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Quick Facts
Nicknames or Aliases: The Freeway Killer
Offender Status: Executed in 1996
MO: Sexual assault, strangulation and stabbing
Timespan of Crimes: 1979-1980
Date Apprehended: June 11, 1980
Date of Incarceration: March 22, 1982
Sentence: sentenced to death by lethal injection
Case Status: Closed
Number of Victims: 14, suspected of 36+
Victims: Dennis Frank Fox (17), Glenn Barker (14), Russell Rugh (15), Lawrence Sharp (17), Marcus Grabs (17), Donald Hyden (15), David Murillo (17), Charles Miranda (15), James McCabe (12), Ronald Gatlin (19), Harry Todd Turner (14), Steven Wood (16), Darin Lee Kendrick (19), Steven Jay Wells (18), Harold T. (15 – Bonin’s last victim; was not killed)
Location of Crimes: Southern California
Summary of William Bonin’s Crimes
William Bonin had multiple priors regarding sexual assault before he began murdering his victims. He picked up young boys who were hitchhiking on Southern California highways. He would rape, strangle and stab them and mutilate their bodies. His last victim, Harold, was not killed. The police apprehended Bonin when Harold entered his car.
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