Kenneth Alessio Bianchi (born May 22, 1951) is an American serial killer. Bianchi and his cousin Angelo Buono, Jr. together are known as the Hillside Stranglers. He is serving a term of life imprisonment in Washington. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Alternate meaning Hillside Strangler (Illinois) 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... is the 142nd day of the year (143rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the city of Rochester in Monroe County. ... Life imprisonment is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime, nominally for the entire remaining life of the prisoner, but in fact for a period which varies between jurisdictions: many countries have a maximum possible period of time (usually 50 years) a prisoner may be incarcerated, or require the... A serial killer is defined as a person who murders three or more people, in three or more separate events over a period of time. ... is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... This article is about the U.S. state. ... For the capital city of the United States, see Washington, D.C.. For other uses, see Washington (disambiguation). ... is the 142nd day of the year (143rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Serial killers are individuals who have a history of multiple slayings of victims who were usually unknown to them beforehand. ... Angelo Buono, Jr. ... Alternate meaning Hillside Strangler (Illinois) 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... For the capital city of the United States, see Washington, D.C.. For other uses, see Washington (disambiguation). ...

Personal life

Bianchi was born in Rochester, New York. His biological mother was an alcoholic prostitute who gave him up for adoption at birth. He was adopted at three months by Frances Bianchi and her husband Nicholas Bianchi in Rochester. This article is about the city of Rochester in Monroe County. ... King Alcohol and his Prime Minister circa 1820 Alcoholism is the consumption of or preoccupation with alcoholic beverages to the extent that this behavior interferes with the alcoholics normal personal, family, social, or work life. ... Prostitution is the sale of sexual services (typically manual stimulation, oral sex, sexual intercourse, or anal sex) for cash or other kind of return, generally indiscriminately with many persons. ... For other uses, see Adoption (disambiguation). ...

Bianchi was deeply troubled from a young age, described as "a compulsive liar" who "had risen from the cradle dissembling". He often worried Frances with his penchant for trance-like daydreams. While intelligent (with an I.Q. of 116), he was an underachiever who was quick to lose his temper. He was also diagnosed with petit mal seizures when he was five. After Nicholas' death, Frances went out to her work while her son attended high school. ... In medicine, there are many kinds of generalized seizures. ...

After Bianchi graduated from Gates-Chili (pronounced Gates Chye-Lye) high school in 1970 he had a short marriage that ended after only eight months. Supposedly, she walked out without an explanation. As an adult, he dropped out of college after one semester, and drifted through a series of menial jobs, finally ending up as a security guard. This gave him a great opportunity to steal valuables. Bianchi often gave them to girlfriends to buy their loyalty. His one serious ambition was to be a police officer, but this aspiration was frustrated by his lack of formal education and a penchant for petty theft. For other uses, see College (disambiguation). ...

Because of the petty thefts Bianchi was constantly on the move. It was when he finally arrived in Los Angeles in 1977 that he started hanging around with Angelo Buono, and was impressed with his cousin's fancy clothes, jewelry, and stories of getting any women he wanted and "putting them in their place". Before long, they worked together as pimps, and, by late 1977, had escalated to murder. They had raped and murdered 10 women by the time they were arrested in early 1979. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

The killings

Bianchi and Buono would cruise around Los Angeles in Buono's car and use fake badges to persuade girls that they were undercover cops. They would then order the girls into Buono's unmarked police car and drive them home to torture them.

After being abused by both men the girls would be strangled. Other methods of killing such as lethal injection had been tried by the killers but would be rejected in favor of strangling. Asphyxia is a condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body. ... This article is about the execution and euthanasia method. ...

Even while the girls were being killed, Bianchi applied for a job with the Los Angeles Police Department and had even been taken for several rides with police officers while they were searching for the Hillside Strangler. LAPD and L.A.P.D. redirect here. ...

After botching their eleventh murder, Angelo Buono decided to call it quits. Bianchi decided to move to Bellingham, Washington in May 1978 to join his girlfriend and son currently living there. On January 11, 1979, Bianchi lured two female Western Washington University students into a house he was guarding. He forced the first student down the stairs in front of him and then strangled her. He murdered the second young girl in a similar fashion. He had left so many clues police quickly tied him with the crime. A California driver's license linked him to the crimes in Los Angeles. Bellingham, Washington is the county seat of Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington. ... is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Western Washington University (WWU or Western) is one of six state-funded, four-year universities of higher education in the U.S. state of Washington. ...

Trial

At his trial, Bianchi pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, claiming that another personality, one "Steve Walker", had committed the crimes. Bianchi even managed to convince a few expert psychiatrists that he indeed suffered from multiple personality disorder, but investigators brought in their own psychiatrists, mainly the psychiatrist Martin Orne, to pick Bianchi's story apart. When one of the new psychiatrists (Orne) mentioned to Bianchi that in genuine cases of the disorder, there tend to be three or more personalities, Bianchi promptly created another alias, "Billy." Eventually, investigators discovered that the very name "Steven Walker" came from a student whose identity Bianchi had previously attempted to steal for the purpose of fraudulently practicing psychology. Police also found a small library of books in Bianchi's home on topics of modern psychology, further indicating his ability to fake his claimed disorder. ‹ The template below (Expand) is being considered for deletion. ... For other uses, see Psychiatrist (disambiguation). ... Overview In psychiatry, Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is the current name of the condition formerly listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders as Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) and Multiple Personality Syndrome. ... {redirect|Psychological science|the journal|Psychological Science (journal)}} Not to be confused with Phycology. ...

Once his claims were subjected to this scrutiny, Bianchi eventually admitted that he had been faking the disorder. To acquire leniency for himself, he agreed to testify against Buono. However, in actually giving his testimony, Bianchi made every effort to be as uncooperative and self-contradictory as possible, apparently hoping to avoid being the ultimate cause of Buono being convicted. In the end, Bianchi's efforts were unsuccessful, as Buono was in fact convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. Life imprisonment is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime, nominally for the entire remaining life of the prisoner, but in fact for a period which varies between jurisdictions: many countries have a maximum possible period of time (usually 50 years) a prisoner may be incarcerated, or require the...

In 1980, Bianchi began a relationship with Veronica Compton, a woman he met while in prison. During his trial, she testified for the defense, telling the jury a false, vague tale about the crimes in an attempt to exculpate Bianchi and also admitting to wanting to buy a mortuary with another convicted murderer for the purpose of having sexual relations with dead bodies. She was later convicted and imprisoned for attempting to strangle a woman she had lured to a motel in an attempt to have authorities believe that the Hillside Strangler was still on the loose and the wrong man was imprisoned. Bianchi had given her some smuggled semen to use to make it look like a rape/murder committed by the Hillside Strangler. Look up Necrophilia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Bianchi is serving his sentence at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington. The Washington State Penitentiary is located at Walla Walla, Washington. ... Walla Walla is both the county seat of Walla Walla County, Washington, and the countys largest city. ...

Connection to other unsolved crimes

Bianchi is also a suspect in the Alphabet murders, an unsolved serial murder case from 1971 to 1973 in his home city of Rochester. The so-called Alphabet murders (also known as the double initial murders) took place in the early 1970s in the Rochester, New York area; three young girls were attacked sexually and strangled. ...

References

• Bardsley, Marilyn. Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi, the Hillside Stranglers. Crime Library. Retrieved on 2007-11-16.