BEYOND EVIL: The Story of Lawrence Bittaker & his accomplice Roy Norris
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This is the story of Lawrence Bittaker and his accomplice Roy Norris, two convicted serial murderers and rapists who in 1979 murdered and raped five teenage girls over a period of five months in southern California. They would later become known as the "Tool Box Killers".
Although Norris was already a convicted rapist when they first met, Bittaker was by far the worst of the two. Norris was offered a plea deal, to testify against Lawrence Bittaker in return for the death penalty being taken off the table. He accepted and did testify.
The crimes these two individuals committed truly shook the nation, making headlines all across the United States. At the time Bittaker was called "worse than Manson" by the prosecutor, Stephen Kay and this film gives us a unique glimpse into the meaning behind those words as we revisit the crimes, arrest, sentencing and appeals of Bittaker and Norris through lengthy interviews with officers and prosecutor Stephen Kay, as well as access to files, court documents and photographs.
Lawrence Bittaker was sentenced back in 1981 and he resided on death row in San Quentin State Prison, a maximum-security correctional facility for men, for more than 30 years, due to his endless appeals in the federal court system. This documentary not only reveals the ins and outs of this case but also examines the death penalty itself and the process involved showing us exactly what happens to California's most condemned and dangerous men.
Although some argue that the death penalty has long been out of fashion, there is a place for it as long as men like Lawrence Bittaker walk the Earth. Bittaker died while incarcerated on death row at San Quentin State Prison on December 13, 2019, at the age of 79. His death was reported as being due to natural causes. Norris died while still incarcerated early the following year.
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Was Princess Diana MURDERED? Documentary: ruclips.net/video/o2kOBo33QkA/видео.html
I think so
Princess Diana provided Britain Royals w an Heir n a Spare...n then disposed of...so Charles could remarry
inadvertently maybe
Faked her death.
Who gives a toss about her?
Two grown men teaming up to torture a child is horrible
My heart goes out to that detective that comited
suicide due to the brutally of this case, his family and those of the beautiful girls deserve to see justice served.
Committed *
My heart goes out to your English teacher for failing you as a student. Committed* not comited
Also, I’m sure that’s not the only reason he off himself.
@@Anonymous-lq2bs you don’t have to be rude if you want to correcting his/her grammar duh
My condolences the family members of the case
@@Anonymous-lq2bs you must be miserable huh
Amazing. Someone who took the lives of others so easily fights so hard to save his own. Cowardly human garbage.
exactly
@@tomraw4893 he is a p.os.
What’s more amazing is the state pays to defend this filth
I'm watching this thinking exactly the same thing, these two were evil beyond belief its hard hearing what they did but did they did their best to stay alive they're poster boys for the need for the death penalty
@@qldsafari it’s called the constitution
There is no way he should ever been let out and set upon the public. We need to start holding psychiatrists, parole boards, and judges accountable.
I totally agree with you, they should both have just had the death penalty, no deal this makes me so angry 😡 x
I don't understand how these fluff headed puritans can advocate life to protect such heinous and disturbing horrors this scum perpetrate .
I am and have been pro
Hanging!
@@tessaducek5601 In the public square.
@@MasterofScrutiny The building of gallows near their cells like they use to. And it would free up a lot of space! 😉
@@tessaducek5601 I totally agree, I believe it should be, the crimes that r so horrendous like this, just put them down, at least their victims families would have a bit more peace to their souls x
I knew one of the Victims. I was 17 when she was murdered. Ruined what was left of my childhood and I became a overbearing overprotective mom to my daughter who was born in 81. My friends boyfriend went crazy over her murder and I blamed myself for introducing them. I hope the monsters who killed the girls are burning in hell.
Hello what victim unless your going to give more information I think your just talking shxt so how about U get your knickers off and show me how wet you are baby I need that all night ❤
I’m so sorry you have had to live with this memory. My heart is with you and these beautiful young girls.
Wtf??? This judge is out of his mind . If the lethal injection causes pain ??? Is he kidding ? What about the torture of these poor girls. Then the testing in innocent animals . BS
Judge was probably a fellow sociopath who identified with them.
I agree with you. But some people believe that two wrongs don’t make a right. Others believe in an eye-for-an-eye.
Leftist judges
At the least, they never got out of prison.
Bittaker died whilst on death row on 13th Dec 2019
Norris in a Prison Mental Facility (parol was never granted) died 24th February 2020.
May they rot in hell for Eternity 😡
Absolutely!
