Robert John Lanoue biography: 13 things about ex-soldier from Reno, Nevada

Robert John Lanoue is an American military veteran and registered sex offender from Reno, Nevada, United States. He was born in San Diego, California, USA.

Lanoue is 5’8″ tall and his registered weight is 160 pounds. He has the names of Dale Earnhart Jr. and Dale Earnhart Sr. tattooed on his right shoulder and left shoulder, respectively.

As a soldier, Lanoue was stationed at Fort Ord, a U.S. Army post on Monterey Bay of the Pacific Ocean coast in California. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. In 1971, he got married in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He and his wife have two sons together.
2. He lived in Seaside, California around the corner from a Vietnamese couple with 10 children including Anne Sang Thi Pham, 5. On a rainy morning on January 21, 1982, he allegedly abducted Anne while she was on her way to her kindergarten class in Highland Elementary School in Seaside. He allegedly sexually assaulted and fatally strangled her then dumped her body near a ditch in Fort Ord where she was found on January 23, 1982.
3. In May 1982, he was hailed a hero for his role in rescuing a U.S. Army helicopter pilot who crashed into a lake.
4. On June 3, 1998, he was convicted of lewdness with a child under the age of 14 years in Las Vegas, Nevada.
5. In 2018, he was released from a Nevada prison.
6. On June 8, 2022, he was booked into the Washoe County jail without bail for a parole violation.
7. On July 6, 2022, California investigators obtained a warrant for his arrest while he was incarcerated in the Washoe County Jail.
8. On July 7, 2022, he was charged with first-degree murder with special circumstance allegations that he murdered Pham in 1982 while committing kidnapping and a lewd act on a child under the age of 14.
9. On July 8, 2022, he was arrested for Pham’s murder.
10. On July 11, 2022, he waived extradition. 
11. On July 22, 2022, he was arraigned and he entered a not guilty plea in Monterey County.
12. On December 13, 2022, he had a medical emergency and failed to make his scheduled court appearance.
13. In April 2023, he turned 71.