[148] His underwear, jeans, and severed genitals bearing several bite marks[151] were discovered strewn in a field close to his body. The jury deliberated for less than three hours before announcing on August 2 that they had found Bonin guilty of each of the four murders, in addition to three counts of robbery. [223], Norris, acting as prosecutor, sought the death penalty for each count of murder for which Bonin was tried, stating in his opening speech to the jury: "We will prove he is the Freeway Killer, as he has bragged to a number of witnesses. He was released again in 1978. [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?" [204] During the ordeal, Bonin allegedly asked the victim whether he knew why he "had to die." [19][17], Frequently arguing with his wife who obtained a job at a local thread mill to supplement for his gambling habit over finances, Bonin's father lost their home in Andover, Connecticut, in a high stakes poker game in January 1950, forcing the family to reside with Bonin's maternal grandmother in Willimantic and continuing to spend his money each night by gambling and drinking at local bars. Operating alone, Bonin abducted 14-year-old South Gate youth Sean King from a bus stop in Downey. [42][13] As such, the two frequently argued about his homosexual attraction. The survivor's name is David McVicker. [n 24] One of Bonin's lawyers was quoted as stating it was "virtually impossible for [Bonin] to be a successful human being" given the various extreme childhood abuses he had endured, with a prospective biographer also opining that Bonin was essentially unable to handle minute problems in his day-to-day life due to past trauma. [82][78], In March 1969, Bonin underwent two psychiatric examinations; he was determined to be a sexual psychopath who had little control over his impulses and showed signs of depression and inappropriate emotional responses. The boys were two of the 14 murder victims pinned to William Bonin, the first inmate to die by lethal injection in California. John Wayne Gacy, the Killer Clown. To call Bonin's evil a psychiatric disorder, as the defense has, or an illness, is to slander the mentally ill.[384], Butts, who was accused of accompanying or otherwise assisting Bonin on at least nine of the murders, hanged himself while awaiting trial on January 11, 1981. [13] Bonin joined the United States Air Force with his mother's persuasion, who hoped it would cure his inclination toward chaos. Butts is known to have bragged to acquaintances of sleeping in this coffin. 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. Each of the four victims had then endured rape, beatings, torture, and finally ligature strangulation. Upon completion of the jury selection process, Bonin's attorney renewed an earlier filed motion that the trial should be moved to a jurisdiction outside of Orange County due to pretrial publicity tainting the jury pool; this renewed motion was again rejected by Lae, who ruled that the trial would begin on June 14. [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. [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. Michael Francis McDonald (16): Disappeared and found on January 1, 1980, in San Bernardino County; mutilated and strangled to death with ligature after being assaulted. In one interview granted in 2011, McVicker stated the primary reason he had been inspired to campaign against their release were the words one of the victims' mothers had spoken to him after he had testified at Bonin's first trial: "You've got to speak for my kid. [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. [313], The strategy of Bonin's defense attorneys, Charvet and Stewart, was to challenge the credibility of numerous prosecution witnesses, and to suggest that extremely significant mitigating factors as to the root causes of Bonin's behavior lay in the extensive physical, sexual, and emotional abuse he had endured throughout his early life. Known as "Thread City" for the American Thread Company's mills along the Willimantic River, it was a center of the textile industry in the 19th century. [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. When Bonin began squeezing his genitals during the rape, Grabs reportedly broke loose and punched his assailant, causing Bonin to repeatedly stab him for an extensive period. Interviews of Bonin, Miley & Munro with Vonda Pelto, Ph.D. before, during & after his Los Angeles trial. [62] He would later summarize his relationship with this young woman as a "big mistake"[52] and a personal failure of his, primarily fueled by his mother's pressuring of him. [124], At the time of his initial acquaintance with Bonin, Butts an avid reader of horror fiction[125] who frequently cosplayed as fictional characters such as Darth Vader[126] had developed a local reputation as an eccentric figure[127] who adorned his apartment with novelty spiders and who kept two coffins in his apartment,[128] one of which was used as a phone booth, and another as a coffee table in which Butts made love to his girlfriend, Pam "Cati" Razook,[125] a self-proclaimed witch with whom he attended Pagan religious ritual events and visited graveyards. How & Why Bonin covered for accomplice Eric Wijnaendts, who helped him with two murders. I never had no friends. This book holds