I can't believe parole would have even been an option. They should have been executed.
Definitely "" SATAN"" welcome them with open arms in the fires of HELL for eternity. .
In the end yeah, finally.. after getting out many times to commit horrendous crimes just saying
made me cry . i have no words how upsetting this case made me feel, you can see the people all involved have been haunted by such EVIL years later /RIP to all who died herex
This dude is beyond evil and sick. Reading the transcripts really messed me up. I wish I could comfort those poor girls man. Wish these guys recieved similar treatment in prison
We can tell by the tape that Norris was every bit as sadistic as Bittaker. It's sickening how he tried to minimize his role.
Any man or woman who is capable of committing these horrendous crimes deserve death sentence they should not be jailed for life they should be killed.
Exactly, and conjugal visits should never be allowed! You’re basically allowing them to continue to populate the gene pool.
@@Eclipse1369 Yes and DNA can be passed down to make more freaks.
Yea like BTK . Why the F is he still sucking air ! Put him down like the creep he is !!!!!!!
The death penalty has its problems, but these are the sort of defendants for whom it seems justified. They will present a danger always, and "good behavior" around other men should count for nothing when one's preferred victims are women and/or children.
@@erinthesystem9608 death penalty is waste of tax dollars
A person who commits this type of assault, torture, & murder, has to be completely evil! We definitely need to make every effort to communicate with our youth, in order to adequately/properly educate, protect, & pray for them!
THANK YOU once again, for the outstanding team of people who continue to work hard, keeping these extremely important issues in the forefront! 🥰
A crime like this should be immediately the death penalty within 24 hours no appeals no nothing , just kill them .
Praying on children is the worst of the worst.
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What u mean pray for them?
Not evil, per se. Simply a Psychopath. Severe Anti-Social Personality Disorder as found by Bittaker's Psychiatrist. They cannot be rehabilitated or "fixed" as they do not have a conscience.
I stopped hitch hiking because of these murders. I was the same age as the victims. our innocence was lost.
I never - even as a male in a safe european country - would dare to hitch hike!🤦🏻♂️ I rather pay for a Taxi. There's a certain amount of naivity needed to be that stupid to hitch hike.
You can only hear her screaming for a few seconds but you can imagine what the rest of the tape sounded like
I heard lot of the tapes. They were stabbing and pulling off skin in different places. It was horrible. Biting them,. Using any tool they could to rip them apart.
@@kathleendobens6648 How?
@@kathleendobens6648 yes were do you have heard those tapes ? You where in court at that time ?
@@ItCantRainAllTheTime1988 I would doubt the validity of her statement. Only the transcript has been released. And referring to the victim in plural, "they" gives her away. They only ever found one recording. It was their last victim who was on her own. Why people would make crap up about such a horrific murder is beyond me !!
@@wolfgangwoldt1941 I was gonna say I don’t see how that would be released to the public as horrific as it was.
Anyone who has raped & tortured innocent girls will probably carry out the disgusting acts again. I think the criminals should be left alive in a lions cage & experience how it feels to be the victim of a predator. They’re soooo cowardly 🦁🦁🦁
Yes, I agree. Without the risk of losing my humanity and doing exactly what they did to them and worse, I'd take the two of them down to the local zoo, I'd strip both of them naked and throw them into the big cat enclosure. I wouldn't lose a wink of sleep over it either.
Good Idea
This was absolutely gruesome. My heart breaks for those poor young girls...
mine too
It is unbelieveble what people can do to other people.
This is the best documentary I have watched in a long time, and so incredibly awful, those poor young ladies.
Really? I'm finding the format confusing and amateurish..🤷♀️
I love your username
@@mel-79 Thank you🖤
@@ItCantRainAllTheTime1988 best movie ever 🖤
@@mel-79 Definitely my favorite movie since it came out, I was like 5 I think I still remember when my dads trucker buddy let me borrow it cause I was so drawn to the cover and I never wanted to give it back.
So there were witnesses at a tennis court who saw a girl try to escape a van, and get punched while screaming at her attacker not to hurt her but they didn't call the the cops. They just listened to his stupid lie that she was having a bad LSD trip?🤷♀️🤦♀️That is so awful and unbelievable really. It seems like even if it was a bad trip, they would want to call the police. He did punch her after all, and she was screaming like she was being kidnapped. People with that level of apathy really suck.
Nice that you step allllll the way around being apalled at the MURDERERS. Put the blame where the blame belongs--on the MURDERERS.
