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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:06,560 --> 00:00:11,560 The most notoriouskillers hide in plain sight, 2 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:16,160 free to kill, and kill again. 3 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:25,480 But most are not the criminalmasterminds of fiction. 4 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:29,840 In their minds, theycommit the perfect murder. 5 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:33,960 In reality, it's their foolishmistakes that get them caught. 6 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:41,074 7 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:50,960 California, 1979. 8 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:55,560 The Sunshine State looks like heaven on earth. 9 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:56,760 It's almost tempting to speculate, 10 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:58,960 but it's rather like the movie Jaws. 11 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:00,640 This is a place of sunshine, and tourists, 12 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:03,800 and happiness, and surfing,and the ocean, and stuff. 13 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:06,040 But a nightmare is unfolding. 14 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:08,440 Suddenly, there was a bodyturning up on a weekly basis-- 15 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:11,400 almost a daily basis. 16 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:15,200 Behind this sunnyfacade is a lurking horror. 17 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:22,520 Throughout the 70s, motorists have 18 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:25,360 been discovering deadbodies dumped on the side 19 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:26,520 of California's freeways. 20 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:34,280 One investigator of theseseemingly unconnected killings 21 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:36,320 is Bernie Esposito. 22 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:41,520 This was becoming, you know,a weekly, biweekly thing. 23 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:45,160 So there was a great deal ofurgency in trying to find out 24 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:46,440 who was committing these acts. 25 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:52,640 The police arepuzzled by the sheer number 26 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:53,640 of dead bodies. 27 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:59,600 During the 70s, over 100 corpses are found 28 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:03,360 dumped by the state freeways. 29 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:05,600 For crime writer Mark Billingham, 30 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:08,600 the body count should ring alarm bells. 31 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:12,320 Even though bodies were beingfound every couple of days, 32 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:16,040 the local law enforcementwere kind of-- 33 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:17,160 they were in denial as well. 34 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:18,840 But you know-- 35 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:20,920 There were a couple of newspaperjournalists that kind of went, 36 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:21,920 Hello! 37 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:23,560 Serial killers on the loose! 38 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:25,360 And the police were then kindof going, la, la, la, la, la! 39 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:27,080 You know, let's all go surfing! 40 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:29,800 No one knows ifit is one killer, or many. 41 00:02:29,920 --> 00:02:31,320 There's no question that Southern 42 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:33,760 California, at that time,was Serial Killer Central. 43 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:35,880 I mean, we now know that there were 44 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,320 at least three different serialkillers operating in that area. 45 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:40,920 Perhaps more. 46 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:45,240 But the media givethe faceless predator a name-- 47 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:48,800 The Freeway Killer. 48 00:02:48,920 --> 00:02:53,920 In many cases, the victimsare young men or boys. 49 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:56,760 Tension rises on the streets. 50 00:02:56,880 --> 00:03:00,800 It seems no young male is safe. 51 00:03:00,920 --> 00:03:03,880 Psychologist Vonda Pelto remembers the fear 52 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,360 across the Sunshine State. 53 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:10,160 Parents were fearful ofletting their kids outside, 54 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:12,240 particularly young boys. 55 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:20,040 And there was just a thick layerof horror all over the area. 56 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:22,520 Whoever The Freeway Killer is, 57 00:03:22,640 --> 00:03:25,520 he's just getting started. 58 00:03:25,640 --> 00:03:27,480 Many more will die. 59 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:40,640 On March the 22nd, 1979, apattern begins to emerge. 60 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:45,800 We received a call of twoyoung bodies that were dumped 61 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:49,360 in the Ronald Casper's park. 62 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:51,760 Forensic pathologist Jimmy White, 63 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:55,160 has the gruesome task of examining the bodies. 64 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:59,920 There were signs of sexualactivity on the victims, 65 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:02,280 if not necessarily semen. 66 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:04,600 There might have been, you know, rectal damage. 67 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:07,120 That sort of thing. 68 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:09,160 Examination of the two bodies 69 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:12,640 reveals disturbing facts. 70 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:15,920 Both were teenagers, and both, it appeared, 71 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:21,840 had been tortured andmurdered by the same killer. 72 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:26,400 By Spring 1980, several more young male victims 73 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:29,720 turn up with similar injuries. 74 00:04:29,840 --> 00:04:32,520 These bodies strike a real similarity. 75 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:35,520 There are some common denominators here 76 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:38,240 that we can't ignore. 77 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:40,720 These were murders that you knew were 78 00:04:40,840 --> 00:04:44,080 committed by a serial killer. 79 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:46,560 A predator witha taste for teenage boys. 80 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:56,080 Esposito and his team haveto find the killer fast. 81 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:59,480 We had felt a real sense of urgency 82 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:01,200 to try to capture this individual, 83 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:05,960 because the bodies wereshowing up at an alarming rate. 84 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:09,640 For Esposito,catching the killer is not 85 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:11,960 just a professional concern. 86 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:14,120 It is deeply personal. 87 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:18,600 At the time, my own son wasapproximately the same age, 88 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:22,640 same physical descriptionof these particular victims 89 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:25,240 that were being dumped allover Southern California. 90 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:28,200 So I had a particular interest in trying 91 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:31,680 to capture this individual. 