Six officers from three of the jurisdictions in which the "Freeway Killer" had most regularly either abducted or deposited the bodies of his victims formed a task force dedicated to the apprehension of the suspect or suspects who, as one of the officers upon this assembled task force later recalled, was striking at an average rate of once every two weeks in the spring of 1980. This final appeal was rejected on June 28, 1995, with the appellate judges stating they had found no evidence of legal misconduct, and that no evidence existed that the 13 jurors who served upon Bonin's Orange County trial who had admitted to minimal, indirect pretrial exposure to the Freeway Killer case had, as a result of this pretrial publicity, been incapable of judging Bonin with impartiality. [50] "He'd give the clothes off his back," Paul later remarked of his brother's generosity. [256] Bonin then visited Butts' residence and bragged of the killing to his accomplice. The day after Bonin's arrest, Munro fled to his native Michigan, where he was arrested on July 31. [349] Alice Benton subsequently agreed to pay restitution for receiving these payments in March 1996, claiming neither she or her son were aware of the illegality of their actions.[383]. [157][78], In order to minimize the chances of a potential victim escaping from his vehicle, Bonin removed all inner handles from the passenger-side and rear doors of his van. [274] He then strangled Wells to death with a T-shirt and tire iron;[31][261] Munro asked whether Wells was dead, prompting Bonin to laugh as he replied, "Yeah, stupid" before adding: "Haven't you ever seen a dead body before?" At 11:45p.m., Bonin was escorted from his holding cell into the execution chamber. He grew up with an alcoholic father and absentee mother and was primarily raised by his grandfather, who was a convicted child molester. David McVicker had also contacted authorities by this time to report his suspicions Bonin may be the Freeway Killer. Accomplices Robbie Ruinsburg. [23] After returning home, Bonin was reportedly more recalcitrant toward his parents than before the punishment. [107] Particular emphasis was placed upon the fiber evidence found upon each of the Orange County victims in addition to three victims killed in Los Angeles County being a precise match to the distinctive carpeting in the rear of Bonin's van. He left no suicide note. "[94], On July 7, 1971, Bonin was sent to the California Medical Facility, having been declared unsuitable for further treatment due to repeated sexual engagement with inmates two of whom were mentally challenged which resulted in his being beaten on several occasions, in addition to alienating and irritating fellow patients. Type Image Format 1 photograph :b&w Photographic prints Identifier 00043353 Herald Examiner Collection Retrieving the youth from his vehicle and handcuffing him, Bonin choked him in the parking lot before threatening to murder and sodomize Jones if he did not comply with orders. Jones was then deposited at a park bench by Bonin, who threatened to kill him if he reported the assault. [25] Later claiming in life that no abuse had taken place by staff,[21] Bonin confessed to being forced to punch a fence by nuns when he misbehaved. [351] Scarcely one hour prior to his scheduled execution, the Supreme Court refused to hear Bonin's final plea to overturn his death sentence, with the convened panel in almost unanimous agreement that Bonin's own attorneys had not failed to give their client adequate legal representation by not earlier discovering their submitted claims to have discovered evidence attesting to Bonin's innocence. Law . [317][318] Lpez further stated that when he asked Bonin what he would be doing if he were still at large, Bonin had replied: "I'd still be killing, I couldn't stop killing. The Freeway Killer: The Socking True Story of Serial Killer William Bonin America: home of the free, land of the brave. [42][13] As such, the two frequently argued about his homosexual attraction. "[200], Bonin is not known to have killed again until on or about November 1, 1979, when he and Butts abducted and murdered an unidentified young man with brown hair, whom Bonin claimed to be 5 ft 6 in tall, and eighteen years of age. [290] Bonin made sure to clarify, however, that it was not to ease the mother's pain,[289] but the knowledge that because King was buried in San Bernardino County, police would likely buy him a hamburger for lunch on the extensive trip, stating, "I was dying for a hamburger and I knew [that] if I went out with the cops, they would get me a hamburger. As these verdicts were read by the clerk of court, many relatives and friends of Bonin's victims wept openly. This event would hold significance as being the last incident in which Bonin is known to have expressed