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." 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. [31][68][14], Bonin served nearly two years in the Air Force before receiving an honorable discharge on October 25, 1968, at age 21. [73][78], By this point, extensive efforts were being made by local police to locate a potential serial rapist that fit Bonin's description. interviews, reportage, and information never released to the public, The Grim Sleeper captures the long, bumpy road to justice in one of the most [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. [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". [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. 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. [220] Bonin then began sexually assaulting Miranda; Miley also attempted to rape Miranda, but was unable to sustain an erection. Bonin, who. [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. The day after Bonin's arrest, Munro fled to his native Michigan, where he was arrested on July 31. Bonin rejected this proposition, stating, "No, because he'll know us and know the van. [260] On May 28, he overheard the details of the ongoing murders on a local radio broadcast and confided to a counselor his recognition of the perpetrator's modus operandi as being that described to him by Bonin two months previous. [310][n 22] These claims would be refuted by the prosecutor at Bonin's Los Angeles County murder trial, Stirling Norris, who recollected shortly before Bonin's execution: "He was the leader, and he chose weak people he could use. On this date, Charvet argued for a modification of the sentence recommended by the jury. [222] Miley then drove in an aimless manner for what he later described as being a "very, very long distance"[215] as he repeatedly heard Macabe crying as Bonin raped Macabe and bludgeoned him about the head with a tire iron. He was sentenced to twenty-one terms of life imprisonment. [148] His underwear, jeans, and severed genitals bearing several bite marks[151] were discovered strewn in a field close to his body. William Bonin, who grew up in a dysfunctional home, was allegedly a victim of child abuse. The studio created the original Life is Strange and its successor Life is Strange 2 as well as The . 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. When arrested, he informed law enforcement that "next time there won't be any more witnesses. [373], In contrast to Bonin, Kearney extensively dismembered the majority of his victims' bodies before typically discarding their remains in trash bags. [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]. [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. When Monge attempted to exit the vehicle, Bonin punched his stomach and chest before squeezing his genitals, handcuffing him, and forcing Monge to orally copulate him. February 22, 1996. "[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. [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. [268], A police investigation into Bonin's background revealed his extensive history of convictions for sexually assaulting teenage boys. [135] In contrast, Bonin held Butts in high regard for his social popularity and for empowering him,[52] describing the young man as very intelligent. [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. Willimantic Willimantic is a census-designated place, former city and borough. [297] His trial was scheduled for July 27, 1981. [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. Consequently, Bonin is not known to have formed any long-standing or close friendships throughout his adolescence. [208] Kilpatrick's body was discarded in a remote area of Rialto. [349] He has also written to successive governors, requesting he be executed rather than spend the remainder of his life behind bars for what he claims is "a crime I didn't commit". After receiving repeated complaints by angry neighbors, Bonin's father merely yelled at his son for stealing. [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. 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. Operating alone, Bonin abducted 14-year-old South Gate youth Sean King from a bus stop in Downey. Furthermore, a forensic examination of the interior of Bonin's van and, later, sections of his home revealed extensive traces of bloodstains. Bonin was the first inmate in California to die by this method.[7]. 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. Munro also later testified that Butts had actively dissuaded Bonin from discarding Wells' body in the nearby canyons due to the late hour, and general police presence caused by recent media coverage. [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. [33] As neither parent visited Bonin or his older brother whom staff forbade from interacting with one another at the convent, he became worried his parents had died. [60], Closing arguments lasted from December 16 to 22, 1981. [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. His family moved to California when he was 14. [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. [42] In each instance, Bonin had handcuffed or otherwise restrained his victim before forcibly engaging in sodomy,[31] oral copulation,[81] and methods of torture which included bludgeoning about the head with a tire iron, choking one victim until he had neared unconsciousness, and the squeezing of two of his victims' testicles. [75] His body was discarded behind a warehouse close to the Artesia Freeway,[180] with the ice pick still protruding from his ear. [328], In response to the recommendations of the jury, Judge Keene ordered a reconvening of court on February 24. 