In the late 1970s, Los Angeles was a hotbed for serial killers.
Randy Kraft roamed Southern California's seemingly endless network of highways, murdering young men. William Bonin, the “Freeway Killer,” prowled the streets in a beat-up van, killing at least 21 boys and young men.
![Scene near 2006 N. Alvarado Street in Silver Lake where Kimberly Diane Martin's body was found](https://truecrimemag.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/hillside-strangler-1.webp)
For four months, starting in October 1977, the residents of South California were gripped in terror, haunted by a monster who strangled and raped women as young as 12, and scattered their naked dead bodies around hillsides.
![Police attend the crime scene of the Hillside Strangler](https://truecrimemag.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/hillside-strangler-2.webp)
Following the murders of three sex workers, the Hillside Strangler began abducting young women regardless of race or background, before ultimately disappearing without a trace.
![Body of Kimberly Diane Martin is being loaded into the van by the coroner’s office](https://truecrimemag.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/hillside-strangler-3.webp)
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