychopath I have ever dealt with." In 2026, Hooker was deemed a sexually violent predator and committed to a state mental hospital [citation:4][citation:8].