On May 18, 1980, the body of Lawrence Sharp, 17, was found in a trash bin behind a service station in Westminster. The defendant was sentenced to death in 1982 for 10 murders throughout Los Angeles County. All of the victims bodies showed signs of physical beating and the cause of death of each victim was strangulation by ligature. Newsman provides details of interview in Freeway Killer 12 April 28 (UPI) -- A South Carolina woman won a $300,000 prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket just three years after winning a $250,000 lottery jackpot. 1 killed in shooting at Massachusetts house party, Biden shows support for free press at White House Correspondents' dinner, Google Doodle pays tribute to late actor Alan Rickman, Heavy shelling in Kherson, Kharkiv destroys residences, Cuba postpones International Workers' Day parade over fuel shortages. Bonin was the first California inmate to be executed by lethal injection. The Bonin Tapes (Interview Excerpts of Serial Killer Charvet argued that the prosecution based its case on emotion and did not prove that the 12 murders actually were linked. William Bonin: The True Story of The Freeway Killer WILLIAM He was found guilty of 14 counts of murder and was sentenced to death. Warden Arthur Calderon gave the order to begin the execution at 12:09 a.m. and Bonin was pronounced dead at 12:13 a.m. Bonin spent his last day visiting with friends. The defendant and co-defendant tied Steven up, took his money, beat him, then strangled him with his T-shirt. The newsman said he had interviewed Bonin on the understanding that Bonin would not tell other reporters what he had told Lopez. William Bonin, The 'Freeway Killer' Who Terrorized Southern Dog missing for 26 days walked 40 miles to his former home. This Is How The Freeway Killer Was Finally Caught - Grunge William Bonin, also known as California's "Freeway Killer," murdered at least 14 boys between 1979 and 1980. Bonin usually preferred to work with an accomplice, and the lust killer and his cronies brutally raped and tortured his victims Bonin loved the sounds of their screams before strangling them and dumping them on the side of the road like garbage. Copyright 2023 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Scottish Island for sale with asking price of $188,000. April 29 (UPI) -- An Australian tourist facing possible flogging after being accused of going on a drunken nude rampage in the Indonesian province of Ache says he felt "almost possessed" at the time. And like many monsters of old balance, his April 28 (UPI) -- A South Carolina woman won a $300,000 prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket just three years after winning a $250,000 lottery jackpot. Alligator removed from South Carolina resident's garage. '', The newsman said he asked Bonin, on trial for 12 of the slayings, what he would be doing if he wasn't in jail and Bonin replied, ''I'd still be killing. Other marks also indicated that the hands and feet of all the victims had been bound, or handcuffed, and the victims had been sodomized. With Scott Anthony Leet, Cole Williams, Dusty Sorg, Michael Rooker. And like many monsters of old balance, his singular hunger was the innocent, more specifically, adolescent boys. Initially, Steven agreed to have sex with the defendant. Up close and personal ( William Bonin) warning. Graphic Aussie tourist 'very sorry' for drunken, nude rampage in Indonesia. April 28 (UPI) -- A Nebraska high school said it broke a Guinness World Record when more than 1,000 students participated in a water balloon toss event. Shortly thereafter, the defendant was apprehended in the act of raping and sodomizing Harold. William Bonin Interview Tapes - YouTube 0:00 / 7:57 Video unavailable This video contains content from Discovery Communications, who has blocked it in your In an interview with KQED-FM, Bonin said he had "made peace with it" and has even managed to joke with the prison warden about his impending death. But the mass murderer had chilling words for the family members of his victims, some of whom planned to attend his execution in an effort to find a measure of peace themselves. Sometime on or after March 20, 1980, the defendant and co-defendant William Pugh picked up Harry Todd Turner, 14, in Hollywood. He clocked up almost 1,000 hours of active patrol time in the conflict, even winning a medal for bravery. April 28 (UPI) -- Animal services officers in South Carolina responded to a home where a resident was shocked to find an alligator in his garage. 'He told me he wanted to plead guilty and wanted me to go on the air with a story that he was going to plead guilty,' Lopez said. The mothers of all four boys testified last week about their sons' disappearances. Young people act as they see other people acting instead of as people tell them to act. There were wounds to the neck and right ear that apparently had been made by an ice pick and the body showed signs of beating. WebFreeway Killer: Directed by John Murlowski. William Bonin, The 'Freeway Killer' Who Terrorized Southern 'Fog of bees' briefly interrupts PGA Tour's Mexico Open. April 28 (UPI) -- A bear stuck in a Nevada tree was rescued by wildlife officials and firefighters who tranquilized the bruin and then caught the large animal in a tarp. Dog missing for 26 days walked 40 miles to his former home. April 28 (UPI) -- A lost dog in Northern Ireland was found 26 days later after walking more than 40 miles to the home of his former owners. WARNING: The following crime summaries contain graphic descriptions of one or more murders and may not be suitable for all audiences. He also said he had 'changed' after serving in Vietnam, but did not elaborate. Experience: I donated half my liver to my He had been sodomized and strangled with a ligature. His victims were boys who ranged in age from 12 to 19 years old, and he abducted them from various locations. 