92 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:34,760 Police teams fromtwo different jurisdictions 93 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:37,560 make the case a priority, but the body 94 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:40,320 count continues to rise. 95 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:43,760 There's so many bodies thatquite honestly what happens 96 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:48,920 is they start to bleed intoone another, so to speak. 97 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:53,000 Between August 1979 and May 1980, 98 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:56,200 13 more victims with similar injuries 99 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:59,800 are found dead on the roadside. 100 00:05:59,920 --> 00:06:06,560 On the 29th of May 1980, theLAPD make a breakthrough-- 101 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:11,320 17-year-old Billy Pugh is in custody. 102 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,840 He's arrested for a minor theft, but he 103 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:17,640 offers the police information in return 104 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:21,120 for favorable treatment-- 105 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:24,280 information on The Freeway Killer. 106 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:27,960 Obviously, there's a degreeof skepticism on behalf 107 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:29,600 of the police, but it quickly becomes clear 108 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:32,120 that he's able to give themall sorts of details that would 109 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:34,480 be unknown to anybody else. 110 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:37,880 He claims to havebeen recruited as an accomplice 111 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:38,800 by the killer. 112 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:45,000 So Billy Pugh is able to say to the police, 113 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:50,080 if you let me off, I can tellyou who The Freeway Killer is. 114 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:52,680 Pugh gives them a name-- 115 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:55,800 William Bonin. 116 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:58,440 Billy Pugh startedtelling his juvenile hall 117 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:03,160 counselor that he had accepteda ride from William Bonin. 118 00:07:03,280 --> 00:07:08,040 And he opened the glovebox of William Bonin's van, 119 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:11,560 and he found all of thesearticles that were collected 120 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:13,760 on The Freeway Killings, that were appearing 121 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:16,280 in all of the newspapers. 122 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:21,320 They have a name,but they also have a problem. 123 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:26,400 Because Pugh is anaccomplice, his talk is cheap. 124 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:30,840 What we had was just some information 125 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:33,000 that was uncorroborated. 126 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:35,280 You need somecorroboration for evidence 127 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:38,000 that you know is going to be tested in court. 128 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:42,200 Testimony of an accomplicehas to be corroborated. 129 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:45,040 The police need hard evidence. 130 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:48,000 They begin surveillance of Bonin. 131 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:52,200 We took turns surveilling Bill Bonin. 132 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:54,080 LAPD took a shift. 133 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:55,480 LA Sheriff took a shift. 134 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:56,840 We took a shift. 135 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:59,240 So it was a continual thing where we had him 136 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:03,200 under surveillance for days. 137 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:06,200 After nine dayswith nothing to report, 138 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:10,920 Bonin suddenly becomesactive on the 11th of June. 139 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:13,480 The detectives witness what could only 140 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,040 be described as a nightmare. 141 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:19,200 They watch him cruising around in his van trying 142 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:21,320 to pick up young men and boys. 143 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:24,200 And he tries to pick up five different boys. 144 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:26,480 And the police watch and wait. 145 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:29,320 And they have to wait. 146 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:31,040 They can only break cover 147 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:33,120 when they are sure to catch him in the midst 148 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:34,040 of committing a crime. 149 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:40,440 Suddenly, after five failed attempts 150 00:08:40,560 --> 00:08:44,920 to lure young men intohis van, a 15-year-old boy 151 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:48,920 accepts his invitation. 152 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:52,360 He picked up a youngkid on one of the streets 153 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:53,880 in Hollywood. 154 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:55,760 Got him into the van. 155 00:08:55,880 --> 00:09:00,880 Pulled into a closed service station. 156 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,520 The police are on a knife edge. 157 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:07,720 If they leap too soon,they jeopardize the case. 158 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,560 If they wait too long, a boy may die. 159 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:20,480 LAPD crept up on the van, and they can hear 160 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:24,080 this kid crying inside the van. 161 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:31,520 They believe Bonincould be The Freeway Killer, 162 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:34,520 but in trying to get evidence against him, 163 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:40,160 there is a risk a childmay get hurt or even die. 164 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,360 As the police approach thevan where William Bonin is 165 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:51,600 attacking a 15-year-old, it isclear that they must act now 166 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:54,280 or the boy will die. 167 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:56,160 They couldn't let it go on any further. 168 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:57,640 You know, it was time to move. 169 00:10:02,680 --> 00:10:05,160 Before he killed the kid,he was in the process 170 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:13,360 of tying the kid up, when LAPD,you know, knocked on the door. 171 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:24,200 The scene revealedinside the van is horrific. 172 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:28,840 The boy who was raped by Boninis lucky to escape his life. 173 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:34,880 They took the kid to safety. 174 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:37,960 Arrested Bill Bonin. 175 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:40,840 So at that point, we hadthe van in police custody. 176 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:56,200 The van is a mobile torture chamber 177 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:58,640 fitted out with everything Bonin might 178 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:01,720 need for a gruesome attack. 179 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:05,040 So that's when we obtaineda search warrant for the van, 180 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:07,040 so that we could legitimately examine 181 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:10,920 that van for forensic evidence. 