Born in Connecticut on January 8, 1947, Bonin was the middle child of three brothers. No clothing or other identifying evidence was discovered at the scene. [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". [83] In May 1969, Bonin recounted to a probation officer his recent stressful separation and admitted his guilt in molesting male youths, although he also expressed desire to start a family and become a pilot upon his release. [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. [99] McVicker accepted Bonin's offer to drive him to his parents' home in Huntington Beach. [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. 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. [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. [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. In response, Bonin seized Pugh by the collar, dragging him back into the passenger seat. In 1974 he was released on probation, and in 1975 his probation was revoked for kidnapping and raping two teenaged boys. 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. According to Bonin, this individual escorted him to a restroom, where Bonin agreed to sexual advances from this individual under the condition that the older boy's hands were bound with a towel to make Bonin himself feel safer. [381], Four months following Bonin's arrest, Bonin's 61-year-old father died of cirrhosis of the liver on October 11, 1980. [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. He was primarily raised by his grandfather given that his father was an alcoholic and had an absentee. Bonin was charged with, but subsequently cleared of, the murders of Sean King and Thomas Lundgren at his Los Angeles County trial. The victims' ages, Bonin had confided, had ranged between 12 and 19, with his youngest victim, Macabe, being the easiest victim to kill. [17][38] In addition, Bonin's parents occasionally left Bonin and his younger brother Paul under the care of the eldest brother, Robert Jr., who receiving the majority of their father's abuse for defending their mother[39] often beat and belittled his siblings. [321], Bonin's first trial lasted until January 6, 1982. [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. Bonin and Munro both laughed. 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. "The Freeway Killer", was an American pedophile, and later hebephilic and ephebophilic serial killer, serial rapist, and one-time robber. [373], In contrast to Bonin, Kearney extensively dismembered the majority of his victims' bodies before typically discarding their remains in trash bags. [156] Bonin also later described his feeling pleasure at hearing his victims scream, as well as sodomizing his victims particularly in an upright position without lubricant, causing them to rectally bleed and tear. [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. I particularly like the way the facts are given in a fresh, clean way, with . 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. [197] Following this incident, Butts reportedly began exhibiting extremely bizarre behavior, at one point putting an ax blade to a close friend's throat and stating, "I'd like to see your blood gush out and hear your screams. Profile of Sean Vincent Gillis. He expressed no remorse for his actions, but he did demonstrate extreme embarrassment and regret over having been caught. It is located in the town of Windham in Windham County, Connecticut. 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. [330] Bonin was then ordered to be remanded to the warden of San Quentin State Prison, to await execution in the gas chamber. [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. William Bonin, left, toys witha pen as he hears polling of jurors after they returned a guilty verdict against Bonin in the so-called "freeway" murders in this Aug. 2, 1983 in Los Angeles. [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. [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. As his departure was imminent, however, Bonin's case was dropped. stadiums, and rock concerts. He would then repeatedly rape his captive between and throughout instances of torture, before finally reaching the "climax of the orgy" by killing his victim. [326] On January 20, the jury further found that the special circumstances required within California state law (multiple murders and robbery) had been met in the ten murder cases for which they had found Bonin guilty, and thus unanimously recommended he receive the death penalty. 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. James Munro / Accomplice of The Freeway Killer / His 8 Chapter Booked Penned From His Cell. [134] Although Butts held an extensive criminal record for offenses such as burglary and arson,[126] he claimed to have been both enamored with and terrified of Bonin,[34] whom he claimed held a "kind of hypnotic" control over him. [42] Bonin was arrested months later for the two assaults on October 11, 1975. Several family members of Bonin's victims later recounted that Bonin had remained remorseless throughout his trial, seemingly deriving pleasure from their anguish. 589 (C.D. [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. [71] Offering to take him home, the youth attempted to flee the vehicle in response to Bonin's repeated questions regarding homosexuality. [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. [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. [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. This incident had occurred on December 8, 1981; Bonin had subsequently worn sunglasses in court to conceal his black eyes. He served in Vietnam and later found work as a truck driver. [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. Video unavailable. [349] Alice Benton subsequently agreed to pay restitution for receiving these payments in March 1996, claiming neither she or her son were aware of the illegality of their actions.[383]. [79][42] During the arrest, Bonin repeatedly advised her to incarcerate him before sobbing and insisting he was not responsible for his actions. [300] He initially pleaded innocent to two charges of first-degree murder on December 18,[215] but pleaded guilty at two separate pretrial hearings in May 1981. [73][78], By this point, extensive efforts were being made by local police to locate a potential serial rapist that fit Bonin's description. After Pugh had bludgeoned and beat Turner about the head and body for several minutes,[240] Bonin strangled Turner to death with his own T-shirt and a tire iron before discarding his body at the rear delivery door to a Los Angeles business. I jumped down on him the same way, killing the guy. [204] During the ordeal, Bonin allegedly asked the victim whether he knew why he "had to die." 