Can’t Forget the 22 Young Victims, From 12 to 19, of Freeway Killer Bill Bonin and His Five Accomplices
January 26, 2023
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The Forgotten 22 Victims of Freeway Killer Bill Bonin
& His Five Accomplices Vernon Butts, Greg Miley,
Eric Wijnaendts, Jim Munro & Billy Pugh
Los Angeles, CA—So often the innocent victims of serial or mass killers are forgotten, that is why the authors of the most recent Bill Bonin Freeway Killer historical biography, Without Redemption, sought to include as much about them as possible. Each of them had a family, friends and communities they belonged to, some more than others as a number were runaways lost on the streets and thus easy pickings for the manipulations of Bonin.
Today, over 40 years later, many might be husbands, fathers or grandfathers. But Bill Bonin robbed these boys of they’re futures to satisfy is most base desires, something for which he felt very little guilt or remorse. Families left behind were torn apart, some literally, by the Freeway Killer and his five accomplices, one who escaped justice for double-murder with Bonin’s help. Thanks to the new discovered diaries of Bill Bonin, that story is told carefully in Without Redemption: Creation & Deeds of Freeway Killer Bill Bonin, His Five Accomplices & How One Who Escaped Justice by Vonda Pelto, Ph.D. and Michael B. Butler.
Here are snapshots of some of Bonin’s victims and, below that, a complete list of they’re ages and the date they crossed paths with Bill Bonin and company.
1) Mark Shelton (17) – August 4, 1979
2) Marcus Grabs (17) – August 5, 1979
3) Robert Wirostek (16) – August 20, 1979
4) Donald Hyden (15) – August 27, 1979
5) David Murillo (17) – September 9, 1979
6) Wallace Tanner, November 14, 1979
7) John Doe (14-20) – November 30, 1979
8) Dennis Frank Fox (17) – December 2, 1979
9) John Kilpatrick (15) – December 10, 1979
10) Michael McDonald (16) – January 1, 1980
11) James Moore, February 1, 1980
12) Charles Miranda (14) – February 3, 1980
13) James Macabe (12) – February 3, 1980
14) Ronald Gatlin (18) – March 14, 1980
15) Glen Barker (14) – March 21, 1980
16) Russell Rugh (15) – March 21, 1980
17) Harry Todd Turner (15) – March 24, 1980
18) Steven Wood (16) – April 10, 1980
19) Darin Lee Kendrick (19) – April 29, 1980
20) Larry Sharp, May 18, 1980
21) Sean King (14) – May 19, 1980
22) Steven Wells (18) – June 2, 1980