the entire details of the evidence, trial, and execution of William Bonin, a serial killer of the 1970's and 80's in California. [333] He was tried before Superior Court Judge Kenneth Lae. Everybody liked him; it was cool having him like me made me feel real important. They found another one, a strangler victim. He had it all together. . [17][13] This Catholic convent was known to severely discipline the children it housed for major and minor breaches of conduct, with punishments administered including harsh beatings, stress positions, repeatedly pacing staircases until exhausted, and partial drowning in sinks filled with ice water. [24] Bonin later confessed to fondling[31] and orally copulating younger boys and stripping in the presence of a ten-year-old girl. [13] Bonin became a regular attendee at Fraser's parties held almost every night of the week for the next several months where young men, drugs, and alcohol were rife. This supermarket was located close to Butts' former workplace. Miranda said he had about six dollars, after which Bonin told Miley to take Miranda's wallet;[217] then Bonin beat, bound, and gagged Miranda. [112][109] While delivering trucks, Bonin frequently argued with his boss who was unaware of his status as a sex offender for picking up a hitchhiker in his presence on one occasion and taking longer, unnecessary routes which detectives later took interest in.[113]. 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. I stabbed him again and then again, and again and again until he was helpless. Early on he was a troubled kid and ran away from home when he was eight years old. [71] Offering to take him home, the youth attempted to flee the vehicle in response to Bonin's repeated questions regarding homosexuality. [207] The body bore signs of extensive blunt force trauma to the face and head, with ligature marks on the wrists and ankles indicating Fox had been bound throughout his ordeal. William George Bonin was a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War. 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. 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. He was held without bond. [273] Later that night, Bonin hinted to Munro already fearful for his life[275] that he stay quiet regarding Wells' murder or else face potential death. harvnb error: no target: CITEREFPeltoButler2022 (, harvnb error: no target: CITEREFPelto2022 (, San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, California, Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital, California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison, Corcoran, List of serial killers by number of victims, List of serial killers in the United States, "Freeway Killer: Bonin Convicted for 10 Killings; Awaits Sentencing", "The Beat Goes On: Decades Have Passed, but Housewife and Mom Jane Howatt Remains Determined to Piece", "California Murderer Gets Death Sentence", "Freeway Killer's Story: Ghastly Tale of Horror", "The Mother and Two Brothers of Convicted Freeway Killer", "William George Bonin, Petitioner-appellant, v. Arthur Calderon, As Warden of San Quentin State Prison; James Rowland, Director of the California Department of Corrections. [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. [155] Reserving Sundays for his girlfriend, he typically cruised the freeways on Fridays and Saturdays. [61] This engagement had largely been at the behest of his mother,[52] with whom Bonin held a recurrent source of conflict pertaining to his evident homosexuality and who insisting he lead a heterosexual lifestyle[49] believed the prospect of marriage would quell her son's sexual preferences. With it, California's San Quentin State Prison has been the country's most well-known death row for many years. [372] Kearney subsequently confessed to the murders of 28 boys and young men; many of whose bodies he had discarded alongside freeways in southern California. [195] After entering the van, Bonin offered him money for sex which was refused. When Bonin briefly departed to urinate, he allegedly caught the youth stealing $100 from his billfold. [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. [42] Bonin was arrested months later for the two assaults on October 11, 1975. [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. Fearful of Butts,[191] Bonin reassured Hyden and offered him $50 for sexual services, soon engaging in consensual intercourse as Butts drove the van. Kern County John Doe (1527): Body found on November 1, 1979, in Kern County; strangled with ligature and died from penetration of the head with an ice pick. 