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William George Bonin (January 8, 1947 – February 23, 1996), also called the Freeway Killer[ 2 ] and the Freeway Strangler, [ 3 ] was an American serial killer and sex offender who raped, tortured, and murdered young men and boys between November 1968 and June 1980 in southern California.
Feb 4, 2024 · William Bonin was finally identified as the Freeway Killer on June 11, 1980, after police spent over a week observing him, tipped off by Bonin's co-defendant, then 17-year-old William Ray Pugh....
Oct 30, 2021 · In 1979, dozens of murdered teenage boys were uncovered on California’s sprawling freeways, with one victim as young as twelve. As police discovered the bodies of the victims, their corpses showed signs of violent sexual assault with the trademark of the serial killer being death by strangulation and stabbing.
The Freeway Killer was a collective epithet given by the media and the police to what the media believed was a single serial killer claiming young male victims, predominantly in California during the 1970s and early 1980s, and who often discarded the victims' bodies alongside or upon freeways.
Mar 1, 2019 · William Bonin was a serial killer suspected of sexually assaulting, torturing and killing at least 21 boys and young men in Los Angeles and Orange County, California.
Feb 23, 1996 · William G. Bonin, the notorious "Freeway Killer" who seared his way into the nation's consciousness with a string of sadistic murders 16 years ago, was executed at San Quentin Prison early...
Aug 11, 2023 · Here's everything you need to know about William Bonin, known as the Freeway Killer because he dumped the bodies of his victims along California highways.
A pedophile serial killer preying on hitchhiking boys and young men confessed to raping, torturing, and murdering as many as 21 victims in Southern California over the span of just one violent year.
The 49-year-old Vietnam War veteran and former truck driver was the third California prisoner to be executed since the state's death penalty was reinstated in 1977, but the...
Oct 24, 2022 · Downey truck driver William Bonin, dubbed the Freeway Strangler or the Freeway Killer, murdered at least 21 boys and men between 1979 and 1980.