any semblance of. ", Angel of Darkness: The True Story of Randy Kraft and the Most Heinous Murder Spree of the Century, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Bonin&oldid=1141336031, 20th-century executions of American people, American people convicted of child sexual abuse, People executed by California by lethal injection, People with antisocial personality disorder, Prisoners sentenced to death by California, United States Air Force personnel of the Vietnam War, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. [34][n 6] He then masturbated into a rag before driving McVicker to his home,[98] stating on the way, "You know what? According to accomplice James Munro, Bonin would engage in acts of. [392] On this date, Miley was informed he would need to serve a minimum of sixteen years and eight months before he would be considered for parole. In nine murders; those of Lundgren, Shelton, Grabs, Hyden, Murillo, Wirostek, Kendrick, Wells and the John Doe whose skeletal remains had been found in Kern County on November 30, 1979, Bonin was assisted by 19-year-old Gregory Miley in the February 3 murders of Miranda and Macabe. During that entire time, he reported in an interview, he only felt grass under his feet just five times. He spent fourteen years on death row before he was executed by lethal injection at San Quentin State Prison in 1996. [61] Stationed in Phu Loi Base Camp, he served five months of active duty in the 205th Assault Support Helicopter Unit during the Vietnam War as an aerial gunner, logging over 700 hours of combat and patrol time. A spokesman said Thursday, May 26, 2016 . [176] He was also violated with foreign objects including a stick, causing his body to enter a state of shock which proved fatal[177] before being discarded beside a gravel road in the Cajon Pass of San Bernardino County. [244] Wood's autopsy revealed the youth had been killed by ligature strangulation. He served in Vietnam and later found work as a truck driver. [325] Despite an impassioned appeal by Charvet, on March 12, Keene formally sentenced Bonin to death for the ten murders for which he had been convicted. [163][250], Kendrick who had fiercely fought his attackers, including biting the two men then halted his resistance as he vomited onto the apartment floor before complaining of dizziness. Bonin pleaded guilty to molestation and forced oral copulation and was sentenced to the Atascadero State Hospital in June 1969 as a mentally disordered sex offender considered amenable to treatment. [44] Due to the gambling addiction of Bonin's father which resulted in the prospect of the foreclosure of the family home however,[31] Bonin's parents reconciled and opted to relocate from Connecticut to California[27][35] after Bonin's recently fired father was offered a well-paying job in Downey, California, as a machinist. [75] He also bore signs of extensive beating. [222] Macabe's body was discovered three days later, fully clothed, bearing several skull fractures and a bruised penis. . [226][n 13], One day after Miranda and Macabe's murder, Bonin was arrested for violating the conditions of his parole; he was remanded in custody at the Orange County Jail until March 4. I tied him up with nylon - this electrician type of wire. Origina Place of death San Quentin State Prison According to Douglas, Bonin had held a newspaper article aloft before saying to him: "These are the little boys I got ahold of". During the assault, Treadwell was bludgeoned with a tire iron. I never had no friends. [104] Upon Macabe's waking, Miley joined Bonin in beating the child into unconsciousness simply because he "felt like" doing so before Bonin crushed Macabe's neck with a tire iron. [174][175] As Bonin drove into the Cajon Pass in San Bernardino County, Butts entertained the boy with magic tricks before orally copulating him. I stuck them with the knife in different places because I didn't know where to stab, you know, I didn't know where the vital organs [were] or anything like that. Bonin then threw Wells' T-shirt across the hallway before ordering Munro who had retreated to the driveway to breathe to retrieve a cardboard box from his older brother's room; the two placed Wells' body inside this cardboard box, which they then carried to Bonin's van. [98], While cruising for young boys on September 8, 1975, at approximately 7:00 p.m.