Robert Wirostek (18)
Born
Flint, Genesee County, Michigan
Death
17 Sep 1979, Riverside County, California
Tragically, Robert Wirostek is one of the victims of California serial murderer, William Bonin who was convicted of the rape, torture and murder of 14 boys and young men between 1968 and 1980. Known as “The Freeway Killer”, he was executed by lethal injection at San Quentin State Prison in 1996. Prosecutors portrayed him as “the most arch-evil person who ever existed.” Although he was found guilty of 14 murders, he confessed to 21 and is suspected of even more.
On August 20, 1979, 18-year-old Robert Wirostek was picked up by Bonin in Newport Beach. Bonin allegedly coaxed him to perform oral sex by offering him $50. At knifepoint, Bonin bound and raped him, and then drove to Butts’ residence. On the drive, Butts performed oral sex on Wirostek, before striking him and taking Bonin’s place as driver. Bonin then tortured Wirostek by bending his fingers, then sexually assaulting and bludgeoning him, before strangling him. Wirostek’s body was found on September 27, alongside Interstate 10.
