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. [42], Bonin regularly attended group therapy sessions while incarcerated at Atascadero. [58], Following these events, Bonin lured and molested several neighborhood children,[43] pleading guilty to a petty theft charge for which he was fined $56 in late 1965. The survivor's name is David McVicker. Bonin and his brothers were severely neglected as children, and were often fed and . "[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. [96] He also sought to raise money for the family of another prisoner, and reportedly applied willingly for at least one treatment program. Bonin became known as the "Freeway Killer", as well as the Freeway Strangler,[8] due to the fact that the majority of his victims' bodies were discovered alongside numerous freeways in southern California. [311] Miley testified to his participation in the murders of Miranda and Macabe,[312] describing in graphic detail how the two victims were beaten and tortured with various instruments before their murders, and how he had heard a "bunch of bones cracking" as Bonin had pressed a tire iron against Miranda's neck. [27] Largely devoid of consequences and parental supervision, Bonin began stealing hubcaps, license plates, and metal tags off of vehicles in town. "[354], At 6 p.m. on the day he was executed, Bonin was moved from his cell to a death watch cell, where he ordered his last meal: two large pizzas, three pints of ice cream and three six-packs of Coke, which he ate while watching an episode of Jeopardy!. [107], On November 1, 1978,[108] Bonin moved to an apartment complex at the Kingswood Village complex in Downey, located approximately one mile from his parents' house. [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] An autopsy revealed that Lundgren had suffered emasculation and extensive bludgeoning "from an object like a tire jack handle"[171] to his face and head, with his skull sustaining multiple fractures. [24] Bonin later confessed to fondling[31] and orally copulating younger boys and stripping in the presence of a ten-year-old girl. [328], In response to the recommendations of the jury, Judge Keene ordered a reconvening of court on February 24. [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. [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. [242] His nude, hogtied and extensively beaten body was discarded in a Long Beach alleyway beside a dumpster, with his head resting against a nearby bench[243] close to the Pacific Coast Highway. But saving a fellow airman at great personal risk and being awarded a Good Conduct Medal doesn't necessarily make you a good man. [121] As a result, Bonin and Butts frequently discussed the subject of death. The boys were two of the 14 murder victims pinned to William Bonin, the first inmate to die by lethal injection in California. [208] Kilpatrick's body was discarded in a remote area of Rialto. [221] Macabe was lured into Bonin's van on the promise he would be driven to his intended destination of Disneyland with the additional incentive of marijuana. Early on he was a troubled kid and ran away from home when he was eight years old. According to Bonin, he masturbated Shelton before Butts began squeezing his genitals, prompting the boy to scream. "[219] Miley initially protested and stated he wanted to go home, but eventually complied with Bonin's insistence. [100] Bonin then forced oral copulation on McVicker[73] before raping him as he simultaneously strangled him with his T-shirt and a tire iron in the front seat of his car. 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. [85] In the final evaluation, he was found to be "seriously lacking insight and responsibility" for crimes committed since his childhood. In reference to the evidence found within the van itself, Brown stated to the jury: "One can truly say from the evidence found within the van it is a virtual death wagon. [348] As such, the state of California opted to use lethal injection as an alternate method of execution to the gas chamber, branding the gas chamber a "cruel and unusual" method of execution.[349]. [265] Munro had planned on meeting a friend in California, but "ended up living on the streets" following an incident in which he had been robbed of money he had saved from working as a male prostitute in Hollywood. As a result, he was not reported missing until February. [140], Discussing the actual murder forays, Butts claimed that, upon their successfully luring a victim into the van, he would typically drive a short distance before stopping the vehicle in order to assist Bonin in restraining their victim[145] before driving in an aimless manner[135] as Bonin abused and tortured their captive in the rear of the van. Douglas then outlined a number of salacious allegations regarding Bonin's torture of victims that were otherwise not supported with valid evidence. At Bonin's subsequent trial, Munro recalled Butts recommending they discard Wells near a gas station. [48] Unable to sleep and frequently worried he would be arrested for petty crime or crimes involving children, she prayed for him and warned him often, frustrating Bonin. [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. He was released again in 1978. Furious, Bonin resolved to commit a murder. Turner had absconded from a boys' home in the desert community of Lancaster[239] four days prior to his meeting Bonin and Pugh. William George Bonin (7 de janeiro de 1944 - 23 de fevereiro de 1996) foi um assassino em srie americano e duas vezes condenado como violador, que cometeu violao, tortura e assassinatos de pelo menos 21 rapazes e jovens numa srie de mortes entre 1979 e 1980 no sul da Califrnia. [297] His trial was scheduled for July 27, 1981. Kern County John Doe was a young man who was found in Kern County, California in 1979. [78], On February 20, 1996, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a plea for clemency submitted by Bonin's attorneys on the grounds of inadequate legal representation at both his trials. A second suspect, Vernon Butts, was charged with being an accomplice in six of those killings. 