182 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:14,080 The forensic team begin their work. 183 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:17,560 They know that tying Boninto the freeway murders 184 00:11:17,680 --> 00:11:21,120 depends on robust evidence. 185 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:25,000 We did find some blood evidence in the van. 186 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:29,120 I'm not sure which victimsthe blood was associated with, 187 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:32,360 but I do remember there being blood in the van. 188 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:36,560 As forensics continue, Bonin 189 00:11:36,680 --> 00:11:38,280 is questioned by the police. 190 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:43,200 He does not react like your average killer. 191 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:48,520 He appears proud of what he's done. 192 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:56,440 To the detective's amazement,he wants to share the story 193 00:11:56,560 --> 00:11:59,040 of his revolting crimes. 194 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:04,400 He very much wanted to tellyou about his escapades-- 195 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:07,480 about his conquests. 196 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:12,800 Bill Bonin would like youto think how smart he was. 197 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:15,000 Bonin is also assigned a counselor-- 198 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:17,440 Vonda Pelto. 199 00:12:17,560 --> 00:12:21,240 Over her career at LA County Men's Prison, 200 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:22,840 she has been an agony aunt to people 201 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:26,920 like Charles Manson and Ted Bundy. 202 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:33,160 My main job in the jail was tokeep these high profile killers 203 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:35,320 from killing themselves. 204 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:37,760 And so it was not analysis. 205 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:40,800 It wasn't psychotherapy. 206 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:43,520 It was like friendly chats. 207 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:45,160 And they would come, and they would 208 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:49,160 say, hey Doc, how about a hotcup of coffee and a cookie? 209 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:51,880 And I'd say, sure, come on in. 210 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:56,080 In the flesh, Bonin is approachable-- 211 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:58,120 even appealing. 212 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:02,320 He was very smooth, soft spoken. 213 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:06,080 He didn't look anythinglike a serial killer would. 214 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:10,520 A nice, nice fellow to sitand chat about the weather. 215 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:15,640 Just plumb nice fellow that William Bonin. 216 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:17,480 But Bonin's tales will take 217 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:21,280 their toll on Pelto's psyche. 218 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:24,880 The whole time that he wastelling me of his killing, 219 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:27,880 I thought I was going to throw up. 220 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:33,200 I was having a very difficulttime listening to this. 221 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:36,840 He was telling me this story like you 222 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:39,000 might read a story to a child. 223 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:44,760 With relish, Bonin begins 224 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:50,440 his tale of a fateful encounterwith a man named Vernon Butts. 225 00:13:50,560 --> 00:13:55,160 Vernon Butts was into blackmagic, Dungeons & Dragons, 226 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:57,920 things of that nature-- and just generally 227 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:03,360 a pretty deranged individual. 228 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:07,760 Bonin meetsButts at a party in 1978. 229 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:11,680 They immediately hit it off. 230 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:13,080 Allegedly, Bonin and Butts were 231 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:15,200 lovers, which is, you know, how they 232 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:16,400 cemented their relationship. 233 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:18,200 And at one point, again, allegedly, 234 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:23,600 Bonin watched Butts having sexwith another man in his house. 235 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:28,080 But there is more totheir relationship than sex. 236 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:32,280 Bonin makes a dark proposal to Butts. 237 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:35,080 And Bill said, you know, whatwould you think about picking 238 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:38,480 up somebody and killing them? 239 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:43,640 And Butts said, yeah, I could go for that. 240 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:49,360 So that's how this whole spree got started. 241 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:51,880 The duo head out in Bonin's van 242 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,960 onto the freeways of California. 243 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:58,000 They obviously had, you know, some very strange 244 00:14:58,120 --> 00:14:59,680 tastes anyway. 245 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:04,240 And I think there was a degreeto which they were just pushing 246 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:06,600 the envelope, and trying to get a bigger thrill, 247 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:09,480 and a bigger thrill, and a darker thrill. 248 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:10,600 And it got very out of hand. 249 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:17,880 August 5th, 1979. 250 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,880 A 17-year-old German holidaymaker 251 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:24,160 thinks he's in luck. 252 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:26,160 They picked up their first victim-- 253 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:29,840 who was hitchhiking at anon-ramp to the freeway. 254 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:32,360 And he said to me, you know Doc, 255 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:35,240 I got up feeling OK that morning. 256 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:39,120 And then after a while, mymother really began to bug me. 257 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:41,800 I began to feel really agitated. 258 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:44,520 So I thought I'd drive down to Laguna Beach. 259 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:48,080 And he said, I just happenedto see this kid hitchhiking, 260 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:49,920 and all of a sudden, I felt really horny. 261 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:57,440 The boy climbs into the van, 262 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:00,080 but things take a turnthat he wasn't expecting. 263 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:11,400 As Butts looks on, Bonin overpowers and rapes 264 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:12,640 the hitchhiker. 265 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:19,800 Then Bonin draws a knife. 266 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:29,520 Bonin said that he's startedrubbing the knife up and down, 267 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:33,320 marks his smooth skin. 268 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:39,400 And then he said to the boy,I think I'm going to kill you. 269 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:44,080 And the boy at first thoughtthat Bill was kidding. 