To support this contention, Bonin's defense attorneys summoned Dr. David Foster, an expert on the developmental effects of violence and abuse on children, to testify as to the conclusions of the psychological examinations he had conducted on Bonin. [40], Attending the middle school adjacent to Coventry High School in 1959 and 1960, Bonin had failing grades and isolated himself from others, at one point attempting incest with an older female cousin. At school, Bonin was known to classmates as a juvenile delinquent who was often in trouble or absent, poorly dressed and unkempt, aggressive with peers, had no observable friends, and was often bullied for his strange behavior. Beating the youth into submission, McDonald orally copulated Bonin before being subject to genital squeezing and rape in the van. [397] At the time of Miley's death, his next scheduled parole hearing was to be held in 2019. [96] He also sought to raise money for the family of another prisoner, and reportedly applied willingly for at least one treatment program. When Butts made an accidental wrong turn, the youth became frantic, causing Bonin to extensively beat and bind the victim before torturing his genitals and sodomizing him. [389] (In the days immediately following the murder of Wells and prior to Bonin's arrest, Munro boasted to several colleagues of his belief the Freeway Killer would never be caught. [53], Bonin was executed by lethal injection inside the gas chamber at San Quentin State Prison on February 23, 1996. Ten days after the murder of Fox, 15-year-old Long Beach youth John Fredrick Kilpatrick was offered money for sexual services after leaving his parents' home to socialize with friends. Some neighbors later recollected frequently observing young boys accompany Bonin into the residence, some of whom they would later hear screaming and crying once inside the residence. The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-minute appeal by William Bonin, convicted in 1982 of sexually abusing, torturing and killing 14 young men and boys in 1979 and 1980. . [17] Opponents and advocates of the death penalty alike were in agreement Bonin had endured extensive physical, emotional and sexual abuse throughout his childhood, but much scorn was given to the claims from his attorneys and supporters that his murders had been a direct manifestation of the abuse he had endured, and an attempt to purge his frustration and anger onto his victims. Pathology of Gary Leon Ridgway. They found another one, a strangler victim. [331][n 19], Prior to his scheduled second trial in Orange County, Bonin was temporarily removed from death row and held in solitary confinement, where he remained until the conclusion of this trial. 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. [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. As his departure was imminent, however, Bonin's case was dropped. As far as I know, I'm the only surviving victim. He then phoned his mother, who promptly informed Garden Grove police of the incident. During his time in Vietnam, he raped two fellow soldiers at gun point. [223] William Pugh also agreed to testify, having pled guilty to one count of voluntary manslaughter for which he later received six years in prison. [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. 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. William Bonin was a twice paroled sex offender and truck driver, who is better known as an American serial killer who abducted, sexually assaulted, and murdered at least 22 young boys and men in. In addition, the youth had been slashed across the throat, extensively stabbed about the chest and stomach, and strangled to death. His family moved to California when he was 14. He had previously served time at Atascadero State Hospital for sex crimes committed against five young boys in 1969. [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. A second suspect, Vernon Butts, was charged with being an accomplice in six of those killings. On January 5, 1982 Bonin was convicted on ten counts of murder and robbery. "[162] Bonin further explained that he had not chosen to refrain from sexually assaulting and murdering Pugh out of sentiment; he had been spared because the pair had been seen leaving Fraser's party together. At the time of his death, he had been scheduled to be tried on July 27 for six of the murders he had accompanied Bonin upon. At the heart of this documentary are the never-heard-before recordings of Bonin's police interviews. [352] He was the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the history of California, and his execution occurred fourteen years after his first death sentence had been imposed. William Bonin: the True Story of the Freeway Killer - Jack Rosewood 2015-11-25 In the 1970s and early '80s, southern California was shocked when dead . [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. [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". Bonin and Munro both laughed. [70] Several family members noted a marked difference in his behavior following his military service, although Bonin refused to elaborate as to the changes in his demeanor. [303], Three months prior to Butts' suicide, he had rejected an offer to plead guilty to all charges filed against him in exchange for a life sentence with a minimum of 25 years before the possibility of parole. [223], A final submission to the United States Court of Appeals was submitted in October 1994, with Bonin contending such issues as his being denied the effective assistance of counsel at his trials, that he had been denied due process at his Los Angeles trial due to the judge's refusal to suppress the testimony of Munro and Miley,[252] that Charvet failed to point out Bonin's brain damage and other mitigating circumstances, and that the judge at his Orange County trial had denied his counsel's motion for a change of venue upon the basis that pretrial publicity had effectively minimized any chance of obtaining an unbiased jury within the county. [305], Both Miley and Munro agreed to testify against Bonin at his impending trials in exchange for being spared the death penalty,[258] with Deputy District Attorney Stirling Norris also agreeing to seek the dismissal of additional charges of sodomy and robbery filed against Munro if he honored his agreement to testify. Born in rural Connecticut, Mr. Bonin, now 49, was raised in an abusive family and shunted off to an orphanage for at least two years as a young child. [216], According to Miley, Bonin and Miranda engaged in consensual intercourse in the rear of the van as he drove, before Bonin privily stammered to him, "Kid's going to die. [252] Moreover, the inner handles from the passenger-side and rear doors of his vehicle had been removed in an obvious effort to prevent victims from escaping the vehicle. He was a victim of William Bonin AKA "The Freeway Killer". Bonin also shares his nickname with two other killers, who were believed to be a single serial killer. [60], Closing arguments lasted from December 16 to 22, 1981. [256] Bonin then visited Butts' residence and bragged of the killing to his accomplice. Bonin growled and squeezed Jones' genitals before disclosing his sexual motive and parking behind a closed shopping center. 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. [97] Switching his job for employment as a truck driver at a Montebello delivery firm named Dependable Drive-Away in December 1974, his employment was terminated in February 1975 for wrecking a trailer. [211], On January 1, 1980, Bonin encountered 16-year-old Ontario youth Michael Francis McDonald near the Chino Airport. William born in Boston was a cruel, malicious monster, a boogie man who stalked the roads between Orange County and Los Angeles. Downey truck driver William Bonin, dubbed the Freeway Strangler or the Freeway Killer, murdered at least 21 boys and men between 1979 and 1980. "[217] Miley replied, stating, "Why don't you just let the kid go?" In March 1975, Bonin attended community college classes following his termination and picked up hitchhikers for potential sexual partners, eventually establishing a serious relationship with a single mother. 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. "If he had a bag of candy, he gave it away," Bonin's mother also later recalled of her middle son. This spokesperson added that five further murder charges would likely be filed against the men in Orange County in due course. When Bonin briefly departed to urinate, he allegedly caught the youth stealing $100 from his billfold. He was released again in 1978. [49][13], On November 17, 1968, Bonin confronted 14-year-old Billy Jones in Arcadia, California, at 9:00 p.m. while driving his mother's white Chevrolet station wagon. William few got off easy due to being the first to confess and being a near victim. Noting that Kendrick was losing consciousness and whimpering, Bonin achieved orgasm; he then strangled Kendrick[250] as Butts drove an ice pick into Kendrick's ear, causing a fatal wound to the youth's cervical spinal cord. [210] Because Kilpatrick a troubled youth whose parents had recently divorced was known to disappear for days at a time, his mother hesitated to report the disappearance. Bonin's jailhouse writings offer new perspective on his brutality, methods, thoughts and personality. [73], At approximately 4:07p.m. the same day, 15-year-old Russell Duane Rugh was abducted from a bus stop in Garden Grove. [192] Butts then threatened Hyden, stating he "entered the Death Van, and when someone enters, they don't go out alive." He expressed no remorse for his actions, but he did demonstrate extreme embarrassment and regret over having been caught. [138] Butts was amenable to this suggestion, and later freely admitted to taking great delight in watching Bonin abuse and torture his victims in the rear of his van as he (Butts) drove the vehicle. I think I've accepted the fact that this may come about, and I've made my peace with it and if it happens, it happens. [135], On July 31, Munro was arrested in his hometown of Port Huron, Michigan; he was extradited to California and charged with the murder of Wells. [399], Pugh was sentenced to six years in prison for the voluntary manslaughter of Harry Turner on May 17, 1982. On at least twelve occasions, Bonin was assisted by one of his four known . [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. 