@@TheVeek192 but still those witnesses should have called the police don't you think that's what's wrong with this world when something terrible is going on right in front of their very own eyes they don't intervene and that's ashame
Absolutely true.
There are so many cases where victims could have been saved if only people weren't so afraid of interfering or just saving their own skin.
There is almost ALWAYS somebody who see or hear something and could report.
It might not be any danger at that time but might be the next time, so why take the risk of being silent.
It makes you sick. Very angry
@@MasterofScrutiny
trolling the comments is a easy way to make his/her ego feel superior,
like doing ego push-ups.
And that's not the half of what Lynette suffered. She was eviscerated and recorded during her horrific ordeal! RIP to ALL the girls who died at the hands of these monsters.
Why these lawyers are so concerned if the lethal injection causes pain to the criminals! Do you ever think the pain created by thee criminals to their victims? 👎👎👎👎👎😡😡😡😡😡
They were allowed out. The system failed so bad! They say if the two never met, only one would of done that and not the extreme torture. Those girls asked to be murdered some begged! Can you imagine? Otis Toole was just a dandy too!
Hell is waiting for the both of the evil monsters 😼😾🇦🇺
The system has failed so many people. Truly heartbreaking.
I remember this case and the time it was happening. Just out of the "be free" generation. Kids trusted randomly. Teens especially. It's a damn raw deal that Bittaker died in prison. (They both did, I know.) If there were EVER a paramount case for putting the death penalty to use, this was absolutely it. California dropped the ball.... hard. In cases of torture, rape, and murder, ESPECIALLY that of children, final justice SHOULD be brutal and swift. I don't give a rat's a$$ if Lethal Injection causes the convicted killee pain. It will still always be more merciful than what they did to those girls.
Get your CCW, go to the range, practice often and with intent. Take you're own life seriously, because someone bent on ending you surely won't. Men and women alike, please stay safe. Know how to protect yourself. Stay alert and aware of your surroundings. If the worst happens, I'd much rather hear a survivor's tale than read an obituary. I wish you all the best.
I hitched throughout the USA in the 70's. Met some cool people, had to with a couple of creeps, and saw a lot of the country. It was risky, yes, but those were other times. The world just wasn't as scary as now. Even though awful things still happened then, it was the exception rather than an expectation.
@@Earthbound369
Most people today don't understand this concept.
In fact statically hitchhiking killings were rare.
But feature five cases in comparison how many people hitchhike. And the general social media generation think its soooooooo unsafe!
Even hiking or camping.
I watch some random murders during those activity and comments are left about
How camping and hiking are akin to a combat zone!
People are easily suggestible!
I only hitchhiked twice back then. But many friends did quite often. 😁👍
I was living in El Segundo back in those days. I also hitchhiked during the mid 70s . I Offen thumbed rides along PCH
to Manhattan or Hermosa Beach during those years . I could have been one of those teenagers !!!. Those Dudes were trolling those same areas back when I was in my youth !!!. It's Terrible that these Monster Demons weren't Gased soon after their trial . Leave it to the Liberal Judges, to allow Killers like these Punks die of old age Hind Bars !!!. Hope there is a Hell, and they're both suffering for eternity !!!
Amen, sister...
yes. Isn't it unbelievable that lethal injection causes pain, lol, like, what wouldn't? what's better that basically euthanasia. The injection is similar, or the same, to what is used to euthanize pets! The vet explained it to me when we put down the cat, first it will put the cat into a deep sedation, then stop his heart. What could be better?
I think that every single time he appeals, everyone in that room should listen to that tape. They should have sent the recording to justice Bird, too and let her know the victim hadn't even reached the age of 17.
What a crock.
$1000 a week in 1975. This guy had it made. Unbelievable
These two guys terrified me, the thought of being hurt so bad I just couldn't wrap my head around it 🙃
this is a documentary that made me cry so much it's horrible what these men did to these young teenage girls!
The snippet of that tape has haunted me for years, I've never been able to get her voice out of my head...I can't imagine how damaging being in the courtroom must have been, having to hear what they heard.
I have never heard the recording and would never voluntarily listen to it but I can relate to your torment. What you heard you can never unhear and I imagine that you are an empathetic person so it will bother you all the more. When I was much younger I witnessed an extremely violent machete attack on an individual and thirty years on I can still replay it very vividly in my mind.
I sincerely hope as the years pass by you become more able to deal with it.
Where do you guys think you're hearing this? They dont play any snippet of the tape! The woman who comes out of the courtroom is crying and the hinges on the courtroom door squeal.. that's it.