[98] he encountered 14-year-old David Allen McVicker hitchhiking in the city of Garden Grove. [302], Four days after his formal plea before Judge Leetham, Butts committed suicide by hanging himself with a towel in his cell. [347] Harris had exhibited evident symptoms of discomfort for up to four minutes throughout his fifteen-minute execution in the gas chamber. [265], Inside Bonin's van, investigators discovered numerous artifacts attesting to his culpability in the Freeway Killer murders. After engaging in mutual oral copulation, the teenager was bound and raped by Bonin in the van before being transported to his parents' house, where he was extensively flagellated with string until he cried and strangled to death with the aforementioned string. "[131], Bonin subsequently asked for advice as to where to dispose of the corpse. He supposedly wanted to talk to KITS. [24] Bonin later confessed to fondling[31] and orally copulating younger boys and stripping in the presence of a ten-year-old girl. Downey truck driver William Bonin, dubbed the Freeway Strangler or the Freeway Killer, murdered at least 21 boys and men between 1979 and 1980. [169][170], His body, clad only in a T-shirt, shoes and socks, was found the same afternoon in Agoura. [236], According to Pugh, Bonin entered an irritable state before confiding in him that he enjoyed abducting young male hitchhikers on Friday and Saturday nights so he had time to take his girlfriend roller-skating on Sundays, adding that he restrained and abused youths before strangling them to death with their own T-shirts. On May 25, 2016, Miley died of injuries he had sustained two days previously, when he had been attacked by another inmate in an exercise yard at Mule Creek State Prison. He then traded places with Butts, who orally copulated and beat Murillo before squeezing his genitals in frustration at the youth's lack of sexual excitement. During the assault, Bonin threatened Monge, stating, "I'll rip your nuts off if you don't cool it. [51] According to Bonin, he was something of an awkward, shy loner who generally felt uncomfortable in the presence of his peers. [56] His sexuality later became the basis of a long-standing conflict with his mother, who believed his sexual inclinations to be a curable social disorder. In a dark green for two con line fan, bonding approached unsuspecting male hitchhikers and pedestrians. Bonin's jailhouse writings offer new perspective on his brutality, methods, thoughts and personality. Bonin has not given a news interview since the early 1980s, when he was sentenced to death for raping and strangling 14 young men in Southern California. Next time, I figured I wouldn't use as much. William George Bonin was an American serial killer and twice-paroled sex offender who committed the rape, torture, and murder of a minimum of 21 boys and young men between 1979 and 1980 in southern California, disposing of the bodies alone the expansive California freeways. The story of William Bonin, the savage serial killer who took the lives of more than 21 teenage boys and left their bodies strewn across freeways in California. [350] Further merit was given to Bonin's contention that his defense should have been allowed to stipulate to the testimony of the parents of his victims, rather than their being allowed to identify photographs of their sons in both life and death at his trials. These lawyers contended that had Charvet placed further emphasis on these issues, Bonin would have been "humanized" in the eyes of his juries. [57] Despite this, Bonin desiring to please his mother and appear normal soon began dating a young girl at his high school named Linda shortly after turning seventeen, with whom he was never "completely comfortable". [190] To reach the youth, Bonin recklessly crossed two lanes in the presence of police, causing Butts who had been pretending to sleep in the back of the van to laugh. Bonin then retrieved a Buck Knife, proceeding to intimidate Grabs as Butts drove toward Bonin's home[180] where the youth was again sodomized and beaten. [255], One week after the murder of Sharp, on the afternoon of May 19, Bonin asked Butts to accompany him on a killing; on this occasion, however, Butts reportedly refused to accompany him. Bonin would later allege he had been intimately involved with Sharp, and had taken him out to Knott's Berry Farm for a date when his (Bonin's) girlfriend was absent. [304] At the time of Butts' suicide, he had not agreed to accept any form of plea bargain, or to testify against Bonin. American serial killer and rapist (19471996), Incarceration at Atascadero and Vacaville prison. . But saving a fellow airman at great personal risk and being awarded a Good Conduct Medal doesn't necessarily make you a good man. [60], Closing arguments lasted from December 16 to 22, 1981. [52] His primary hobby as a teen was bowling, something at which he performed adequately;[n 3] this hobby would last throughout the course of his teenage years. [10][12] Bonin's family refused to claim his remains in the weeks following his 1996 execution. In addition, a neurologist's magnetic resonance imaging and electroencephalogram tests conducted on Bonin would reveal that he had minimal, if any, brain anomalies indicative of damage. With little breath left, McVicker pleaded for his life stating, "God, help!" Video unavailable. [359] In his final statement, given to the prison warden one hour prior to his scheduled execution at midnight, Bonin again expressed no remorse for his crimes and left a note that stated: I feel the death penalty is not an answer to the problems at hand. Murder Defendant Enters Plea of Guilty", "Without Remorse: The Story of the Woman who Kept Los Angeles' Serial Killers Alive", "William George Bonin, Petitioner-appellant, v. 