William George Bonin, also called the Freeway Killer and the Freeway Strangler, was an American serial killer and sex offender who raped, tortured, and murdered young men and boys between November 1968 and June 1980 in southern California. He was convicted of 14 murders, but he confessed to 21 and is suspected of even more.
Bonin's 1980 mugshot
Phu Loi Base Camp, where Bonin was stationed in the Vietnam War
The California Medical Facility, where Bonin was sent in 1971
The Ford Econoline van used by Bonin to abduct his victims.
Willimantic is a census-designated place located in Windham, Connecticut. Previously organized as a city and later as a borough, Willimantic is currently one of two tax districts within the Town of Windham. Willimantic is located within Windham County and the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region. Known as "Thread City" for the American Thread Company's mills along the Willimantic River, it was a center of the textile industry in the 19th century. Originally incorporated as a city in 1893, it entered a period of decline after the Second World War, culminating in the mill's closure and the city's reabsorption into the town of Windham in the 1980s.
Image: Downtown Willimantic
Image: Town Hall, Willimantic, CT
Image: Jillson Mills, Willimantic, CT
Aerial view of Willimantic, 1909