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. [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. [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. Officials say Miley, 54, an accomplice of serial "Freeway Killer" William Bonin, who terrorized Southern California 36 years ago, has been killed in prison. La captura de William Bonin se produjo como consecuencia de la detencin de uno de sus compinches, William Pugh, al que pillaron robando un coche el 29 de mayo de 1980. [113] Bonin also often spent time with her children and included them in these events. [316] Lpez also testified Bonin had informed him he had killed one victim by repeatedly punching him in the throat,[60] and that the primary incentive for his revealing the location of King's body to authorities had actually been his knowledge police would purchase a hamburger for him as they searched San Bernardino County for the remains. Munro was an accomplice of William George Bonin, who admitted to killing 21 boys and was convicted in the rape, torture and murder of 14 of them in Orange and Los Angeles counties. [256] Bonin then visited Butts' residence and bragged of the killing to his accomplice. Temporarily left alone, Macabe had been dropped off there by his older brother, who had given Macabe money and with whom he stayed for the weekend. As far as I know, I'm the only surviving victim. King's mother, Lavada Gifford, had first wrote to Bonin in 1989, having read of his becoming a, On one occasion, Bonin claimed Butts had suggested to him the two should embark on a spree of murder in order that Butts would incorporate aspects of these murders into his. He then complimented Bonin, stating: "Good job, Billy, you really did a good one. In the abduction and murder of Lundgren, Bonin was assisted by Butts, who is suspected of accompanying or assisting Bonin on at least eight further murders attributed to the "Freeway Killer". [208] Kilpatrick's body was discarded in a remote area of Rialto. Don't Nod, formerly known as Dontnod Entertainment (stylized as DONTOD) and commonly refered to as Dontnod, is an independent French video game developer and publisher based in Paris and Montral that specializes in narrative video games, and the creator of the Life is Strange franchise. Several family members of Bonin's victims later recounted that Bonin had remained remorseless throughout his trial, seemingly deriving pleasure from their anguish. [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. Furious, Bonin resolved to commit a murder. The state of California, specifically the counties of Los Angeles and Orange, were terrorized by William George Bonin between the years 1979 and 1980. "[219] Miley initially protested and stated he wanted to go home, but eventually complied with Bonin's insistence. [41] While incarcerated, he was molested by an adult counselor assigned to control and monitor the juvenile offenders. [381], Four months following Bonin's arrest, Bonin's 61-year-old father died of cirrhosis of the liver on October 11, 1980. Bonin was pronounced dead at 12:13a.m.[359] He was 49 at the time of his execution. Bonin was convicted of 14 murders and put to death in 1996. . [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. [323], Following these closing arguments, Judge Keene ordered the trial recessed until December 28, when he delivered his final instructions to the jury, who then formally began their deliberations. 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. He wrote a series of short stories called Doing Time: Stories from the Mind of a Death Row Prisoner with 50 copies initially printed and published at $13 a copy. William Bonin: The Freeway Killer: Directed by Beth Parkes. [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. [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. [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. Contending the prosecution's case was "full of holes", he then alleged the prosecution had resorted to what amounted to little more than "revulsion tactics" in the hope Bonin would be convicted upon that basis. Describing the murders as "a gross, revolting affront to human dignity", Keene further ordered at this hearing that if Bonin's death sentence were commuted to one of life imprisonment, the sentences should run consecutively. Come on out and see it. [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. 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. [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. Ya en comisara, el joven . Kern County John Doe was a young man who was found in Kern County, California in 1979. 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. [37][21][28] Neighbors in Mansfield later failed to recollect either parent spending any significant time with their sons,[19] and one neighbor observing their unkempt, dirty and hungry condition[17] occasionally provided meals and clean clothes to Bonin and his younger brother out of sympathy[27] after noting that they made their own food, and witnessing Bonin throw sharp darts at his younger brother who had been positioned against a tree. [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. I tied him up with nylon - this electrician type of wire. [374] Although primarily known as the "Trash Bag Murderer",[375] Kearney is also known as the Freeway Killer. [301], At a preliminary hearing held in Los Angeles County before Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Julius Leetham on January 2, 1981, Bonin formally pleaded innocent to fourteen first-degree murder charges and numerous counts of sodomy, robbery and mayhem. [24] Receiving constant complaints from various authorities and locals regarding Bonin and his older brother's delinquency, the parents frequently neglecting to discipline their children began to feel stress regarding their two sons. [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. [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.

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