589 (C.D. [393] He was later sentenced to a concurrent term of 25 years to life by an Orange County court judge for the abduction and murder of James Macabe. "[319], Upon cross-examination, Bonin's defense attorney ensured that Lpez conceded that his testimony was based upon what he had recalled from the interviews as opposed to any handwritten notes, although he strenuously denied he had received any form of payment to testify. William George "Bill" Bonin was born in Willimantic, Connecticut, on January 8, 1947, the second of three sons each of whom were three years apart[9] born to Robert Leonard Bonin Sr. (19191980)[10] and Alice Dorothy Bonin (ne Cote, 19202004). Initially formally arraigned for the murder of Grabs on July 25,[293] by July 29, Bonin had been charged with an additional fifteen murders to which he had confessed and upon which the prosecution believed they had sufficient evidence to obtain a conviction. Norris outlined the torture Bonin's victims had endured before concluding his closing arguments by urging the jury to "give him [Bonin] what he has earned". [13] During Bonin's engagement, he repeatedly informed his fiance he suffered from recurring nightmares in which he would sexually assault a faceless young woman in a deserted place before discarding her corpse in a shallow grave. ORIGINAL POST, NOV. 30, 8:21 A.M.: Gregory Matthew Miley could have . When I finally. He also accepted a subsequent offer of employment at the Montebello delivery firm where Bonin worked, and was allowed by Bonin to drive his van on occasion. Lopez's book also includes his candid insights into the. Jones was then deposited at a park bench by Bonin, who threatened to kill him if he reported the assault. [12][13] In contrast, his mother was an overbearing, co-dependent and passive woman who suffered from wild mood swings[12][14] and who spent much of her free time at The French Club,[15] a local bingo parlor as her sons remained unattended at home. [195] After entering the van, Bonin offered him money for sex which was refused. These items included various restraining devices including lengths of nylon cord, an assortment of knives, a tire iron, and household implements such as pliers and wire coat hangers. [52][34] He was also self-conscious of his facial features, and refused to smile in public due to his misaligned teeth. [360] According to several of these witnesses, Bonin's execution passed without complications, and he was heavily sedated throughout the latter stages of the procedure. 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. [275][268], At approximately 9p.m., the two drove to Butts' Lakewood apartment[276] as Bonin informed Munro that he, Butts, and others had committed many of the "Freeway Killer" murders. [272], Bonin then retreated to the kitchen for water, informing Munro they were to both kill Wells[166] before gagging and beating Wells in the hallway, stating, "You're going to do what I tell you to do" as Wells pled for his life. Ten days after Bonin's release from custody, on March 14, he abducted 18-year-old Van Nuys youth Ronald Gatlin; after assaulting the youth, Bonin began hacking at Gatlin's face with an ice pick. [174][175] As Bonin drove into the Cajon Pass in San Bernardino County, Butts entertained the boy with magic tricks before orally copulating him. [155] Reserving Sundays for his girlfriend, he typically cruised the freeways on Fridays and Saturdays. Due . [132] Although both lived externally heterosexual lifestyles,[136] the two soon became lovers,[34] with Butts also introducing Bonin to the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, in which Butts organized and advertised weekly gaming events at his residence. Approximately four weeks later, on November 30, Bonin operating alone abducted 17-year-old Bellflower youth Frank Dennis Fox;[206] during the process of ligature strangulation, Bonin had killed the youth while still sodomizing him. I particularly like the way the facts are given in a fresh, clean way, with . Operating alone, Bonin abducted 14-year-old South Gate youth Sean King from a bus stop in Downey. "[388], Munro was sentenced to a term of fifteen years to life for the second degree murder of Steven Wells on April 6, 1981. 