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Convicted for 14 Murders, the Freeway Killer Who Gave Plenty of Warnings
William Bonin sexually abused and killed boys and young men.
In the 1970s, California's freeways weren’t a safe place to be. There were at least three known serial killers prowling on these freeways and habitually killing people.
It is believed that the three serial killers among them had over 130 victims whose lives they claimed over the span of about a decade.
One of these vicious serial killers was William Bonin, a man who would later be convicted of 14 murders, would claim to have had 21 victims, but could possibly be guilty of having killed more than 35 victims.
The commonality between the victims? They were all young men or boys since Bonin was gay and a pedophile. Bonin had an adventurous life, which included being part of the U.S. Air Force and serving the nation in the Vietnam war as an aerial gunner. However, that stint during the war, as well as many other incidents in his childhood collectively made him the cold-blooded demon he was.
Bonin’s childhood and early life
Bonin was born on January 8, 1947, to parents who were both alcoholics. He was the second of three sons and his father was an abusive alcoholic man who would…
