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Oct 30, 2021 · "Freeway Killer" William George Bonin kidnapped, robbed, raped, and killed at least 21 young men and boys in southern California between May 1979 and June 1980. Known as California's Freeway Killer, William Bonin used a Ford van to lure in teenage hitchhikers to rape and ruthlessly murder.
Summary: 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. The defendant was sentenced to death in 1982 for 10 murders throughout Los Angeles County.
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....
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...
American serial killer William Bonin was active between May 1979 and June 1980. Popularly known as the Freeway Killer, he left his victims on major highways and roads. His primary victims...
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...
William George Bonin (January 8, 1947 – February 23, 1996), also called the Freeway Killer and the Freeway Strangler, 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.