1992)", "Microsoft Word - Bonin William _fall2007_.doc", "The Twisted Life That Led Bonin to Death Row", "World's Most Evil Killers: Season 5 Episode 2", "Death by Execution is the Only Just Penalty for Freeway Killer William Bonin", "The Vietnam War is to Blame for the Fourteen Murders Committed by Freeway Killer William Bonin", "Appeals for Bonin Rejected: Relatives of Victims Applaud Planned Execution of California's "Freeway Killer", "Supreme Court of California: People v. Bonin (1988)", "Supreme Court of California, En Banc. After fighting for his life for 17 years, the notorious "Freeway Killer" became the first person to be executed by lethal injection in California. [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. Merely said, the William Bonin The True Story Of The Freeway Killer Historical Serial Killers And Murderers True Crime By Evil Killers Book 10 is universally compatible with any devices to read The World's 20 Worst Crimes - Kate Kray 2007 Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, The Hillside Strangler . [141], Five minutes after the pair had discarded Miranda's body, Bonin suggested to Miley: "I'm horny again, let's go and do another one. [154] Later that evening, Bonin drove from Downey to Hollywood with Gregory Miley with the specific intention of committing a murder with him. So I regret that I didn't get to go out and get the instruction, and pursue that. Robert Christopher Wirostek (18): Disappeared on September 17, 1979, and found on September 27, 1979, in Orange County; raped and strangled to death with ligature after being assaulted with a tire iron. "[355], He opined that he was not the same person he was during his spree of crimes, and would not be able to live a normal life outside of prison as a result. [232] He was bound, beaten and strangled to death after an estimated eight hours of captivity[234] before his body was discarded alongside that of Barker in Cleveland National Forest, close to the Ortega Highway. [261] This counselor reported Pugh's suspicions to the police, who in turn relayed the information to Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) homicide sergeant John St. This incident had occurred on December 8, 1981; Bonin had subsequently worn sunglasses in court to conceal his black eyes. [298] Munro pleaded innocent to all charges against him on August 14. [33][34] Bonin was to remain at the convent until May 31, 1955, when he returned to live with his parents in a home owned by Bonin's maternal grandfather located at 465 Stafford Road in Mansfield, Connecticut. [330] Bonin was then ordered to be remanded to the warden of San Quentin State Prison, to await execution in the gas chamber. I stabbed him in the left arm, it surprised me that I did it. [268], A police investigation into Bonin's background revealed his extensive history of convictions for sexually assaulting teenage boys. [65][66] According to Bonin, he engaged in allegedly consensual relations with four young girls and had a "number of homosexual encounters" in Vietnam, as well as a 25-year-old female prostitute in Hong Kong,[67][63] although he also confessed to sexually assaulting two soldiers under his command at gunpoint during the period of the Tet Offensive. 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. Ya en comisara, el joven . [34] His body was found at approximately 6:30a.m. the following day, with one investigator likening the network of injuries inflicted upon the victim to that of a rabid dog unable to determine when to cease biting. [395] Throughout the years of his incarceration, Miley was repeatedly reprimanded for violating prison rules. [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. [118] To further support this contention, the prosecution also presented forensic experts who testified that the fibers discovered upon the bodies of all six victims in question were a precise match with the carpeting in Bonin's van. Early on he was a troubled kid and ran away from home when he was eight years old. "[386][387] In the years following Bonin's execution, McVicker has actively campaigned to ensure that his accomplices, Miley and Munro, remain incarcerated. [24] Bonin later confessed to fondling[31] and orally copulating younger boys and stripping in the presence of a ten-year-old girl. [340], On August 1, both counsels delivered their closing arguments before the jury, who then retired to consider their verdicts. Initially doubting Bonin, Miranda began crying and begging for his life. Everybody liked him; it was cool having him like me made me feel real important. Bonin, reflecting on his impending execution and life regrets. William Bonin: The Freeway Killer: Directed by Beth Parkes. In one article published in the San Francisco Chronicle three days prior to Bonin's execution, editor