Angelo Buono, Jr.
mugshot of Angelo Buono
Alias(es):	The Hillside Strangler
Born:	October 5, 1934
Location:	Rochester, New York
Died:	September 21, 2002
Cause of death:	heart attack
Number of victims:	10
Country where killings occurred:	USA
States where killings occurred:	California
Span of killings:	October 16, 1977 through 1978
Date apprehended:	October 22, 1979
Penalty:	life sentence

Angelo Buono, Jr. (October 5, 1934 - September 21, 2002) was, along with cousin Kenneth Bianchi, one of the Hillside Stranglers. Born in Rochester, New York. Buono was found dead on September 21, 2002 at Calipatria State Prison while serving a life sentence. Buono, who was alone in his cell at the time of his death, died of a heart attack. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Hillside Strangler ia a 2004 film directed by Chuck Parello. ... is the 278th day of the year (279th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Motto: Rochester: Made for Living Location of Rochester in New York State Country United States State New York County Monroe Government  - Mayor Robert Duffy Area  - City  37. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_York. ... September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Acute myocardial infarction (AMI or MI), more commonly known as a heart attack, is a disease state that occurs when the blood supply to a part of the heart is interrupted. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years). ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Life imprisonment is a term used for a particular kind of sentence of imprisonment. ... is the 278th day of the year (279th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Kenneth Alessio Bianchi (born May 22, 1951 in Rochester, New York) is, along with cousin Angelo Buono, Jr. ... The Hillside Strangler is the media epithet for two men, Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono, cousins who were convicted of kidnapping, raping, torturing, and killing girls and women ranging in age from twelve to twenty-eight years old during a four-month period from late 1977 to early 1978 in... Nickname: Motto: Rochester: Made for Living Location of Rochester in New York State Country United States State New York County Monroe Government  - Mayor Robert Duffy Area  - City  37. ... September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Calipatria State Prison is a prison facility located in the Imperial Valley of southeastern California, opened in 1992. ... Life imprisonment is a term used for a particular kind of sentence of imprisonment. ... Acute myocardial infarction (AMI or MI), more commonly known as a heart attack, is a disease state that occurs when the blood supply to a part of the heart is interrupted. ...

Buono had a long criminal history, ranging from failure to pay child support to assault and rape, by the time he befriended Bianchi in 1975. A self-described "ladies' man," Buono persuaded his younger cousin to join him in prostituting the women and young girls they brought to bed, holding them as virtual prisoners. In late 1977, the pair began killing them as well, claiming 10 documented victims by the time they were arrested in early 1979. In many countries, child support or child maintenance is the ongoing obligation for a periodic payment made by a non-custodial parent to a custodial parent, caregiver or guardian, for the care and support of children of a relationship or marriage that has been terminated. ... Whore redirects here. ...

For a time, it seemed as if Buono would escape justice and not have to answer for his crimes. The legal case against him was based largely upon the testimony of Bianchi. The case's original prosecutors from the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office came to feel that Bianchi was too unreliable to be believable and that their case outside of Bianchi's testimony was too weak to be able to secure a conviction. They actually moved to dismiss all charges against Buono and set him free. This article is about law in society. ... Los Angeles County District Attorney Past County District Attorneys Official Website of the County District Attorney Biographies of Former DAs Categories: Government of Los Angeles ...

Such motions are almost always granted, given that if the prosecutors themselves don't feel there can be a conviction, it is expected there is little reason to bother with a trial. However, in this case, the presiding judge, Ronald M. George felt so strongly that the prosecutors were in error that he took the almost unheard of step of denying the motion to dismiss. He refused to release Buono, and he reassigned the case to the California Attorney General's office. Ronald Marc George (born March 11, 1940) is the current and 27th Chief Justice of California, where he heads the Supreme Court of California. ... A legal motion is a procedural device in law to bring a limited but contested matter before a court for decision. ... The California Attorney General is the State Attorney General of the government of the state of California in the USA. The officers duty is to ensure that the laws of the state are uniformly and adequately enforced (California Constitution, Article V, Section 13. ...

Buono's trial would become the longest in American legal history, lasting from November, 1981 until November, 1983. During the trial, Bianchi, in exchange for a lighter sentence, did proceed with testifying against Buono. As he did so, the original fears of the district attorney's office were realized when Bianchi did make every effort to make his own testimony seem unreliable. However, the jury's verdict ultimately vindicated Judge George's belief that the problems with Bianchi's testimony did not alone destroy the case against Buono. Despite Bianchi's best efforts, the jury convicted Buono on nine counts of murder.

The jury spared Buono the death penalty, much to the chagrin of Judge George who commented that he felt it would be the appropriate punishment. Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted criminal by the state as punishment for crimes known as capital crimes or capital offences. ...

In the highly controversial 2004 film The Hillside Strangler, Buono was portrayed by actor Nicholas Turturro. The Hillside Strangler ia a 2004 film directed by Chuck Parello. ... NOTE: DO NOT MISTAKE NICHOLAS (NICK) TURTURRO FOR NICHOLAS R. TURTURRO (A CREW MEMBER WITH THE SAME NAME, PER IMDB) Nick worked as a doorman before getting his TV break on NYPD Blue. ...

Trivia

In 1986 after his conviction and while in prison, Buono married Christine Kizuka, a mother of three and a supervisor at the California State Department of Employee Development.[1]

In 2007, Buono's grandson, Christopher Buono, killed himself shortly after shooting his grandmother, Mary Castillo, in the head. Castillo was at one time married to Angelo Buono, and had five children together, including Chris' father.[2] [3]

External links

• Hillside Strangler' dies in prison CNN September 22, 2002
• Crime Library's story on the Hillside Stranglers