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The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

In 1970s California, a serial killer dumps young boys' bodies along the freeways. An L.A. street reporter on the case receives information that embroils him in the dilemma of a lifetime. Decades later, lost confession tapes help e...

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Anna Keel

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[Dr. Vonda Pelto] When Bonin
was convicted in 1969, - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

[Dr. Vonda Pelto] When Bonin was convicted in 1969,

[Dr. Vonda Pelto] And so,
the court decided to have him, - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

[Dr. Vonda Pelto] And so, the court decided to have him,

Then he was sent off
to Atascadero - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

Then he was sent off to Atascadero

[narrator] Whilst in his cell,
a man's condition
should be checked often. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

[narrator] Whilst in his cell, a man's condition should...

[Dr. David Foster] At the time
that Bonin was there, - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

[Dr. David Foster] At the time that Bonin was there,

Um, shocks, using
electro-convulsive therapy. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

Um, shocks, using electro-convulsive therapy.

Not as treatment,
but as a way
of softening someone up. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

Not as treatment, but as a way of softening someone up.

They have this
ancient notion that - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

They have this ancient notion that

[Don Kilhefner]
We tried to intervene
at Atascadero State Hospital - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

[Don Kilhefner] We tried to intervene at Atascadero State Ho...

There are record of gay men
as young as 14
being sent there. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

There are record of gay men as young as 14 being sent there.

It wasn't only at Atascadero,
it was happening
all over the country. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

It wasn't only at Atascadero, it was happening all over...

[Dr. David Foster]
I think the understanding
of these things - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

[Dr. David Foster] I think the understanding of these things

The tragedy of
what made Bonin who he is
is incalculable. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

The tragedy of what made Bonin who he is is incalculable.

[Dr. Vonda Pelto] Ultimately,
he was in Atascadero - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

[Dr. Vonda Pelto] Ultimately, he was in Atascadero

But the psychiatrist said
there's still hope for him. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

But the psychiatrist said there's still hope for him.

So ultimately, Bonin,
after years of treatment
in Atascadero, imprisoned. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

So ultimately, Bonin, after years of treatment in Atascadero...

[Ronald E Bowers]
Well, what's interesting
about it was that - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

[Ronald E Bowers] Well, what's interesting about it was...

And in his diary, he says, - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

And in his diary, he says,

[Dave Lopez] William Bonin
should have never been
released from prison. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

[Dave Lopez] William Bonin should have never been released f...

{\an8}And to let...
Have society let someone out
like a Bonin roam free, - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

{\an8}And to let... Have society let someone out like a Boni...

Putting the murderer in league
with America's most deadly
serial killers. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

Putting the murderer in league with America's most dead...

The ball is now in the court
of the detectives - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

The ball is now in the court of the detectives

On the ninth day,
William Bonin drives
to the Hollywood area. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

On the ninth day, William Bonin drives to the Hollywood area...

He's driving up and down,
and he pick up a young man. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

He's driving up and down, and he pick up a young man.

But at what stage
do the detectives get out
and go over there - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

But at what stage do the detectives get out and go over ther...

If they waited too long,
what could happen? - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

If they waited too long, what could happen?

And immediately,
they could see that, uh, - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

And immediately, they could see that, uh,

They realized that
he was being
sexually molested. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

They realized that he was being sexually molested.

That meant that they could
arrest William Bonin - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

That meant that they could arrest William Bonin

Now, if he had been an adult,
they most likely would not
have been able to arrest him. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

Now, if he had been an adult, they most likely would not hav...

There was kind of a green shag
carpeting in the back. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

There was kind of a green shag carpeting in the back.

But also
in the side of the van, - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

But also in the side of the van,

In the glove box, we found
newspaper clippings
of the freeway killer. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

In the glove box, we found newspaper clippings of the freewa...

So, he's arrested. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

So, he's arrested.

But they didn't arrest him
for being the freeway killer, - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

But they didn't arrest him for being the freeway killer...

Now they had to see
if they could find
any concrete evidence - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

Now they had to see if they could find any concrete evidence

[reporter 1] Los Angeles
Police Department
said last night - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

[reporter 1] Los Angeles Police Department said last night

[reporter 4] William Bonin
remains in custody - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

[reporter 4] William Bonin remains in custody

Every station in town
was there.
Every reporter was there. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

Every station in town was there. Every reporter was there.

This was the home
of his mother. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

This was the home of his mother.

The next morning, I showed up,
and to my surprise,
there was absolutely nobody. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

The next morning, I showed up, and to my surprise, there was...

I told her who I... Who I am.
And would she like
to talk about her son. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

I told her who I... Who I am. And would she like to talk abo...

I spoke to his mother
in an exclusive interview, - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

I spoke to his mother in an exclusive interview,

[Dave Lopez]
Does he talk to you openly - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

[Dave Lopez] Does he talk to you openly

The stories that
boys in the neighborhood
were saying yesterday - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

The stories that boys in the neighborhood were saying yester...

