The Hillside Strangler was the name given to the serial killer believed to be responsible for the rape and murder of 10 girls and women in the Los Angeles area between October 1977 and February 1978. The crimes were actually committed by two men working together: cousins Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono, Jr. They were arrested in 1979. Bianchi confessed to the crimes and received a life sentence with the possibility of parole. Buono pleaded not guilty but was convicted. He received life without the possibility of parole. He died in 2002 at the age of 67.
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