270 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:48,040 And he said, no, come on,you're not going to do that. 271 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:49,880 And then he stuck the boy with it. 272 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:56,360 As he is attacked,the boy puts up a fight. 273 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:02,320 Bonin goes into a frenzy. 274 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:05,400 Bill said, I panicked. 275 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:07,960 He said, I just kept stabbing and stabbing. 276 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:15,040 The boy is stabbed 77 times. 277 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:29,280 This murder is the start ofa horrific killing spree. 278 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:37,400 Six months later, and withmore murders to his name, 279 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:41,920 he is cruising the streets witha newly recruited accomplice-- 280 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:45,040 19-year-old Gregory Miley. 281 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:48,800 Bonin said, let's gopick up a kid and kill him. 282 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:52,840 And Miley was excited about the idea. 283 00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:59,720 James McCabe is only 12 years old, 284 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:02,160 and is making his way to Disneyland. 285 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:03,840 He had his money in his pocket, 286 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:08,040 all excited, and he could easilytake the bus to Disneyland 287 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:08,960 without a problem. 288 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:29,680 But Bonin'sfriendly offer of a free ride 289 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:30,600 is hard to resist. 290 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:38,080 When Bonin was driving out to a secluded place, 291 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,520 Miley was with the boy. 292 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:43,800 And the boy started saying, hey,this doesn't look like the way 293 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:44,800 to Disneyland. 294 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:53,360 The boy realizessomething is terribly wrong. 295 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:56,640 The van is not going to Disneyland. 296 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:59,880 But Miley said, yeah,we're just going to go out 297 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,720 and party a little while, and then 298 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:04,240 we're going to take you right to Disneyland. 299 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:13,520 But the child neverreaches the Magic Kingdom. 300 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:17,120 Despite the 12-year-old'sdesperate pleas, 301 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:20,760 he is raped and murdered in the back of the van. 302 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:23,560 Miley said, I knew we weren't going 303 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:24,880 to take him to Disneyland. 304 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:37,840 Into the Springof 1980, Bonin partners 305 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:40,480 up with up to four different accomplices, 306 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:46,480 who participate in a spree ofincreasingly sadistic murders. 307 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:51,000 His 13th victim endures a horrific death. 308 00:19:51,120 --> 00:19:53,520 After being raped and beaten, he is forced 309 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:56,560 to drink a caustic chemical. 310 00:19:56,680 --> 00:20:00,640 Then, he is subjected to unusually cruel abuse 311 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:04,520 by Bonin and Butts. 312 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:08,120 They were testing to seeif the victim was dead. 313 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:11,800 So Vernon Butts hadbrought along an ice pick. 314 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:15,320 So they took the ice pick,and they stuck it up his nose 315 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:17,600 and into his brain, to see whether or not 316 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:20,560 they got any movement. 317 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:23,000 Another one, they took athey took a wire coat hanger, 318 00:20:23,120 --> 00:20:26,280 and shoved it through his ear, and tried to poke 319 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:27,680 it out through the other ear. 320 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:37,760 Bonin's murder rampageis indiscriminate, violent, 321 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:40,920 and prolific, but at the same time, 322 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:46,240 he succeeds in remaining under the police radar. 323 00:20:46,360 --> 00:20:50,000 But soon his predilectionfor young, easily 324 00:20:50,120 --> 00:20:55,440 led accomplices will prove tobe the fatal flaw in his plan. 325 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:58,840 He had this sense of being the boss. 326 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:02,800 And that was his littlegroup-- his little crime ring, 327 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:04,280 you know. 328 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:07,160 And he manipulated thoseindividuals into, you know, 329 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:12,600 helping him to commit these particular crimes. 330 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:17,320 March 1980. 331 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:21,400 Bonin has just committed amurder with his new accomplice 332 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:23,920 Billy Pugh. 333 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:27,760 But two months later, Pugh is arrested. 334 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:31,560 It was all such a good plan,that Bonin would go around 335 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:33,680 and recruit this series ofmen that would help him, 336 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:34,960 that would help him kill. 337 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:36,400 It would help him dispose of the bodies. 338 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:39,760 But of course long termit is not a good strategy. 339 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:41,360 And it ended up being his undoing 340 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:43,600 when Billy Pugh was arrestedfor something very trivial, 341 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:45,120 like stealing a bike. 342 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:47,400 He was able to say to thepolice, hang on a minute, 343 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:49,280 I think I know who might be your Freeway Killer, 344 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:52,720 because, you know, heknew very well that Bonin 345 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:54,360 was doing these things. 346 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:56,920 And so as soon as he was facedwith incarceration himself, 347 00:21:57,040 --> 00:22:00,840 was able to drop the dime on Bonin. 348 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:04,640 But Bonin is notarrested straight away. 349 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:08,680 Instead, he's put under policesurveillance in an attempt 350 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:09,960 to obtain evidence. 351 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:15,480 The strange thing that Bill knew 352 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:19,480 that the surveillance was out there, 353 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:22,640 and that it was like a joke. 354 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:25,080 But despite this, Bonin's thirst 355 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:27,720 for sex and death still needs to be quenched. 356 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:35,800 2nd of June 1980-- 357 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:38,680 10 months after the first murder-- 358 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:44,040 18-year-old Steven Wellsis waiting at a bus stop. 359 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:48,280 Unfortunately for Wells, heaccepts a ride from Bonin 360 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:51,400 and another recruit, James Monroe. 