William Bonin The Freeway Killer - 1798 Words

Yracheta, Matt November 30, 2015 Final Paper William Bonin: The Freeway Killer When you think of California, most people will often think of the warm weather, the beautiful women, and the dreadful Los Angeles traffic on the freeways. May people use the Los Angeles freeways to get to work, travel around the different cities in Los Angeles, and to make the trips to where ever your destination is quicker than taking the side streets. But an old famous serial killer that goes by the name of William Bonin that had an aversion to young men. It’s not very common you go on any freeway here in Los Angeles and found bodies of young men dead along the side. A troubled individual by the name of William Bonin was able to leave his place in history by torturing these young men and placing the bloodied bodies along the freeway in order to clean up the space in his car. Mr. Bonin is a homosexual serial killer. According to Vernon J. Geberth, â€Å"Homosexual serial murders involve sadomasochistic torture, lust murders, thrill killings, and child killings as well as robbery homicides which are homosexually-oriented.† (Geberth, 1995) Mr. Bonin not only got was charged at the end of his spree with robbery, but also found much pleasure in strangling the boys. William Bonin was also so well known in the world as he was in constant tabloids and was even known to have his case broadcast through many of national and well respected news papers, such as the Los Angeles Times and New York Times. The trialShow MoreRelatedThe Murder Of The Freeway Killer990 Words   |  4 Pagesincident, William found himself in an Orange County jail. But due to the officers getting his record’s mixed up; William was cleared to walk and given a court date. But William would of course not show up for the court date and would eventually start his reign and terror as the Freeway Killer. In 1979, William began his trips along the Los Angeles freeways picking up young men, raping, torturing, and eventually strangling them to death in which he would dispose their bodies. William looked forRead MoreThe Shot Of A Gun2438 Words   |  10 PagesBang! The shot of a gun. A body thumps to the ground as the killer makes an escape out the fire escape on the fifth floor. A few days later, an elderly woman calls the police about an odd smell coming from the apartment above her. Within the hour, there’s a whole police team in the fifth floor apartment, including forensic investigators, ballistics experts, crime scene photographers, and homicide detectives. The detectives observe the body and then go to search for a bullet. They notice the window