Frozen in Fear: A True Story of Surviving the Shadows of Death

by Jane Carson-Sandler

"Jane Carson-Sandler, a native of Northern New Jersey, entered the US Air Force Nurse Corps in 1969 and retired in 1999 after serving 30 years of active and reserve duty. Seven years after entering the military, she was raped in her own home while her three year old son was lying beside her. Thirty eight years have passed. This notorious rapist and serial killer, known as the East Area Rapist (EAR), has raped 50 women and has murdered twelve people including men and women in California. He still has not been caught.
With raw emotion, Jane’s story entails how she survived not only this trauma, but some other bruising encounters with death such as her battle with alcohol and other serious health issues.
Through the Grace and love of God, Jane went from being a victim to a survivor. She describes her God inspired journey in making this transition in hopes of helping and inspiring others.
Jane holds an MA in Management from Pepperdine University and a BS in Nursing from California State University.
In February of 2013, Jane was interviewed on the TV program “Dark Minds”, on the Investigation Discovery Channel.
Frozen in Fear is the amazing story of one brave Christian woman’s spiritual journey from a life-threatening rape, alcoholism and complete despair to God’s healing through his peace and grace.
A great inspirational read.
—John Kelly, Profiler, Co-Star Dark Minds"

Genres: True Crime, Nonfiction

78 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 9, 2014

Reviews

[Robyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jane’s Story is Inspiring and Full of Courage

I only wish Jane’s story was a bit longer. But having known of her case, heard her speak in interviews and watched the recent ID special on the Golden State Killer, I was already familiar with her thoughts. It was very inspiring to read how she overcame her experience with the EAR in addition to many other traumas and that she now dedicates her life to help others. Jane is the type of person you’d like to meet and have a conversation with - she’s been through so much and has such a lovely outlook on life. I truly wish her, as well as anyone on our Earth affected by trauma, healing, hope and forgiveness along their path.

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a short book but a good one that I decided to read after hearing about it in the authors victim impact statement. I really enjoyed hearing her message of hope- both after her rape, and her problems with alcoholism. There were a couple things that I thought were glossed over a little bit, but I still greatly enjoyed the book!

[Kristi Yeagley · Rating 3 out of 5]

this is a true story of one of the early victims of the East Area Rapist, later known as the Golden State Killer, who has since been apprehended. it goes into more detail about Jane, the survivor, and her life, both before and after. it’s a very short book, only 63 pages.

[BRNTerri · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is very condensed yet very informative about Jane's life. She survived a prolific California serial rapist in October 1976 (50 known victims) who went on to become a serial killer (The Original Night Stalker/ONS) of at least 10 people.

Jane's had a very interesting life. She's the daughter of a sometimes violent alcoholic electrician father and a mother who's a nurse. She became a nurse herself and has lived throughout the U.S. and Europe and now resides in South Carolina with her third husband.

I really wish she had expanded on her experience with talking to prison inmates about being a rape survivor. I'd love to know what they had to say about her story, especially since some of them are rapists themselves.

She's been a recovering alcoholic since 2003. I take issue with her comment, "God removed my addiction". An addiction doesn't get 'removed' by anything or anyone.

Jane's known as victim #5 in this case. You can see her interviewed on The Original Night Stalker episode of I.D.'s  Dark Minds , season 2, episode 1.