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Welcome to the Forensic Examiner's April 2015 Special Edition Newsletter. For this issue, Kenneth Alessio Bianchi, long known for his moniker, the "Hillside Strangler," finally agreed to explain his version of events that left at least 12 women dead in California and Washington State. Bianchi has never agreed to a printed interview during his 35
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pages of written correspondence and nearly two dozen video visitations (which translates to approximately 24 hours of face-to-face time, via an inmate video conferencing website) between Anthony Meoli and Kenneth Bianchi, also known as the "Hillside Strangler".
Interview with Kenneth Bianchi The"Hillside Strangler" Speaks For The First Time In 35 Years By:
Anthony Meoli MA, J.D., DACFEI Criminal Profiler Kenneth Alessio Bianchi has been a reclusive inmate for years and untrusting of almost anyone who writes him. For many years he has fielded letters that begin with, "Dear Hillside Strangler" or "Dear Strangler" with the expectation that this might elicit a response. Instead, it elicits feelings of anger, frustration and having to live behind bars for over three decades for murder convictions of 2 women in Washington State and 6 women in California. Bianchi was convicted of his crimes along with his cousin, Angelo
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Buono, who died of natural causes in 2002. To this day Bianchi proclaims his innocence to these horrific crimes which have remained at the forefront of true crime history for the better part of half a century. This interview is not designed to proclaim his innocence nor condemn him more than his sentence - life, with the possibility of parole. The sole intention of this interview was to obtain his permission along with detailed explanations to questions that have plagued investigators, psychologists, and victims' families. Many of the unseen victims of the "Hillside Strangler" were those living in fear around Los Angeles from 1978-1979 when 10 bodies were found naked (or partially clad), posed and displayed out in the open for anyone to find. It was not only in how the victims were killed, (strangled, burned, asphyxiated) but the brash nature of the killers - leaving the bodies in plain sight. There was no attempt to conceal or hide their depravity. The killer(s) intent was to do their bidding while feeling invincible, uncatchable, and outsmarting anyone trying to catch them. The following is a verbatim transcript of Kenneth Bianchi's involvement regarding the "Hillside Strangler" crimes.
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