361 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:55,440 Now, clearly this surveillancewas not all-encompassing, 362 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:58,200 because while still under surveillance, 363 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:00,000 Bonin, together with James Monroe, 364 00:23:00,120 --> 00:23:01,920 was able to kill Stephen Wells. 365 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:07,720 In a change to the usual pattern, 366 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:11,400 Bonin takes Wells back to his parents' house. 367 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:15,560 There the boy is raped, beaten, and strangled 368 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:16,880 with his own t-shirt. 369 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:18,440 They put his body into the back of the van, 370 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:21,160 and they drive to Butts' house. 371 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:23,680 Butts-- a fantasist, who loves to dress 372 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:25,600 up as film characters-- 373 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:29,160 opens the door in costume. 374 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:32,600 They took Butts out to the van to show 375 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:36,840 him the boy who is dead inthe back of the van, hog-tied. 376 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:39,080 And Butts said to them, wow, you guys 377 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:43,080 really did a good one tonight. 378 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:45,240 To me this smacks of kind of showing off. 379 00:23:45,360 --> 00:23:48,800 It's like a cat bringing amouse in, you know, to show you. 380 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:51,760 They want to show Butts what they'd done. 381 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:55,000 After showing his killto Bonin's closest accomplice 382 00:23:55,120 --> 00:23:58,480 and some-time lover, Bonin and Monroe 383 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:00,840 manage to evade the police surveillance, 384 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:01,800 and dump the body. 385 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:07,720 With $10 looted from Wells' corpse, 386 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:11,240 they stop off to buy hamburgers. 387 00:24:11,360 --> 00:24:17,000 Bonin feels untouchable, buthis luck is about to run out. 388 00:24:17,120 --> 00:24:19,600 So nine days after the murder of Steven Wells, 389 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:21,480 the police are still watching Bonin. 390 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:24,760 And they watch himcruising around in his van. 391 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:28,280 He tries to pick up five different boys. 392 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,160 Eventually, he does succeed in getting 393 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:35,920 a boy into the back of the van,and the police watch and wait. 394 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:38,600 So having listened for a while,they burst in, and caught Bonin 395 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:40,560 in the act of raping this kid. 396 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:53,400 In custody, Bonin will shock 397 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:56,920 hardened policemen with the savage story 398 00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:59,240 of his killing spree. 399 00:24:59,360 --> 00:25:01,320 But this is just talk. 400 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:05,000 The police need to tie Bonin to the murders 401 00:25:05,120 --> 00:25:07,760 through cold, hard evidence. 402 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:17,480 William Bonin has been caughtin the act of raping a teenager, 403 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,040 but to nail him for murder, the police 404 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:23,120 still have a mountain to climb. 405 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:28,760 Under interrogation, Bonin bragsabout his skill as a killer. 406 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:31,920 Bill Bonin would like youto think how smart he was, 407 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:35,560 because he would tell you aboutthe things he did to get rid 408 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:37,960 of evidence-- 409 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:40,720 how he would get rid of clothing, 410 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:43,520 how he would get rid of identification, 411 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,760 how he spoke with Butts assuring him 412 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,760 that we couldn't get fingerprints off 413 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:50,640 of a dead body. 414 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:55,720 Forensic teams had been 415 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:57,680 collecting evidence from bodies dumped 416 00:25:57,800 --> 00:25:58,920 over the last nine months. 417 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:05,280 This evidence is needed toback up the eyewitness accounts 418 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:07,640 of Bonin's accomplices. 419 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:10,400 Jimmy White was the forensics expert 420 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:12,600 for Orange County at the time. 421 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:14,840 I would get called out to crime scenes 422 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:17,360 to help the homicide investigation 423 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:20,520 program in Orange County. 424 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:22,600 Central to White's analysis 425 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:25,640 is a search for fibers on the victim's bodies 426 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:29,120 that might tie them to the killer. 427 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:32,880 As White analyzes forensicsfrom each crime scene, 428 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:37,720 he sees the same fiber crop up again and again. 429 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:40,080 The thing that became readily apparent, 430 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:46,320 were the presence of these greencarpet fibers on the bodies. 431 00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:49,960 Forensic teams fromother police departments comb 432 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:51,920 bodies for clues. 433 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:54,640 They, too, find fibers. 434 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:58,360 We brought our evidence, andit became apparent they we're 435 00:26:58,480 --> 00:26:59,760 all looking at the same thing. 436 00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:04,000 The fiber size was same, shape was the same. 437 00:27:04,120 --> 00:27:07,920 If, Forensics can findwhere these fibers are from, 438 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:11,920 they can be used as apowerful piece of evidence. 439 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:15,560 And eventually, investigatorswere able to trace the whole 440 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:17,360 history of the carpet-- where it was manufactured, 441 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:20,120 and all that sort of thing. 442 00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:23,240 Forensics kneweverything about the carpet, 443 00:27:23,360 --> 00:27:30,640 but had no one to link itto until Bonin was arrested. 444 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:40,200 Jimmy White arrives at the scene of Bonin's arrest. 445 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:44,400 When he enters the van, the penny drops. 446 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:46,400 If you want an "a-ha" moment, you know, 447 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:48,320 you open the back door ofthis van, and there's this 448 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:49,520 variegated green carpet. 