Freeway Killer

The Freeway Killer was a nickname given by the media and later police forces—to what they believed was a single serial killer claiming victims in California, United States, during the 1970s and often dumping the victims along freeways. However, there turned out to be three Freeway Killers who operated independently of each other, but just happened to select similar victims from similar locations.

The three killers were:

• Patrick Kearney, age 37 when captured in 1977
• William Bonin and several accomplices, age 33 when captured in 1980
• Randy Steven Kraft, age 38 when captured in 1983