
In 1965, Nicholas Bianchi died of a heart attack and Frances had to go to work to support Kenneth. Kenneth was also a rabble-rouser and took pleasure in manipulating his fellow students. Although of above-average intelligence, he was a poor student and an academic underachiever. He was a compulsive liar, had a quick temper, and was prone to throw violent tantrums. There were early indications that Kenneth had mental problems that would color his later life. He was adopted by Nicholas and Frances Bianchi in August 1951 and was their only child. Kenneth Alessio Bianchi was born May 22, 1951, in Rochester, New York, to a 17-year-old alcoholic prostitute. He will receive eight life sentences and be incarcerated at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. He confesses to the crimes and then begins providing information about the serial killing of at least 10 women in Los Angeles, California, by the infamous “Hillside Strangler.” To save himself from the death penalty, Bianchi will agree to plead guilty to the two murders in Bellingham and to five murders in Los Angeles, and testify against Angelo Buono, his accomplice in the California slayings. Bianchi as the prime suspect in the strangulation murders of two Western Washington University students, Karen L.

On January 12, 1979, Bellingham Police detectives arrest Kenneth A.