449 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:54,440 On the floor of Bonin's van, 450 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:58,760 where so many innocent boyshad been attacked and killed, 451 00:27:58,880 --> 00:27:59,800 is a green carpet. 452 00:28:04,120 --> 00:28:08,720 The fibers are examined in minute detail. 453 00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:11,000 And we got the carpet. 454 00:28:11,120 --> 00:28:14,440 And we determined as much aswe could just through our crime 455 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:17,920 lab's investigation of thecarpet, that those fibers did, 456 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:21,680 in fact, come from his van. 457 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:24,920 The fibers tied Bonin and his van 458 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:27,600 to a number of victims. 459 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:31,240 Realizing the game is up, Bonin shops 460 00:28:31,360 --> 00:28:34,880 his lover and some-timesaccomplice Butts to the police. 461 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:41,400 We went to his home armed with a search warrant, 462 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:43,320 and we knocked on Vernon's door. 463 00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:45,720 And Vernon came to thedoor, and he was completely 464 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:49,120 dressed as Darth Vader. 465 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:52,320 We had a forensic team withus when we searched the house 466 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:55,280 for evidence, and one of the criminalists 467 00:28:55,400 --> 00:29:00,440 went into the bathing area, andsprayed what we call luminol. 468 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:06,280 And luminol is a substancethat will fluoresce blood. 469 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:09,960 The luminol revealsthat Butts' bathroom has 470 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:11,640 been doubling as an abattoir. 471 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:18,680 And one of the criminalistscame out, and summoned us, 472 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:22,120 and said, come here, you guysprobably ought to look at this. 473 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:23,920 So we went into the bedroom area, 474 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:26,840 and it had been a bloody homicide scene. 475 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:29,800 And he tried to clean up the shower, 476 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,280 but blood still remained. 477 00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:37,320 Butts is arrested. 478 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:41,000 He confesses to being Bonin's accomplice. 479 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:44,640 Bonin's need to share hissadistic appetites with others 480 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:47,440 will now work against him. 481 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:52,600 His accomplices have now becomewitnesses to the murders. 482 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:59,960 Out of the accomplices thathelped William Bonin, Butts was 483 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:04,120 probably the most vicious, and probably 484 00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:07,760 had a little bit more sophistication 485 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:09,720 than the other individuals. 486 00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:12,120 Butts was not easily manipulated. 487 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:14,960 He was a very, very willing participant. 488 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:18,880 And he was very, very vicious in participating 489 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:21,520 in these particular crimes. 490 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:23,520 Butts is forthcoming, showing 491 00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:27,440 the police the locations of many of the bodies. 492 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:30,320 The case against Bonin becomes stronger, 493 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:33,480 with eyewitness statementsfrom former accomplices 494 00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:39,720 like Monroe, Miley, and Pughto back up the forensics. 495 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:43,480 Billy Pugh actuallyaccompanied him on a homicide. 496 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:46,360 He's trying to ingratiatehimself to his juvenile hall 497 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:48,840 counselor and all of that sort of stuff, 498 00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:53,160 so that he could get a gooddeal and get out of there early. 499 00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:56,280 And pretty soon, he got himself into a situation 500 00:30:56,400 --> 00:31:00,880 where he was admitting thathe was part of a homicide. 501 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,960 On the eve of thetrial, the case against Bonin 502 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:06,960 is coming together. 503 00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:11,200 The prosecution has the greencarpet fibers from the van, 504 00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:14,560 blood in the house, thetestimony of accomplices, 505 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,000 and even a confession from Bonin himself. 506 00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:22,840 But as yet, there was no explanation 507 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:27,320 as to why a single man couldclaim to kill so many victims. 508 00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:37,360 As William Bonin faces intense scrutiny 509 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:40,240 for a succession of horrific murders, 510 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:42,040 his life story is analyzed. 511 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:48,000 Violence and loneliness forms the backdrop 512 00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:51,400 of Bonin's young life. 513 00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:53,520 The father went off to war. 514 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:58,720 And when he returned, he was angry. 515 00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:04,720 His mother wasn't really ableto give Bonin or his brothers 516 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:06,840 the loving and nurturing that they needed. 517 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:12,320 Bernie Espositois wary of laying 518 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:16,920 the blame for Bonin's crimesat the feet of others. 519 00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:20,840 He came from a very dysfunctional home. 520 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,720 But on the other hand, I don't happen 521 00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:26,000 to be one of thoseindividuals that believes 522 00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:31,600 that an abusive home necessarilyresults in everybody being, you 523 00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:34,640 know, a killer, a murderer, a monster of some sort, 524 00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:35,920 that preys on others. 525 00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:39,320 As a matter of fact, I feel the opposite. 526 00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:41,720 But according tocriminal psychologist David 527 00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:45,400 Holmes, Bonin's upbringingcould have allowed 528 00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:47,280 his dark side to flourish. 529 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:51,080 Bonin's childhood was almost feral. 530 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:55,160 He was almost having to bring himself up. 531 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:58,360 It's a good atmosphere fordeveloping someone, who perhaps 532 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:01,960 already has inbred psychopathic tendencies, 533 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:04,480 to learn to cope with the world by being 534 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:07,720 aggressive back towards it. 535 00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:10,400 To escape his terrible home life, 536 00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:13,480 the 7-year-old Bonin turns to crime. 