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. Come on out and see it. Butts was amenable to this suggestion,[173] and Bonin offered 17-year-old Mark Shelton $400 for sexual services shortly after the youth left his home to walk to a movie theater near Beach Boulevard. [309], Bonin was cleared of the sodomy and murder of King because he had led police to the body of the victim in December 1980, with the agreement that his leading police to the body could not be used against him in court, and therefore the prosecutors had discussed King's disappearance at the trial, but not the discovery of his body. [240] After binding and sodomizing the youth,[141] Bonin bit into Turner's penis until it tore and bled. Pathology of Gary Leon Ridgway. 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. [77][73], On January 12, 1969, at approximately 9:00 p.m. it was reported that Bonin had picked up 18-year-old hitchhiker Jesus Monge, asking him about homosexuality before offering him twenty dollars to orally copulate him. Page 1 of 1 . 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. Guess we gave him too much of the stuff. With William Bonin, Dave Lopez, Elizabeth Yardley, Geoffrey Wansell. Cal. I don't know; I don't think any of us would know until we're there. Miley who viewed Bonin as something of a father figure[142] often accompanied Bonin against his mother's wishes to watch movies, buy clothes, and visit restaurants in exchange for their sexual relationship. Retrieving the youth from his vehicle and handcuffing him, Bonin choked him in the parking lot before threatening to murder and sodomize Jones if he did not comply with orders. At the heart of this documentary are the never-heard-before recordings of Bonin's police interviews. Well, probably I went in the service too soon because I was peaking in my bowling career. William George Bonin / California's Freeway Killer / Hebephiliac Serial Killer. Beating the youth into submission, McDonald orally copulated Bonin before being subject to genital squeezing and rape in the van. 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. 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. Bonin's jailhouse writings offer new perspective on his brutality, methods, thoughts and personality. . "[218] Miranda was then overpowered by Bonin, who asked Miranda how much money he had. [320], Defense attorney Charvet began his closing argument on December 21. [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. Ashamed of his sexual attraction to younger children and male teachers, Bonin isolated himself from others to whom he struggled to relate. Psychiatrists noted his defensive, aggressive attitude toward other patients and refusal to acknowledge his homosexuality. [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. I met Vernon Butts [and] I admired him. [54] He expressed his disagreement with the State's decision to execute him, stating: "A lot of people believe I should die for what I [have done]. [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]. 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. 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 was the first inmate in California to die by this method.[7]. Operating alone, Bonin abducted 14-year-old South Gate youth Sean King from a bus stop in Downey. Your suggestions have been submitted and will be reviewed by the memorial manager. [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. [244] Wood's autopsy revealed the youth had been killed by ligature strangulation. - Bonin, describing the murder of Darin Lee Kendrick. Specifically, Charvet attacked the credibility of Munro, and further contended Bonin was simply a scapegoat for four unsolved murders. Excerpts of Bonin's taped confession in 1980 concerning Markus Grabs and other victims[289], Although initially alleging his innocence in the murders, Bonin confessed his guilt to St. John after reading an impassioned letter from the mother of victim Sean King, imploring him to reveal the location of her son's body. [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. Due . [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. Without Redemption was written on a number of parallel tracks that constantly intersect: First, it is the most detailed historical biography ever written about Bill Bonin, the notorious Freeway Killer responsible for murdering 22 teenage boys over ten-months in 1979-80. [42][13] As such, the two frequently argued about his homosexual attraction. [380] Collectively, Bonin, Kraft and Kearney may have claimed up to 131 victims. [285] In addition to the sixteen murder indictments, Bonin was also charged with eleven counts of robbery, one count of sodomy, and one count of mayhem. Bonin would later boast of this killing in an interview with reporter Dave Lopez, stating "that little kid was the easiest one to kill.". His family moved to California when he was 14. [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. [141] A subsequent coroner's investigation revealed Butts had unsuccessfully attempted to take his own life on at least four occasions prior to his arrest. ", Angel of Darkness: The True Story of Randy Kraft and the Most Heinous Murder Spree of the Century, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Bonin&oldid=1141336031, 20th-century executions of American people, American people convicted of child sexual abuse, People executed by California by lethal injection, People with antisocial personality disorder, Prisoners sentenced to death by California, United States Air Force personnel of the Vietnam War, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. [333] He was tried before Superior Court Judge Kenneth Lae. [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. [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. Douglas then outlined a number of salacious allegations regarding Bonin's torture of victims that were otherwise not supported with valid evidence. Bonin's parents were alcoholics, and his father was a compulsive gambler who was physically abusive towards his wife and children. [298] Munro pleaded innocent to all charges against him on August 14. Bonin would later claim he murdered Markus Grabs in self-defense to Fraser. [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. On May 25, 2016, Miley died of injuries he had sustained two days previously, when he had been attacked by another inmate in an exercise yard at Mule Creek State Prison. He was released again in 1978. 