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). [141] Correspondence found within his cell indicated Butts had been greatly distressed at the impending release of a transcript of evidence he had given behind closed doors at his preliminary hearing days prior, and the effect it would have on his friends and relatives. On this date, he was formally charged with participating in three further murders committed in this county. "[225] Several members of the audience hastily left the courtroom as Bonin's accomplices delivered their testimony, later stating to reporters gathered outside the courtroom they had found the recited details too nauseating. - Bonin, describing the murder of Darin Lee Kendrick. [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. [223][219] Bonin then strangled Macabe to death with his own T-shirt before the pair discarded his corpse alongside a dumpster at a construction site in Walnut City. Not only did he enjoy it, and plan to enjoy it, he had an insatiable demand, an insatiable appetite not only for sodomy, but for killing." [165][n 12] In discussion of the killings with acquaintances, Bonin remarked "this guy is giving good gays like us a bad name. 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. [194] Prior to his death by ligature strangulation, Hyden had been bound, beaten about the face, sodomized, then stabbed in the neck and genitalia and bludgeoned about the skull. McVicker replied that he had not, asking to leave the vehicle, prompting Bonin to accelerate the vehicle. [269][270], Hours prior to the implementation of police surveillance of Bonin on the evening of June 2, he, accompanied by Munro,[118] encountered 18-year-old print shop worker Steven Jay Wells standing at a bus stop on El Segundo Boulevard. [163][164] Scrapbooking newspaper clippings of his murders, Bonin would later hold up newspapers to accomplice Vernon Butts[125] and acquaintance Everett Fraser and boast of which murders he had committed. Bonin was later convicted of killing 14 people. Thomas Glen Lundgren (13): Disappeared and found on May 28, 1979, in Los Angeles County; emasculated, bludgeoned, stabbed, slashed his throat, and fatally strangled. - Bonin, describing his acquaintance with Vernon Butts to psychologist Dr Vonda Pelto. The kid started [fading] out, just kind of [whimpering]. [333] Charvet also argued before the jury that Brown had "spent more time discussing the two Los Angeles cases" for which Bonin had previously been convicted than actually proving Bonin had committed any of the Orange County murders. [201][202] This victim was savagely beaten repeatedly by both captors,[203] then strangled to death by Bonin before his fully clothed body was discarded in an irrigation ditch alongside State Route 99, south of Bakersfield. [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. He was sentenced to twenty-one terms of life imprisonment. Show more Show. [10][12] Bonin's family refused to claim his remains in the weeks following his 1996 execution. [111] Months later in April 1979, Bonin's parole supervision concluded. Psychiatrists noted his defensive, aggressive attitude toward other patients and refusal to acknowledge his homosexuality. [11] Bonin's parents were both alcoholics; his father was a machinist, an ill-tempered war veteran[10] and gambling addict who was frequently physically abusive toward his wife in the presence of his children, and who is known to have occasionally beaten his sons during his wife's absence. Mass Murderers, Spree and Serial Killers. 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. 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. David McVicker had also contacted authorities by this time to report his suspicions Bonin may be the Freeway Killer. William George Bonin, a.k.a. A recent batch of 5-Star reviews for Without Redemption: Creation & Deeds of Freeway Killer Bill Bonin, His Five Accomplices & How One Who Escaped Justice, written by Clinical Psychologist Vonda Pelto, Ph.D. and Michael B . [294], On August 8, all charges were formally submitted against Bonin. Bonin strangled the youth before inserting an ice pick into his nostrils and right ear.[205]. [168] Lundgren was last seen leaving his parents' house in Reseda at 10:50a.m. on May 28, 1979. Classified Ads. [73] His body was found two days later alongside the Ortega Highway, five miles east of San Juan Capistrano. Profile of Sean Vincent Gillis. Bonin and Munro enticed the youth into the van. 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. Bonin also shares his nickname with two other killers, who were believed to be a single serial killer. Following the assault, Bonin vowed to never let this happen to him again. [116] Unable to obtain a permanent liquor license as a result of Bonin's criminal record, the business venture was short-lived. Bonin was convicted of 14 murders and put to death in 1996. . [295], Despite initially proclaiming his innocence, Butts soon confessed to having accompanied Bonin upon each of the murder forays listed in each of the charges against him, and to have actively participated in the sexual abuse of several victims. LOS ANGELES -- Freeway Killer William Bonin, convicted of luring 10 youths into his 'death van' for sessions of sex, torture and murder, predicts he will be condemned to die in the gas chamber.. This spokesperson added that five further murder charges would likely be filed against the men in Orange County in due course. The abuse seems to have been bad, but not nearly as gruesome as the abuse he dealt out. [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. King was strangled to death before his body was discarded in Live Oak Canyon, Yucaipa. Bonin, a former Downey truck driver who confessed to raping, torturing and killing 21 boys and young men, was put to death in the prison's converted gas chamber. 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