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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.
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.
Oct 30, 2021 · Known as California's Freeway Killer, William Bonin used a Ford van to lure in teenage hitchhikers to rape and ruthlessly murder.
Defendant William George Bonin, the “Freeway Killer,” kidnapped, robbed, raped and murdered a total of 14 teenaged boys between 1979 and 1980. His co-defendants were also young men between the ages of 17 and 21.
Aug 11, 2023 · William Bonin was convicted of killing 14 boys and young men in Southern California, sexually assaulting and torturing many of them in his van — and he had help.
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...
May 26, 2016 · An accomplice of serial killer William G. Bonin — the so-called Freeway Killer who murdered as many as 21 people along Southern California’s highways — has died after being beaten by another...
Sep 5, 2023 · William Bonin was a twice-paroled sex offender, truck driver, and American serial killer who abducted, sexually assaulted, and murdered at least 22 young boys and men in a series of murders between 1979 and 1980. Bonin is suspected of at least 15 additional murders that were never charged.
Feb 18, 1996 · Friday morning just after midnight, Bonin, the notorious Freeway Killer, is set to walk the 13 steps from his holding cell at San Quentin State Prison to California’s execution chamber, where he...
Feb 24, 1996 · William George Bonin, whom the media had labeled the Freeway Killer, was executed today, becoming the first California convict to be executed by injection. Relatives of some of Mr. Bonin's...