537 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:20,200 He was stealinghubcaps and little items, 538 00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:25,360 and his parents couldn't handle him. 539 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:27,280 And so the thing they did-- they had him 540 00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:29,160 put in a boy's detention home. 541 00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:35,680 Here, Bonin becomesa victim of sexual abuse, 542 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:38,560 and a grim pattern begins. 543 00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:41,160 And he was only there a few months, 544 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:44,200 but while he was there in this detention home, 545 00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:46,960 he was raped by a 13-year-old. 546 00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:53,760 When he returned home, he beganto rape his younger brother. 547 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:56,400 Eventually, theabuse of the younger child 548 00:33:56,520 --> 00:33:58,920 is revealed. 549 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:02,840 The parents solution only makes things worse. 550 00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:06,840 They put them into a Catholic orphanage, 551 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:09,880 where they spent about a year and a half. 552 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:15,400 During that time, Bill was seduced by a priest 553 00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:17,040 who came to the orphanage. 554 00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:24,680 By almost any standards,Bonin had an extremely dark, 555 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:27,520 unhappy, and abusive childhood. 556 00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:29,400 So his entire childhood, he's pretty much 557 00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:31,440 defined by violence and abuse. 558 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:37,040 After a dark and twisted adolescence, 559 00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:39,520 Bonin is caught up in the conflict 560 00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:42,560 that defines his generation-- 561 00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:44,760 The Vietnam War. 562 00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:50,640 He serves over 700 hours, andis commended for his actions. 563 00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:55,760 Bonin's 700 hours as a gunner in Vietnam, 564 00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:58,200 will have taught him many lessons. 565 00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:02,400 He could kill in this situation with impunity. 566 00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:06,520 His desensitization to the process of killing 567 00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:09,320 will have been well grounded in this 568 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:13,120 intense and repeated activity. 569 00:35:13,240 --> 00:35:16,080 For Holmes, Vietnam might have 570 00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:18,360 made him even more dangerous. 571 00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:20,840 They would have trained him in the idea 572 00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:23,160 that you don't get emotionally involved. 573 00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:26,080 It was just simply a learning experience, 574 00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:30,480 and showed him how easy itwas to take a life away. 575 00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:33,560 And he was honorably discharged, 576 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:37,200 which is interesting, becauseduring his time in the service, 577 00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:39,120 he raped several other men. 578 00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:44,480 The rapes don'tcome to light until many years 579 00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:47,320 later. 580 00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:51,200 On his return to California,he is still an unknown threat. 581 00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:57,280 Within a year of his return, he's 582 00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:01,960 arrested for sexual offensesagainst five young boys. 583 00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:05,480 But instead of prison, he is sent to Atascadero 584 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:08,400 Psychiatric Hospital. 585 00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:12,040 He was interviewed by two psychiatrists, 586 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:16,040 and the psychiatrists gavehim the label of mentally 587 00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:18,040 disordered sexual offender. 588 00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:24,800 Five years later,Bonin is considered to be no 589 00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:26,640 longer a threat, and released. 590 00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:34,680 The following year, he attacks again. 591 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:39,240 The victim-- 15-year-old David McVickers. 592 00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:44,920 David McVickers had beenbrutalized, sodomized, 593 00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:49,800 sexually assaulted, in avery, very violent manner, 594 00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:52,280 by William Bonin. 595 00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:56,160 After Bonin was finished,Bonin released him. 596 00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:59,640 McVickers shopsBonin to the police. 597 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:03,200 Bonin is charged, convicted,and he is sent to prison, 598 00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:05,240 where he spends a year. 599 00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:08,160 As he walks out of prison,he says to an accomplice, 600 00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:10,640 this is the last time thisis ever going to happen. 601 00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:13,520 It's at that point he makes adecision that he's not going 602 00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:14,920 to leave anybody else alive. 603 00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:21,120 True to hisword, Bonin goes on to rape 604 00:37:21,240 --> 00:37:26,200 and kill at a terrifying rate. 605 00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:29,880 For Holmes, Bonin's compulsive and addictive behavior 606 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:32,120 could have a genetic origin. 607 00:37:32,240 --> 00:37:37,040 He inherited compulsiveand alcoholic tendencies. 608 00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:39,880 This was evident in his father's alcoholism. 609 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:42,880 But in him, it was more expressive in this kind 610 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:46,760 of addicted frenzy of killing,he could not really control. 611 00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:51,680 And he combines this killing 612 00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:54,840 with an unusual exhibitionist streak-- 613 00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:56,120 a need for an audience. 614 00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:00,920 He was very proud of what he did. 615 00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:05,080 He expected older people toalmost share in his delight. 616 00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:07,520 And he was very quick to kind of admit 617 00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:10,960 to crimes when he was caught. 618 00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:12,800 Bonin is a killer who wants 619 00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:18,400 to be noticed andrespected, but his audience, 620 00:38:18,520 --> 00:38:20,960 for the most part, are young boys 621 00:38:21,080 --> 00:38:23,240 inferior to him in some way-- 622 00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:27,800 younger, less intelligent, gullible. 