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At the heart of this documentary are the never-heard-before recordings of Bonin's police interviews. He has repeatedly appealed his sentence, claiming that he had not known Bonin had been the Freeway Killer until after Wells' murder, and that he had been tricked into accepting a plea bargain whereby he pleaded guilty to this second degree murder charge. The surveillance of Bonin began on the evening of June 2 one hour prior to Bonin and Munro discarding the body of the final "Freeway Killer" victim. [n 10] One victim, Darin Kendrick, was forced to drink hydrochloric acid; three victims had ice-picks driven into their ears[151][60] and another victim, Mark Shelton, died of shock from impaling. As they had eaten the burgers at Bonin's home, Bonin laughed and mused: "Thanks, Steve, wherever you are"[118] before Munro had also joined in the laughter. [23][31][n 1] Loosing his restraints, the orphan bound and performed fellatio on Bonin before attempting to rape him and forcing Bonin to orally copulate him. Although Bonin denied any culpability of this conviction to fellow inmates, as a convicted child molester, he was beaten on several occasions while incarcerated for this offense. After Pugh had bludgeoned and beat Turner about the head and body for several minutes,[240] Bonin strangled Turner to death with his own T-shirt and a tire iron before discarding his body at the rear delivery door to a Los Angeles business. [374] Although primarily known as the "Trash Bag Murderer",[375] Kearney is also known as the Freeway Killer. They encountered 15-year-old Charles Miranda standing close to the Starwood nightclub,[215] hitchhiking along Santa Monica Boulevard. As a child, Bonin was neglected by his parents and sexually abused by his grandfather. They're not for the faint of heart . As far as how I'm going to feel at that very moment, I can't answer that question. [371] Prior to his surrender, Kearney had been a fugitive for two months, following his being forensically linked to the murder of 17-year-old John LaMay a confirmed victim of the Trash Bag Murderer. He later recollected that as he drove Bonin home, Bonin made a statement which Fraser had interpreted at the time as an expression of remorse: "No one's going to testify again. Bonin was declared dead at. [115], Through his frequent attendance at Fraser's parties,[112] Bonin became acquainted with 21-year-old porcelain factory worker, occultist, and part-time magician Vernon Robert Butts[118] and 18-year-old Gregory Matthews Miley. I pulled a knife on him and he got scared. [333] This security measure was largely due to the fact he had previously received a severe beating by an incarcerated gang member with whom he had shared a cell. In frustration, Miley assaulted the youth with various sharp objects before assisting Bonin in beating him. A drifter who had been in and out of penal institutions, Butts was later speculated by court prosecutors to have developed a fascination with sadistic homosexual activity while in jail. [152] Both nude bodies were found on March 23,[235] and both bore evidence of extensive beating and ligature marks on their wrists, ankles, and neck. His friends also mistakenly reported seeing him at the mall. "[131] According to Munro, Butts who had been dressed in a Darth Vader costume[276] prodded the body before replying, "Oh, you got another one!" The crime rate among the mentally ill is lower than among so-called 'normal' people. [232] Barker was also beaten and raped with objects,[233] then strangled with a ligature; his neck had numerous burns made by a cigarette[232] and his rectum was extensively distended. [78] Bonin was released from prison on June 11, 1974, after doctors concluded he was "no longer a danger to the health and safety of others". Bonin was not brought to trial for the murders of Mark Shelton, Robert Wirostek. Serial Killer Bio in Kindle & Nook for 99 Cents Thru March, Solves Two Bill Bonin Homicides, Tracks Personal Evolution. His body was found on May 18, and his autopsy revealed that in addition to being bound and sodomized, Sharp had been extensively beaten about the face and body, then strangled with a ligature. At about 6 p.m., he was escorted into the death watch cell. [17][38] In