Kenneth Bianchi

Kenneth Alessio Bianchi
1979 mugshot of Kenneth Bianchi
Born	Kenneth Alessio Bianchi (1951-05-22) May 22, 1951 (age 73) Rochester, New York, U.S.
Other names	The Hillside Strangler Kennifer
Motive	Sexual sadism
Conviction(s)	Murder
Criminal penalty	Life imprisonment
Details
Victims	12+
Span of crimes	October 16, 1977 – January 11, 1979
Country	United States
State(s)	California, Washington
Date apprehended	January 12, 1979; 45 years ago (1979-01-12)
Imprisoned at	Washington State Penitentiary

Kenneth Alessio Bianchi (born May 22, 1951) is an American serial killer, kidnapper, and rapist. He is known for the Hillside Strangler murders committed with his cousin Angelo Buono Jr. in Los Angeles, California, as well as for murdering two more women in Washington by himself. Bianchi is currently serving a sentence of life imprisonment in Washington State Penitentiary for these crimes. Bianchi was also at one time a suspect in the Alphabet murders, three unsolved murders in his home city of Rochester, New York, from 1971 to 1973.^[1]