Bonin's jailhouse writings offer new perspective on his brutality, methods, thoughts and personality. Butts was adamant he had had only a limited role in the actual torture of the victims, but confessed to actively participating in the torture of one victim. [n 21], Shortly after Bonin's arrival at San Quentin State Prison, he became close friends with serial killer Lawrence Bittaker, whom he had previously been incarcerated with at Los Angeles County jail. "[217] Miley replied, stating, "Why don't you just let the kid go?" Escchanos en Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iVoox o tu app de podcasts favorita. He then complimented Bonin, stating: "Good job, Billy, you really did a good one. 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. Arthur Calderon (1995)", "Strangulations Described: Deaths Linked", "Gas Chamber Mulled for Homosexual Killer", "One of Freeway Killer Victims Was His Nephew, Witness Against Bonin Reveals", "Interview Confession Testified by Reporter", "Suspected Freeway Killer Described as Insatiable", "Bonin Convicted of Ten 'Freeway' Sex-torture Slayings", "Families Hope Freeway Killer's Execution Ends Their Years of Pain", "Freeway Killer William Bonin, Already Facing the Gas Chamber, is Convicted of Four Further Slayings", "Freeway Killer William Bonin, Already Facing the Gas Chamber", "Bonin's History: Fourteen Murders, Two Acquittals", "Freeway Killer William Bonin, What He Did & Why? [333] He was tried before Superior Court Judge Kenneth Lae. [266], Following his Orange County convictions, Bonin was transferred from the Orange County jail to San Quentin State Prison, to await execution in the gas chamber.[343]. I pulled a knife on him and he got scared. [209] His body was found on December 13; Kilpatrick remained known as a John Doe until August 5, 1980. [399], Pugh was sentenced to six years in prison for the voluntary manslaughter of Harry Turner on May 17, 1982. 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. Seven of the 14 victims killed by "Freeway Killer" William George Bonin during 1979 and 1980: #1--James Michael McCabe; #2--Marcus Grabs; #3--Donald Hyden; #4--David Murillo; #10--Charles Miranda; #11--James Michael McCabe; #12--Ronald Gatlin. In his testimony, delivered on November 17, Munro stated that shortly after the murder of Wells, he and Bonin drove to a McDonald's restaurant and purchased hamburgers with $10 taken from Wells' wallet. [96] He also sought to raise money for the family of another prisoner, and reportedly applied willingly for at least one treatment program. Bonin was charged with, but subsequently cleared of, the murders of Sean King and Thomas Lundgren at his Los Angeles County trial. [42], Bonin regularly attended group therapy sessions while incarcerated at Atascadero. [224] Following the murder of Macabe, Bonin and Miley spent the money retrieved from his wallet for lunch. Wood's older brother had introduced him to Bonin, so he willingly entered Bonin's van. [34][n 6] He then masturbated into a rag before driving McVicker to his home,[98] stating on the way, "You know what? 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. "[385], McVicker, the youth who had survived the 1974 assault and partial strangulation at Bonin's hands[99] and who personally witnessed Bonin's execution, was traumatized by his ordeal for several years. 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. Bonin strangled the youth before inserting an ice pick into his nostrils and right ear.[205]. Through questioning Bonin's neighbor, Everett Fraser, police discovered that 17-year-old William Pugh. He was known in his life as the Freeway Killer. Mass Murderers, Spree and Serial Killers. William George Bonin (January 8, 1947 February 23, 1996) was an American serial killer and twiceparoled sex offender, also known as the Freeway Killer, 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. [73] His body was found two days later alongside the Ortega Highway, five miles east of San Juan Capistrano. 589 (C.D. Contemporary records from this juvenile detention center indicate Bonin also functioned well under the disciplinary structure of the detention home. [332] On one occasion, Bonin informed the mother of victim Sean King that her son had been his favorite victim as "he was such a screamer". [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. He was a victim of William Bonin AKA "The Freeway Killer". [80][n 4], He was indicted on five counts of kidnapping, four counts of sodomy, one count of oral copulation, and one count of child molestation against the five individuals he had abducted and assaulted or in the case of the final youth he had abducted, attempted to assault since the previous November. [95] While in prison, Bonin was subject to further psychiatric examination which dealt with hostility toward his father and older brother, further noting his sexual behaviors were compulsive in response to stress. We will show you that he enjoyed the killings. On this date, he was formally charged with participating in three further murders committed in this county. Douglas then outlined a number of salacious allegations regarding Bonin's torture of victims that were otherwise not supported with valid evidence. James Munro, Bonin's lodger and coworker, assisted Bonin in the murder of Steven Wells. On this date, Charvet argued for a modification of the sentence recommended by the jury. [246], Four weeks later, on April 29, Bonin encountered 19-year-old supermarket employee Darin Kendrick while parked in the grounds of the Stanton supermarket where Kendrick worked. I feel it sends the wrong message to the people of this country. Bonin was later convicted of killing 14 people. He loved to hear them scream he loved every minute of it. In addition, the youth had been slashed across the throat, extensively stabbed about the chest and stomach, and strangled to death. [154] Later that evening, Bonin drove from Downey to Hollywood with Gregory Miley with the specific intention of committing a murder with him. [187] While driving on Interstate 10, Butts orally copulated the youth before repeatedly striking him and taking Bonin's place behind the wheel, who then tortured Wirostek by bending his fingers and squeezing his genitals before extensively bludgeoning him with a tire iron and strangling him with his T-shirt and a tire iron. According to Lpez, Bonin had confided that although he resented the prospect of being executed, he