addition, Bonin's parents occasionally left Bonin and his younger brother Paul under the care of the eldest brother, Robert Jr., who receiving the majority of their father's abuse for defending their mother[39] often beat and belittled his siblings. For these appeals, Bonin hired new lawyers, who initially submitted contentions that his previous defense attorney, Charvet, had provided inadequate defense at his trials by failing to place sufficient emphasis upon Bonin's bipolar disorder and the sexual abuse he had endured as a child. Cal. 589 (C.D. [16][17] Often moody and bedridden,[18] Bonin's mother seldom cooked meals for the family. John. [143] Bonin himself later confessed to a psychologist his feeling a sense of social belonging with his accomplices in murder that he had never previously experienced with any other individuals. [31][29], Bonin was to later claim that his experiences in Vietnam instilled a belief within him that human life is overvalued and that humans generally overestimate their value in society,[62] emphasizing feelings of power and independence while in the service. [141], On April 10, Bonin was discharged from parole following his March 4, 1980, release. Bonin was born in Willimantic, Connecticut, on January 8, 1947, as the second of three sons raised by alcoholic parents. William few got off easy due to being the first to confess and being a near victim. William Bonin was born in Willimantic, Connecticut, on January 8, 1947, the second of three brothers born to Robert and Alice Bonin. He was also charged with three counts of robbery. William George Bonin / California's Freeway Killer / Hebephiliac Serial Killer. He then complimented Bonin, stating: "Good job, Billy, you really did a good one. He was primarily raised by his grandfather given that his father was an alcoholic and had an absentee. Ignoring the boy's pleas to let him go, Bonin began threatening Brettman and parked north of Hawthorne Boulevard and Palos Verdes North where he forced the child to orally copulate him, molesting and robbing the boy under threat of a pistol; he then threatened to kill this victim if he ever reported the incident. In my life, I never had nobody to help me. William Bonin, left, toys witha pen as he hears polling of jurors after they returned a guilty verdict against Bonin in the so-called "freeway" murders in this Aug. 2, 1983 in Los Angeles. [394] Initially incarcerated at the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison, Corcoran in Corcoran, California, Miley was later transferred to Mule Creek State Prison. [13] Bonin joined the United States Air Force with his mother's persuasion, who hoped it would cure his inclination toward chaos. He (Munro) is to be put up for parole soon (Jan. 28). Show more Show. [59] Nonetheless, Bonin's mother, later expressing extreme disappointment and contempt for her middle son's sexuality and actions,[60][42] evicted her son from the household on at least one occasion for undisclosed reasons. [148][172], An expert later postulated that Bonin's brutality was likely an attempt to "kill" his homosexual attraction to Lundgren, further "silencing" his desire with each subsequent stabbing. Classified Ads. [307], Bonin was brought to trial in Los Angeles County, charged with the murder of twelve of his victims whose bodies had been found within this constituency, on October 19, 1981. Furthermore, these appellate judges ruled that Bonin's attorneys should not have waited until the last minute to submit arguments to overturn or postpone the impending death sentence of their client. Bonin filed numerous appeals against his convictions and sentencing, citing issues such as jury prejudice, the potential of jury inflammation via listening to numerous victim impact statements (to which his defense counsel had offered to stipulate), and inadequate defense as the bases for each appeal. In 1974 he was released on probation, and in 1975 his probation was revoked for kidnapping and raping two teenaged boys. Excerpts of Bonin's taped confession in 1980 concerning Markus Grabs and other victims[289], Although initially alleging his innocence in the murders, Bonin confessed his guilt to St. John after reading an impassioned letter from the mother of victim Sean King, imploring him to reveal the location of her son's body. [34], Bonin usually selected young male hitchhikers, schoolboys or, occasionally, male prostitutes as his victims. Noting Bonin's frantic state and similar profile to the rapist, she promptly searched him and retrieved handcuffs. As Butts drove, Bonin forced the boy to orally copulate him before squeezing his genitals and sodomizing him. In more extreme cases, orphans faced alleged assaults such as having their heads dunked in toilets and being threatened with knives by older children,[27][28][29] as