623 00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:30,120 Apart from Butts. 624 00:38:30,240 --> 00:38:34,080 He was a lover, and an equal. 625 00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:36,680 And that made him dangerous. 626 00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:38,920 It's a strange and twined relationship 627 00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:40,880 between Bonin and Butts. 628 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:44,480 Either could have beencapable of killing the other. 629 00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:47,120 Therefore, in a way, Bonin and Butts 630 00:38:47,240 --> 00:38:50,200 were bonded in this kind of alliance-- 631 00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:52,160 this bizarre alliance-- 632 00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:57,120 of almost like two scorpionsbacking off from each other. 633 00:38:57,240 --> 00:39:01,720 But prison woulddrive a wedge between the two, 634 00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:04,320 and one of them would take his own life 635 00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:06,520 rather than face the full force of justice. 636 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:15,360 When they are both takeninto custody pending trial, 637 00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:18,600 William Bonin proves himself to be tougher 638 00:39:18,720 --> 00:39:21,000 than his accomplice Vernon Butts. 639 00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:24,280 Butts, at the first opportunity, 640 00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:26,400 would actually kill himself in prison, 641 00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:30,720 and escape all consequences. 642 00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:35,320 Butts' suicide leavesBonin to face the music alone. 643 00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:39,000 Bonin would have felt acertain amount of desertion, 644 00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:40,800 but I think, at that point in time, 645 00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:46,600 he was happy to relish in anykind of limelight that he had. 646 00:39:46,720 --> 00:39:48,720 Alone, in custody, Bonin 647 00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:54,720 continues to open up his twistedpsyche to the authorities. 648 00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:57,200 For Holmes, this enables him to piece 649 00:39:57,320 --> 00:40:01,760 together a motivation behind theapparently senseless killings. 650 00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:03,760 He was a hedonistic serial killer, 651 00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:09,440 but with almost frenzied, compulsive, 652 00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:13,360 traits that meant he could notreally stop what he started. 653 00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:16,760 Basically, had no restraints,and required more, and more, 654 00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:17,640 and more. 655 00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:24,240 What began as pedophilia, 656 00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:28,520 morphed into something more stark and deadly. 657 00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:32,760 Bonin admitted to himselfthat the thing he wanted most 658 00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:36,280 was just the power over life and death-- 659 00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:40,200 that he liked the ideathat he could see the life 660 00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:43,760 draining out of these kids. 661 00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:47,240 Even in custody, it's an experience 662 00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:51,120 he retells to those around him. 663 00:40:51,240 --> 00:40:53,920 Holmes believes that Boninthought the experience 664 00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:56,480 was something to be shared. 665 00:40:56,600 --> 00:41:00,440 He imagined that otherpeople would also enjoy this, 666 00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:03,480 but just simply daren't do it. 667 00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:06,200 He imagined that other people would share in this joy, 668 00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:12,480 and he was telling peopleendlessly what he'd done. 669 00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:15,000 If his only way of gaining pleasure 670 00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:18,600 was to actually relive these experiences 671 00:41:18,720 --> 00:41:21,840 by telling them to others,then that is what he would do. 672 00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:28,080 In the state of California, 673 00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:31,400 Bonin's repeated confessions,alongside forensics 674 00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:33,400 linking him to the murder scenes, 675 00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:35,800 could only have one conclusion. 676 00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:41,320 Bonin's activities as a sadistic serial killer 677 00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:44,920 were certain to draw the death penalty. 678 00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:49,920 Bonin is sentenced todeath on 14 counts of murder. 679 00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:53,520 He is to be executed by lethal injection. 680 00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:56,160 I asked Bill directly-- 681 00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:59,840 do you think that if you hadn't gotten caught, 682 00:41:59,960 --> 00:42:01,520 would you have stopped? 683 00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:03,920 And he said, no, I couldn't. 684 00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:06,840 He said, I would still be killing 685 00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:08,280 if I had not got caught. 686 00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:12,040 And I tried to figureout, could have therapist 687 00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:13,680 done something different? 688 00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:16,840 And I don't believe anything would have changed him. 689 00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:20,480 Not meds, not therapy, not shock treatment. 690 00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:21,720 Nothing. 691 00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:23,880 He was a killer. 692 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:26,360 Despite the penalty, Bonin 693 00:42:26,480 --> 00:42:29,960 continues to hold out for a stay of execution, 694 00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:32,480 but his appeals are unsuccessful. 695 00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:38,880 On the 23rd of February, 1996, he 696 00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:42,800 becomes the first to beexecuted by lethal injection 697 00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:43,720 in California. 698 00:42:47,720 --> 00:42:50,240 But Bonin's death is not the end. 699 00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:54,280 Bonin accounted for the murdersof 14 young men and boys, 700 00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:58,000 bringing some closure for their families. 701 00:42:58,120 --> 00:43:02,280 But Esposito suspects thatthis is not the full story. 702 00:43:02,400 --> 00:43:05,240 He had literally dumpedbodies all over the place. 703 00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:10,800 And Bill Bonin suggested tous, without giving us any names 704 00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:13,800 or details, that, you know, he was a truck driver, 705 00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:17,080 and he would pick uphitchhikers in various parts 706 00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:19,240 of the country. 707 00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:20,840 Bonin never gave up any more 708 00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:25,040 information on his involvementin further unsolved cases. 709 00:43:25,160 --> 00:43:29,680 So, I'm sure, in my own mind,that there are more victims 710 00:43:29,800 --> 00:43:34,040 that we have no idea wherethey are, who they are, 711 00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:37,520 or how they died, or where they were dumped. 712 00:43:37,640 --> 00:43:40,720 But I'm sure there's others. 56191

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