1 killed in shooting at Massachusetts house party, Biden shows support for free press at White House Correspondents' dinner, Google Doodle pays tribute to late actor Alan Rickman, Heavy shelling in Kherson, Kharkiv destroys residences, Cuba postpones International Workers' Day parade over fuel shortages. William Bonin Freeway Killer In a new interview with Fightful, Perez revealed that she wasn't 100% sure if she was going to make it into the game, as she was told to take a wait and see April 28 (UPI) -- The PGA Tour's Mexico Open was briefly interrupted when a swarm of bees sent a group of golfers ducking in the grass. Bonin came from a dysfunctional family. This Is How The Freeway Killer Was Finally Caught. Norris told jurors that Bonin recruited young men of 'little mentality' as his accomplices and drove around in a 'death van,' picking up his victims, then sexually assaulting and killing them. WebThe U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-minute appeal by William Bonin, convicted in 1982 of sexually abusing, torturing and killing 14 young men and boys in 1979 and 1980. Don't you have any kindness at all in your heart.' On February 3, 1980, William Bonin and Gregory Miley drove to Hollywood with the sole intent on committing murder. The pair encountered 15-year-old Charles Miranda hitchhiking along the Santa Monica Boulevard. According to Miley, Bonin and young man engaged in consensual sex in the rear of the van as he drove. Aussie tourist 'very sorry' for drunken, nude rampage in Indonesia. In 1979, several of his victims were found, and investigators concluded that the cases were connected, as they were all stabbed or strangled to death. Later, the two men held the victim down, beat him, strangled him with his shirt, and crushed his neck with a jack handle. Margaret Hone said Bonin also told her he knew he was 'sick' and needed help. 'Even though there was a not guilty verdict on Sean, we know William Bonin killed Sean. William Bonin 'Fog of bees' briefly interrupts PGA Tour's Mexico Open. April 27 (UPI) -- A Sydney, Australia, woman is trying to solve a mystery after hundreds of dollars' worth of drinks, including Gatorade, Powerade, Coke and Fanta started showing up at her home. April 28 (UPI) -- An isolated private island off the coast of Scotland is for sale with an asking price of about $188,000. On September 9, 1979, in the early morning, David Murillo, 17, was bicycling to the movies in La Mirada when the defendant and co-defendant Butts abducted him. Bonin has not given a news interview since the early 1980s, when he was sentenced to death for raping and strangling 14 young men in Southern California. Bonin, dressed in blue jail overalls, showed no reaction as the court clerk read the long list of verdicts for 58 minutes. LOS ANGELES -- The mother and two brothers of convicted Freeway Killer William Bonin, trying to persuade a jury to spare his life, testified Monday that he was Alligator removed from South Carolina resident's garage. Bonin drove the van of death around these streets and freeways,' he said, 'picking up these young kids, killing them, tying them like hogs and then dumping their bodies like garbage.'. Stevens nude body was found the next morning in an alley behind an industrial complex near the Pacific Coast Highway and Long Beach Freeway. He said Bonin told them that he and Larry Sharp, a 15-year-old Long Beach youth who was killed in March 1980, had once 'been very close he used the word lover. As Lavada Gifford, the mother of slain Sean King, tried to leave the courthouse with another son and her daughter, a horde of photographers and reporters followed her, causing the daughter to scream, 'I want to leave, God damn it. Relatives of some of the victims were in court to hear the verdicts, including several mothers and sisters who attended the 10-week trial daily. The defendant was placed under surveillance beginning June 2, 1980. A little while later, they began talking to James McCabe, 12, who said he was on his way to Disneyland. He Interview He had been beaten, sodomized, and strangled by ligature. William Bonin April 28 (UPI) -- A Nebraska high school said it broke a Guinness World Record when more than 1,000 students participated in a water balloon toss event. `Freeway Killer' Tries to Call Radio Station - SFGATE Vernon Robert Butts (committed suicide while at LA Co. The autopsy also revealed a blunt object had been inserted into Charles anus. William Bonin Interview Tapes - YouTube LOS ANGELES -- Freeway Killer William Bonin, Lopez told the jury Bonin had confessed to him in a jailhouse interview that he killed 21 of the Freeway Killer victims. Marks on the body of at least one of the victims indicated that a bar or other similar object had been placed between the ligature and the neck and then twisted, to effect greater compression. 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