Kenneth Bianchi
| Kenneth Bianchi | |
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1979 mugshot of Kenneth Bianchi
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| Born |
Kenneth Alessio Bianchi May 22, 1951 Rochester, New York |
| Other names | The Hillside Strangler |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment |
| Conviction(s) | Murder |
| Killings | |
| Victims | 12 |
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Span of killings
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October 16, 1977– January 11, 1979 |
| Country | United States |
| State(s) | California and Washington |
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Date apprehended
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January 12, 1979 |
Kenneth Alessio Bianchi (born May 22, 1951) is an American serial killer, kidnapper, and rapist who is known for having committed the Hillside Strangler murders along with his cousin Angelo Buono in Los Angeles, as well as having murdered two more women in Washington by himself. He is currently serving a sentence of life imprisonment in Washington State Penitentiary for these crimes.
Bianchi is also a suspect in the alphabet murders, three unsolved murders in his home city of Rochester, New York.
Kenneth Alessio Bianchi was born on May 22, 1951, in Rochester, New York to an alcoholic prostitute who gave him up for adoption two weeks after he was born. He was adopted in August 1951 by Nicholas Bianchi and his wife Frances Scioliono-Bianchi, who was Angelo Buono's mother's sister, and was their only child.
Bianchi was deeply troubled from a young age, his adoptive mother described him as being "a compulsive liar" from the time he could talk and that he "had risen from the cradle dissembling". He would often fall into trance-like daydreams where his eyes would roll back into his head and he would be inattentive, a physician diagnosed the 5-year-old Bianchi with petit mal seizures due to these symptoms. Bianchi would also make frequent trips to the doctors because of an involuntary urination problem. The doctors examined his genitals in an attempt to diagnose the issue, and this caused him a great deal of humiliation. Bianchi had many behavioral problems and was prone to fits of anger; his mother responded by taking him to a psychiatrist multiple times, with Bianchi being diagnosed with a passive-aggressive personality disorder at the age of 10. Bianchi's IQ was measured at 116 at the age of 11, but, despite having above-average intelligence, he was an underachiever and was moved twice from schools due to not getting along with his teachers. His mother described him as "lazy", and his teachers claimed that he was working below his capacity.
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