well as being left with hematomas on their head and buttocks from beatings received by nuns. [141] Raised in Lakewood, Miley's mother had a series of reportedly dysfunctional marriages and severely neglected him. [77][73], On January 12, 1969, at approximately 9:00 p.m. it was reported that Bonin had picked up 18-year-old hitchhiker Jesus Monge, asking him about homosexuality before offering him twenty dollars to orally copulate him. With William Bonin, Dave Lopez, Elizabeth Yardley, Geoffrey Wansell. [198] He encountered 16-year-old Bellflower youth Steven John Wood walking to school. [21] In spite of this dysfunctional environment, Bonin and his brothers were actively raised Catholic by their parents and baptized according to church doctrine. William George Bonin (January 8, 1947 - February 23, 1996), also known as the Freeway Killer, was an American serial killer and twice-paroled sex offender who committed the rape, torture, and murder of a minimum of twenty-one young men and boys in a series of killings in southern California from May 1979 to June 1980. Bonin also shares his nickname with two other killers, who were believed to be a single serial killer. Police also discovered a coded list depicting cryptic references to his victims in the trunk of Kraft's vehicle, leading Kraft to also become known as the "Scorecard Killer. Infamous for kidnapping, raping, and strangling young men and boys, Bonin earned the moniker of "Freeway Killer" since the bodies of most of his victims were found lying beside southern California [] [252], In a direct rebuttal, the prosecution summoned forensic psychiatrist Park Dietz, a noted expert in impulse control disorder and sexual sadism disorder, who testified that the overall pattern of Bonin's behavior was inconsistent with an inability to control his impulses. David McVicker told his story in an episode of, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, This page was last edited on 24 February 2023, at 15:09. [228], Throughout his adult life, Bonin worked in a series of menial professions such as the aforementioned bartendering profession and taxi driving. [247][248] Bonin then drove to Butts' apartment in Lakewood, where the trio began listening to music as they sat on the couch. Shortly before his abduction, Lundgren had reportedly told friends a man had offered to meet him at a skatepark to take photos of him for a skateboarding magazine. Reaching an abandoned gas station, Bonin parked the vehicle and coaxed Shelton to orally copulate him and endure rape. Shortly thereafter, Bonin's girlfriend notified his boss of his arrest, adding that the arrest was in connection to the Freeway Killer case and causing Munro already apprehensive at Bonin's absence from work that day to become frantic. [5] Furthermore, upon three victims' bodies, investigators had discovered hair samples which were proven to be a precise match with Bonin. [377] The victim had been drugged, bound and garroted in a similar manner to that of numerous other young men whose bodies had been found alongside or close to various California and Oregon freeways since 1972. [342] On this date, Bonin received four further death sentences, with Lae describing Bonin as sadistic and guilty of "monstrous criminal conduct". Biography of Albert Fish, Serial Killer. [314] Bonin also became acquainted with convicted murderers Randy Kraft (one of the other two murderers who shared with Bonin the nickname "Freeway Killer"), Douglas Clark, and Jimmy Lee Smith. On this date, Charvet argued for a modification of the sentence recommended by the jury. One Friday evening in March, 1980, Bonin offered a 17-year-old named William Ray Pugh a ride home as the pair left the house of Everett Fraser. author interviews, editors' picks, and more. It is located in the town of Windham in Windham County, Connecticut. [76], Five weeks later, on January 1, 1969, Bonin offered a ride to 12-year-old Lawrence Brettman in Hermosa Beach, California. [69][12] Upon returning home, Bonin discovered that his fiance who by this stage had given birth to their son[2] had left him to marry another man. He is also known as " The Freeway Killer " and he shares that name with two other serial killers, Patrick Kearney and Randy Steven Kraft, who was not affiliated with him. Within minutes of accepting the ride, Bonin asked Pugh whether he would like to engage in sex with him. [128] Within minutes of accepting the ride, Bonin asked Pugh whether he would like to engage in sex with him. They found another one, a strangler victim. [231] Gatlin was beaten and sodomized, suffering several deep, perforating ice pick wounds to the ear and neck before being strangled with a ligature. Bonin was then arrested for theft on October 25, 1967. 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