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. In his years on death row, Bonin undertook painting and writing as hobbies. William Bonin is known to some as the 'Freeway Killer,' thought to have raped, tortured and murdered a minimum of twenty-one boys and young men before he was executed in 1996. His nude corpse was dumped shortly thereafter, in an alleyway alongside East Second Street in Los Angeles. A search of Kraft's vehicle revealed an envelope containing over fifty Polaroid pictures of young men either drugged or deceased in suggestive poses. [n 7] In 1977, Bonin was subject to further psychiatric examination; the results of this evaluation indicated his sexual involvement with young boys related to his mother's micromanagement of his life. Hanson remained Bonin's attorney until October 1981 when, at Bonin's request, he was replaced by William Charvet and Tracy Stewart. [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. "[378], Although Kraft's disposal method had been similar to that of Bonin, Kraft drugged his victims before he killed them and used differing torture methods upon their bodies, including burning the victims' chests and genitals with an automobile cigarette lighter. [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. Bonin was later convicted of killing 14 people. "[166] Following media coverage of his murders, Bonin also enthusiastically mentioned his killings to fellow co-workers at Dependable Drive-Away, stating, "He did it again. . Bonin also corresponded with numerous individuals, including the mothers of some of his victims,[317] although he never expressed any regret or remorse over having murdered their sons, purposefully withholding information his victims' families sought and seemingly deriving pleasure from their discontent. [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. "[338], These contentions were refuted by Charvet, who contended that any similarities in modus operandi did not constitute automatic proof of his client's guilt, and that the evidence presented did not support the prosecution's contention beyond a reasonable doubt that Bonin had murdered any of the four Orange County victims, or the two victims killed in Los Angeles County. 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. [294], On August 8, all charges were formally submitted against Bonin. In an interview with . "[219] Miley initially protested and stated he wanted to go home, but eventually complied with Bonin's insistence. WWE is a sports entertainment company based in Stamford, Connecticut. He had it all together. Douglas then outlined a number of salacious allegations regarding Bonin's torture of victims that were otherwise not supported with valid evidence. [112] This violation of the conditions of his parole should have resulted in Bonin being returned to prison; however, an administrative error committed prior to Bonin's scheduled court date resulted in his release. [257] Bonin avidly followed news media reports pertaining to his crimes, and collected newspaper clippings documenting his own manhunt,[258] often tuning in on radio and television coverage of the murders along with his accomplices. 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. 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. [160][n 11], In a minimum of twelve of the murders, Bonin who considered murder a "group sport"[162] was assisted by one or more of his four known accomplices. At Butts' apartment, the trio engaged in brief conversation before Bonin invited Butts to view Wells' body with the enticement: "We got it in the van; it's a good one. [31][89] These professionals also noted the psychological and emotional implications of Bonin's unhealthy relationship with his domineering mother, upon whom he remained emotionally dependent in spite of her low opinion of him,[49] and who maintained her son was essentially "worthless as a human being". Profile of Serial Killer Tommy Lynn Sells. Classified Ads. [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. Bonin and his brothers were severely neglected as children, and were often fed and . 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. Next time, I figured I wouldn't use as much. On this date, he was formally charged with participating in three further murders committed in this county. "The Freeway Killer", was an American pedophile, and later hebephilic and ephebophilic serial killer, serial rapist, and one-time robber. 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. The police followed Bonin until his van parked in a service station parking lot close to the Hollywood Freeway, then discreetly approached the vehicle. John Fredrick Kilpatrick (15): Disappeared on December 5, 1979, and found on December 13, 1979, in Los Angeles County; strangled to death with ligature after being flagellated with string. While driving, the suspect became visibly angry before asking the minor whether he "knew there were homosexuals in this world" and homosexuality. Ashamed of his sexual attraction to younger children and male teachers, Bonin isolated himself from others to whom he struggled to relate. por vezes referido como "O Assassino da Autoestrada", uma alcunha que partilha com dois outros . His condition sourced from his excessive alcohol addiction. [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. In response, he drove the van onto the sidewalk in an attempt to strike the victim. He remained unmoved upon receipt of this sentence, having earlier informed his attorney he fully expected to formally receive the death penalty. [72][73] Bonin raped the minor as he plead for his life, knocking him unconscious during the assault. [248], On May 12, 1980[81][251] Bonin abducted and murdered an acquaintance whom he later stated he had decided to kill when he had awoken that morning because he was "tired of having him around". [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. Interviews of Bonin, Miley & Munro with Vonda Pelto, Ph.D. before, during & after his Los Angeles trial. Cal. In late 1960, Bonin's mother kicked his father out of their home, earning custody of her children with the court declaring his father unfit on grounds of spousal abuse and frequent drunken absences. [320], Defense attorney Charvet began his closing argument on December 21. The crime rate among the mentally ill is lower than among so-called 'normal' people. 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