Robert Morse opined: Bonin was abused as a child. Bonin was charged with, but subsequently cleared of, the murders of Sean King and Thomas Lundgren at his Los Angeles County trial. Page 1 of 1 . Consequently, Bonin is not known to have formed any long-standing or close friendships throughout his adolescence. The abuse seems to have been bad, but not nearly as gruesome as the abuse he dealt out. His fully clothed body was found alongside Highway 71 in the outskirts of Chino,[212][186][213] although his body was not identified until March 24. [306] In the case of Miley, Norris agreed to accept two separate pleas of guilty to first-degree murder in exchange for two concurrent sentences of life imprisonment, with a possibility of parole after 25 years, if Miley agreed to testify against Bonin at both upcoming trials. [336], Initial jury selection began on this date, and saw a total of 204 prospective jurors subjected to the process of voir dire selection until sixteen were picked in June. [159] In an apparent effort to avoid investigators connecting his crimes, Bonin often drove to various counties to discard his victims' bodies far from the site of their abduction. [339][341], After three days of deliberations as to the actual penalty to be imposed upon Bonin, the jury announced on August 22 their recommendations that he be sentenced to death on each count. During his teen years he discovered that he was gay and would occasionally molest children, After graduation, he enlisted in the US Air Force and served in the Vietnam War. [266] Munro later described his initial impression of Bonin as being "a good guy; really normal". Bonin, who. [381], Four months following Bonin's arrest, Bonin's 61-year-old father died of cirrhosis of the liver on October 11, 1980. Willimantic Willimantic is a census-designated place, former city and borough. February 22, 1996. William George Bonin / California's Freeway Killer / Hebephiliac Serial Killer. [347] Harris had exhibited evident symptoms of discomfort for up to four minutes throughout his fifteen-minute execution in the gas chamber. The victims' ages, Bonin had confided, had ranged between 12 and 19, with his youngest victim, Macabe, being the easiest victim to kill. Following the assault, Bonin vowed to never let this happen to him again. [314][n 18], Against overruled objections from Bonin's defense attorney, Fresno-based reporter David Lpez waived his previously sought immunity under California's shield law and agreed to testify on behalf of the prosecution as to the details of seven interviews Bonin had granted him between December 1980 and April 1981. Shelton had been linked to the manhunt for the Freeway Killer upon the discovery of his body in August 1979, Two months after all charges had been filed against each defendant, Butts committed suicide, rendering his recorded testimony in these three cases. Lpez had agreed to these conditions, and Bonin had confessed to him on January 9[309] that he was indeed the Freeway Killer and that he had killed 21 victims. In a matter-of-fact tone, Bonin then informed Pugh: "If you want to kill somebody, you should make a plan and find a place to dump the body before you even pick a victim. [21] In spite of this dysfunctional environment, Bonin and his brothers were actively raised Catholic by their parents and baptized according to church doctrine. 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. He was sentenced to twenty-one terms of life imprisonment. It is located in the town of Windham in Windham County, Connecticut. [34], Bonin usually selected young male hitchhikers, schoolboys or, occasionally, male prostitutes as his victims. The following day, the prosecution and defense made alternate pleas for the actual sentence the jury should decide, with Norris requesting the death penalty and Charvet requesting life imprisonment. William George Bonin (January 8, 1947 - February 23, 1996) was an American serial killer and twice-paroled sex offender, also known as the Freeway Killer, [1] who committed the rape, torture and murder of a minimum of 21 boys and young men in a series of killings in 1979 and 1980 in southern California. [223], Based on Bonin's confession, police obtained a warrant authorizing a search of Butts' Lakewood property on the same date as Bonin's initial arraignment; this July 25 search uncovered evidence linking Butts to several of the murders to which Bonin had already confessed, and Butts was brought before a Municipal Court on July 29, charged with accompanying Bonin on six murders committed between August 1979 and April 1980. After going back to jail then paroled, the police watched him 24/7 and on June 11, 1980 he was arrested for raping a young man in his van. He left no suicide note. [321], Bonin's first trial lasted until January 6, 1982. 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