had opted to kill repeatedly simply because he had enjoyed the "sound of kids dying". [31][43] After six months, Bonin's younger brother informed their mother of the fondling, prompting his parents to force Bonin to sleep in his own bedroom. The kid started [fading] out, just kind of [whimpering]. [46] Although both parents were generally neglectful of their children, Bonin and his brothers were primarily raised by their mother,[47] who often displayed inordinately domineering and emasculating behavior toward Bonin. Type Image Format 1 photograph :b&w Photographic prints Identifier 00043353 Herald Examiner Collection [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. [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. [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. [238], On March 25, 1980,[198] Bonin and Pugh abducted 15-year-old runaway Harry Todd Turner from a Los Angeles street. In his closing argument on behalf of the prosecution, Norris described Bonin as an insatiable, callous individual who acted with malice aforethought, and who derived extreme pleasure from the suffering he inflicted upon his victims. He was released again in 1978. He's also won several Golden Mike Awards and other honors. This incident had occurred on December 8, 1981; Bonin had subsequently worn sunglasses in court to conceal his black eyes. [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. [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. Los Angeles, CAA major historical biography about serial killer Bill Bonin, aka The Freeway Killer, is now on sale in Kindle and Nook formats for 99 Cents thru March 31. 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. Although Charvet did not specifically ask the jurors to find Bonin not guilty,[321] he did request they only return the "reasonable verdict you can bring", indicating a likelihood of not guilty verdicts on at least some counts upon which Bonin stood charged. He clocked up almost 1,000 hours of active patrol time in the conflict, even winning a medal for bravery. An Orange County investigator later recalled that there "was not a policeman in that room that did not want to kill Bonin" for his confession. [112] On August 13, 1979,[176] Fraser drove to collect Bonin from the Orange County Jail where he had been incarcerated. These accrued reprimands had included the possession of contraband drugs, and attempting to engage in non-consensual sodomy with fellow inmates. William Bonin: The True Story of The Freeway Killer by Jack Rosewood 115 ratings, 3.70 average rating, 11 reviews Open Preview William Bonin Quotes Showing 1-4 of 4 "there is some evidence that some serial killers have brain damage that impact their ability to exact rational control." Profile of Serial Killer Tommy Lynn Sells. [99] McVicker accepted Bonin's offer to drive him to his parents' home in Huntington Beach. Jones was then deposited at a park bench by Bonin, who threatened to kill him if he reported the assault. [34], Bonin usually selected young male hitchhikers, schoolboys or, occasionally, male prostitutes as his victims. [107], The prosecutor at Bonin's Orange County trial, Bryan Brown, contended that all four victims killed within this constituency had been abducted while hitchhiking, then ordered to strip before being bound about the wrists and ankles. Bonin also shares his nickname with two other killers, who were believed to be a single serial killer. Inside the glove box, investigators also discovered a scrapbook of newspaper clippings related to the murders.[288]. [271] Upon Munro's return, Bonin convinced Wells to allow himself to be bound with clothesline[118] upon the incentive of being given $200. [31][185] In spite of this, his mother and younger brother claimed to have never witnessed Bonin abuse any youths. Bonin was not brought to trial for the murders of Mark Shelton, Robert Wirostek. He then called Munro to enter the room. Mark Duane Shelton (17): Disappeared on August 4, 1979, and found on August 11, 1979, in San Bernardino County; sodomised with various objects and unintentionally killed after he went into shock. "[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!" Years later, I still wake up in the middle of the night, experiencing flashbacks. [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. This is never going to happen to me again. Throughout Bonin's trials and in the years of his subsequent incarceration on death row, experts devoted much speculation and debate as to whether the root cause of his crimes lay in his extremely abusive and dysfunctional upbringing. [346][343], Bonin also contended to both his defense attorneys and to several people with whom he corresponded while upon death row that Butts had been the actual ringleader behind the murders, and that he had simply been Butts' accomplice. [278], After nine days of uneventful surveillance in which Bonin worked at Dependable Drive-Away, visited friends, and returned to his residence,[278] on June 11, 1980, police observed Bonin driving in a seemingly random manner throughout Hollywood, unsuccessfully attempting to lure five separate teenage boys into his van[279] before succeeding in luring a youth into his vehicle. On one occasion, he was humiliated and rejected by a girl whom he had worked up his courage to approach and ask for a date. Another expert, Dr. Jonathan Pincus, later noted that while Bonin felt no remorse, he felt a great sense of embarrassment and shame concerning the details of his crimes, and confusion by his obsessive desire to murder. A statement was issued on his social media accounts, saying he "died peacefully . [50] "He'd give the clothes off his back," Paul later remarked of his brother's generosity. [186], On August 27, 1979, Bonin and Butts abducted 15-year-old Hollywood youth Donald Ray Hyden at approximately 1:00 a.m. on Santa Monica Boulevard. [45] In early 1962, the family relocated to 2417 West 187th St. in Torrance, California. [241], Bonin then ordered Pugh to "beat him (Turner) up." [78], Bonin pleaded guilty to both charges and on December 31, 1975, he was sentenced to serve between one and fifteen years' imprisonment at the California Men's Facility in San Luis Obispo. [222] He then bound Macabe, telling him he was being kidnapped for ransom. [93] One psychiatrist wrote of Bonin that he "wanted to straighten himself out, but doesn't know how to go about it. 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