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. 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. In addition, the youth had been slashed across the throat, extensively stabbed about the chest and stomach, and strangled to death. People believe there were many more victims. [304] At the time of Butts' suicide, he had not agreed to accept any form of plea bargain, or to testify against Bonin. 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. Several experts noted the methods of physical and psychological torture inflicted by Bonin on his victims had been similar to those directed toward himself as a child. [192] Butts then threatened Hyden, stating he "entered the Death Van, and when someone enters, they don't go out alive." [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. According to Bonin and Munro, upon learning Wells was bisexual, Bonin engaged in consensual relations with Wells in the rear of his van before persuading the youth to accompany him to his parents' house, where the two engaged in further sexual relations on Bonin's parents' bed. [16][17] Often moody and bedridden,[18] Bonin's mother seldom cooked meals for the family. [315] In his testimony, delivered on December 14 and 15, Lpez stated Bonin had first informed him he would refuse to talk with any other reporter if Lpez would agree not to broadcast the precise details of the interview. He grew up with an alcoholic father and absentee mother and was primarily raised by his grandfather, who was a convicted child molester. He is next available for parole in 2029.[391]. (9th Cir. Consequently, Bonin is not known to have formed any long-standing or close friendships throughout his adolescence. [76][75], On December 4, 1968, it was reported to the Torrance Police Department by 17-year-old Allen Pruitt that a man with medium-length dark hair and olive complexion had offered him a ride before deviating from the highway and handcuffing the boy, who was extensively sexually assaulted in the vehicle. 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. His remains were cremated in a private ceremony with none of his family members present. He also held hopes of publishing a science fiction novel. Bonin and Munro enticed the youth into the van. Bonin was then arrested for theft on October 25, 1967. Authorities said he was the mastermind behind the slayings, recruiting other young men to participate . [113] Bonin also often spent time with her children and included them in these events. [10][12] Bonin's family refused to claim his remains in the weeks following his 1996 execution. Classified Ads. Returning home, his mother promptly reported Bonin to police. [351] Scarcely one hour prior to his scheduled execution, the Supreme Court refused to hear Bonin's final plea to overturn his death sentence, with the convened panel in almost unanimous agreement that Bonin's own attorneys had not failed to give their client adequate legal representation by not earlier discovering their submitted claims to have discovered evidence attesting to Bonin's innocence. Each of the four victims had then endured rape, beatings, torture, and finally ligature strangulation. In response, he drove the van onto the sidewalk in an attempt to strike the victim. Everybody liked him; it was cool having him like me made me feel real important. Three days later, in accordance with Penal Code section 987, Boninat this stage without legal representationwas appointed attorney Earl Hanson to act as his legal representative. [208] Kilpatrick's body was discarded in a remote area of Rialto. Number 15. 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. [129][130][n 8] Butts also held suspicion that his apartment was haunted by ghosts,[132] and had recently been fired from his employment as a magic store clerk at Knott's Berry Farm due to his unkempt appearance and increasingly strange and unpredictable behavior. [224] Following the murder of Macabe, Bonin and Miley spent the money retrieved from his wallet for lunch. [265], Inside Bonin's van, investigators discovered numerous artifacts attesting to his culpability in the Freeway Killer murders. [45] In early 1962, the family relocated to 2417 West 187th St. in Torrance, California. [279][281][282], Initially charged with the rape of a minor[283] and held on suspicion of the murder of Miranda,[284][285] Bonin was detained in lieu of $250,000 bond. [294], On August 8, all charges were formally submitted against Bonin. [186], By early 1980, the murders committed by Bonin and his accomplices were receiving considerable media attention, and a reward totaling $50,000 for information leading to the conviction of the perpetrator or perpetrators had been offered by leading gay rights activists. 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. [395] Throughout the years of his incarceration, Miley was repeatedly reprimanded for violating prison rules. 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. William George Bonin, Petitioner-appellant v. Arthur Calderon, Warden of San Quentin State Prison. It is full of quotes from the police, victims, and the perpetrators, which make it a real story rather than just facts. I don't like [raping] some limp piece of meat. The boys were two of the 14 murder victims pinned to William Bonin, the first inmate to die by lethal injection in California. [50] "He'd give the clothes off his back," Paul later remarked of his brother's generosity. [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. Interviews of Bonin, Miley & Munro with Vonda Pelto, Ph.D. before, during & after his Los Angeles trial. [34], When McVicker attempted to leave the car, Bonin produced a gun and drove McVicker to a deserted field, ordering McVicker to undress, and then beating him. Bonin was physically linked to many of the murders by blood and semen stains,[252] and numerous, distinctive green triskelion-shaped carpet fibers found upon seven of the victims' bodies which were forensically proven to be a precise match with the carpeting in the rear of Bonin's van. author interviews, editors' picks, and more. "[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!" Bonin also shares his nickname with two other killers, who were believed to be a single serial killer. 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