CALIFORNIA FREEWAY KILLER in SERIAL KILLERS Forum. Over the next few days, detectives kept a close eye on William Bonin. For the next week his activities were unremarkable. He would go to work as a truck driver each day and return home to his apartment late at night, after visiting with friends around town.
An accomplice of serial killer William G. Bonin was beaten to death this week by another inmate at Mule Creek State Prison, according to authorities. Miley was serving a life sentence for his role, with Bonin, in the murder of two teenage boys. Here's a look back at Bonin's execution and. William Bonin: also known as 'The Freeway Killer'; with several accomplices, claimed the lives of a minimum of 21 boys in California Dallen Bounds. 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 inmate at Mule Creek State Prison, authorities said. Officials said Gregory M. Miley died Wednesday. Freeway Killer only offers a glimpse at the life of serial killer William Bonin, who was responsible for killing no less than 20 young men over a two-year period. The film was written by David Birke, who had also worked on the serial killer films 'Gacy' and 'Dahmer.'.
ASSOCIATED PRESS 5:00 p.m. March 30, 2004 RIVERSIDE – The convicted accomplice of 'Freeway Killer' William Bonin said he fabricated a story that the serial killer began his murderous spree in Southern California by strangling a teenager in April 1979. Gregory Miley, 54, was attacked by another inmate in a Mule Creek State Prison exercise yard Monday evening, said state corrections.
The night of Wells' murder, Bonin had hinted to Munro that the drifter had better keep his mouth shut or else. Munro, fearful for his own life, fled back home to Michigan.
Nine days after Wells' murder, Bonin's demons apparently returned and he began looking for a new victim. Police officers tailing his van observed him trying to pick up five different young men, finally succeeding with a 1.
They watched as Bonin drove to a deserted beach parking lot and by the time they approached the van, they were able to arrest Bonin in the process of sodomizing the teenager. Tape and rope similar to that which bound his victims was found in the van, as well as William's scrapbook for Freeway Killer stories. Butts was picked up shortly after Bonin, and Munro was arrested by Michigan State Police a month later. The Freeway Killer team was behind bars. This time there would be no clerical errors. Bonin expressed no remorse for what he had done although he did demonstrate embarrassment and regret at being apprehended.
Once confronted with the evidence he freely confessed to police. After his arrest Bonin told a reporter . I couldn't stop killing. It got easier each time. He shared aspects of each crime in horrifying detail. Describing how he and Munro murdered Wells, Bonin sounded like he was describing a weekend event to coworkers on Monday morning.
I twisted it, and he was strangled. Norris, the Los Angeles deputy district attorney who prosecuted Bonin. Here we are talking about killing kids, killing one and throwing him out like a piece of trash, and then going back to get another. It didn't take long for the prosecution to poke holes in his claim that Butts was the mind behind the madness and it didn't take long for the jury to decide that William Bonin had to die for his crimes. But Bonin wasn't finished yet. He took advantage of the American legal system and appealed his sentence.
Every time an appeal failed, he tried a different route. He tried to bargain with the knowledge he had of other unsolved murders, but his aid wasn't worth his life, authorities said.
Finally, 1. 7 years after the judge pronounced sentence, the U. S. Supreme Court told the lower federal courts that no more stays would be issued unless they were issued by the Supreme Court. Bonin, had a date with the executioner. In his 1. 7- year fight, Bonin encountered one piece of good luck. After Robert Alton Harris died slowly and uncomfortably in the California gas chamber, a state court ruled that that method of execution was cruel and unusual. An alternate method would have to be found. California settled on lethal injection.
In almost every instance, lethal injection was found to be a quick and relatively painless way to execute a convict. By the time Bonin had worn out his appeals, he had published a book of short stories, had an exhibition of his abstract paintings at a gallery in Seattle, and corresponded with many of the survivors of his victims. He once told the mother of one of his victims that her son had been his favorite victim because . For his last meal, he ate pepperoni and sausage pizza, Coca- cola and chocolate ice cream. He ate alone. At 1. An hour earlier, technicians had been in the chamber, preparing the syringes and other medical supplies needed for the execution.
Fifteen minutes before midnight, Bonin was taken from the holding cell and walked into the execution chamber. We have to take the word of the prison staff for how he acted during this time, because no witnesses were allowed to see William until he was strapped down on the gurney and the tranquilizer had been administered. The execution was scheduled to begin at 1. IV. Witnesses said it was impossible to tell if he was even alive at this point, because he was laying with his eyes closed, breathing in a very shallow manner. By 1. 2: 1. 3 a. m.
William Bonin was dead. The final insult to the people of California didn't come until several weeks later when it was revealed that Bonin's family had been cashing his social security disability checks. Bonin's mother, Alice Benton, told a newspaper she used the money to make about $7. Downey home. The benefit payments, which Bonin began receiving for a mental disability in 1. But the money kept flowing even though prison officials notified the Social Security Administration that Bonin was behind bars.
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The error came to light only after a funeral director notified Social Security of Bonin's death. Of the men who assisted Bonin during his killing spree, only Miley and Munro remain in prison.
Miley is serving a 2. Degree murder, and Munro has served more than the minimum of his 1.
He was eligible for parole in 2. Steven Wells have made it a point to make sure he serves the maximum. Munro, who complained recently that he hasn't had a decent night's sleep since he entered prison, has begged the Wells for forgiveness and says he regrets not only participating in the killing of their son, but his guilty plea as well.
If I'd known that 1. I was never going to get out of prison, I would never have pleaded guilty. The only thing that gets me out of bed is my hobbies, like crochet and painting. Well, I'm still waiting.
I wish I could be happy; I just can't find my way out of this maze. She begged authorities for one more day just to ask about her son, but the governor couldn't be located to issue a stay.
We tried up until two or three minutes before the execution. His bones were found years later near Ortega Highway. For quite a while, I've been really praying to find out, to know whether he's dead or alive, and I've been praying for strength to get through it. I really believe my prayer was answered and God will take care of the rest. He Was Convicted In 1. Of 1. 4 Murders. He Is The First California Inmate To Die By Lethal Inj.
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