Does he ever explain to you
or tell you in detail - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

Does he ever explain to you or tell you in detail

You were telling me earlier
that... That he has
admitted to you - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

You were telling me earlier that... That he has admitted to ...

When he'd first come back
from Vietnam, - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

When he'd first come back from Vietnam,

What's it been like for you
the last couple of hours, - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

What's it been like for you the last couple of hours,

[Ronald E Bowers] The police,
they knew they had
the right person. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

[Ronald E Bowers] The police, they knew they had the right p...

And so, they needed witnesses
to cooperate - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

And so, they needed witnesses to cooperate

"Who knows William Bonin?" - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

"Who knows William Bonin?"

-So, they find his address
and they go over to his house.
- [siren blaring] - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

-So, they find his address and they go over to his house. - ...

Constantly, Buss is
downplaying his involvement. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

Constantly, Buss is downplaying his involvement.

This was a big break
in the case. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

This was a big break in the case.

That if he would testify,
well, against William Bonin, - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

That if he would testify, well, against William Bonin,

He gave some names.
He said, "You better check
these people out." - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

He gave some names. He said, "You better check these pe...

[Ronald E Bowers]
William Bonin, when, uh,
committing his crimes, - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

[Ronald E Bowers] William Bonin, when, uh, committing his cr...

And that's why he would
pick on people
who weren't that bright. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

And that's why he would pick on people who weren't...

Vernon Butts
was the main accomplice
who would do the driving. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

Vernon Butts was the main accomplice who would do the drivin...

Greg Miley, he was one
that could be talked into it. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

Greg Miley, he was one that could be talked into it.

Billy Pugh was the one
that blew the whistle. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

Billy Pugh was the one that blew the whistle.

When you have somebody else,
another accomplice, - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

When you have somebody else, another accomplice,

I met all of his recruits,
and they were all
very dependent, passive, - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

I met all of his recruits, and they were all very dependent,...

One of them had an IQ of 56,
and normal is 100. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

One of them had an IQ of 56, and normal is 100.

The District Attorney's
office, - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

The District Attorney's office,

How remorseful you are,
or whether you really did it
or not. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

How remorseful you are, or whether you really did it or not.

So, they gave the defendant,
William Bonin, an opportunity
to say whatever they wanted. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

So, they gave the defendant, William Bonin, an opportunity t...

So, that's where
these tapes come from. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

So, that's where these tapes come from.

{\an8}[detective speaking] - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

{\an8}[detective speaking]

I think we can safely,
with William Bonin, that no,
he was not an innocent person. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

I think we can safely, with William Bonin, that no, he was n...

Uh, so there could be
a strong argument - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

Uh, so there could be a strong argument

Once we had made the decision
to go for the death penalty, - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

Once we had made the decision to go for the death penalty,

They were meant
to be confidential, - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

They were meant to be confidential,

Vernon Butts was a man
with many problems, - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

Vernon Butts was a man with many problems,

[Bernie]
This was a severe blow
to the prosecution. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

[Bernie] This was a severe blow to the prosecution.

As a result of that, we had
to re-evaluate the case, - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

As a result of that, we had to re-evaluate the case,

We had to use them,
but it was very difficult. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

We had to use them, but it was very difficult.

[Dave] Bonin had an attorney
by name of Earl Hansen. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

[Dave] Bonin had an attorney by name of Earl Hansen.

Uh, saw the interview you did
with Bonin's mother.
My client saw it. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

Uh, saw the interview you did with Bonin's mother. My c...

Here's my card.
Take this card." And he wrote
something on the back. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

Here's my card. Take this card." And he wrote some...

Would get permission
from anyone - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

Would get permission from anyone

So, here I am. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

In comes Bonin. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

In comes Bonin.

We just started
a casual conversation. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

We just started a casual conversation.

Then the third meeting. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

Then the third meeting.

He told me
that he had killed 21. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

He told me that he had killed 21.

And then he proceeded
to tell me - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

And then he proceeded to tell me

And I said, "I don't have
any power to do that." - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

And I said, "I don't have any power to do that.&qu...

And now, I'm stuck. - The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes

And now, I'm stuck.

The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes poster

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In 1970s California, a serial killer dumps young boys' bodies along the freeways. An L.A. street reporter on the case receives information that embroils him in the dilemma of a lifetime. Decades later, lost confession tapes help e...

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Director: Anna Keel

Writer: N/A

Production: Arrow Media Post Production,Investigation Discovery,Arrow Media

Genre: documentary, crime

Year: 2022

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ImdbRating: 6.5

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Released: 23 Oct 2022

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Homepage: https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/show/the-freeway-killer-lost-murder-tapes-investigation-discovery-atve-us