@@ItsmeBish584
So you have said on other threads in this comment section.
The whole point of what people are saying is how eerie and unnatural her screams were, if you interpret that sound to be a squeaky door and that's what you believe then that is up to you but you are the only one to say this opposed to everyone else and not just on this video either
@@ItsmeBish584 I've heard the actual snippet, where the victim is screaming and he's telling her to "scream, bitch"; so, no, it's not just a squeaky frigging door.
That's the audio that everyone is referring to when they talk about it.
@@eardwulf785 there are just some things that stay with a soul, *stain* it, and that snippet of tape is one of them for me (as I'm sure is the case for anyone who has been unfortunate enough to hear it.)
Us true crime junkies tend to devour the macabre with a level of detachment, in order to retain our sanity, but I've found that there are always cases that dig in and discolour our otherwise clean selves, forever leaving dark patches.
Junko Furuta, Tesslynn O'Cull, Baby Brianna Lopez...these have left their stains on me, and that's okay.
They *should* leave their mark.
Victims of heinous violence deserve to be remembered, even by complete strangers.
It's the least any of us can do for them.
I've seen some shit in my life, been subjected to some shit - terrible things, that no child, nor adult, should have to witness or be subjected to.
Much like you, I remember these horrific moments with crystalline clarity.
Ultimately, I hope that you're okay.
Those horrific moments change a person - there is who you were before, and who you become after.
I get the feeling that if anyone can understand that before and after, you can.
I just hope that you have found joy and peace in your "after."
This is the Perfect example of Our legal system. Protect the criminals. Keep the money coming in at all costs. Those poor girls. Lawyers. Judges. Prison owners. All benefit from crime and criminals. The Public are blissfully unaware. Sad indeed.
and these monsters lived on and we fed,clothed,housed and entertained them.shame on the system
If they think death by lethak injection is torture they should maybe listen to the tapes or met their wives and daughters listen to it!
I read a book about this crime about 30 years ago and the image of what these poor girls endured has never left me😭 may they all be resting in peace❤
I normally don't advocate revenge but I wish these two would've been given the same treatment they gave Lynette.
I am on the same page. That’s how some of eastern countries deal with such cases ( If the not high profile)
I’d advocate leaving these murderers alone in a room with the girls’ fathers.
Some people are so evil that they have no business being in this world. These 2 are something that Satan shit out.
At the very least, starved to death in their cell and only given water as sustenance.
Don't have capital punishment if your gonna just allow criminals suck taxpayer money and clog up the court system. Either do it in a timely manner or just have life without parole. This in between is not affective
About to watch this, what's stayed with me from another documentary is how the final victim said something along the lines of "just finish me off now" before she was brutally strangled with a hanger. Imagine her waking up to a normal day that morning and by the end of it she's asking to die and how much pain and shock she was in. There isn't a special place in hell for these sort of vile human beings, there's a special hell altogether for them. Amen. 💔
Thankyou for an excellent review. What a toll these animals left. Poor man couldn’t live with the court trauma of the girls deaths . Peace to all family members . Peace to the beautiful girls .
These men were not animals. Animals don’t do this. Animals are much better than humans. Humans are sadistic.
People like this seem to be all for inflicting the death penalty on their victims but find it to be immoral and/or cruel and unusual punishment when it comes to themselves...how odd...
Narcissism. ASPD is a cluster B disorder as in NPD, and all four cluster B PDs share certain core symptomatology or at least sub-symptomatology. So, it makes sense.
@@willrose592 yeah...I'm no rocket surgeon...I have no idea what you just said.
@@LINKINPARK262 Cluster B personality disorders are characterized by dramatic, overly emotional or unpredictable thinking or behavior, they include antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, histrionic personality disorder and narcissistic personality disorder. They all share similar traits.
@@triputu I've never been burdened with an overabundance of brains so I really appreciate the explanation. Thank you!
@@LINKINPARK262 apart from the grey matter splatter, courtesy of Courtney I gather?
Sad in this society steeped in misogyny that the rights to justice for these poor girls and their families are afforded less importance than the rights of the scumbags who killed them. What a system!
Wait until you hear about sex crimes committed by women! The pool little boys are quite literally laughed at and taunted. But when men do it put them to death. You have no idea about sexism young lady.
WHY did he have ANY rights the girls had none what a monster
Trust NO one... ever. Live by that, and you'll be fine.
Sounds crap
When I heard the bits of Shirley Lynette Ledford's audio from the courtroom I was petrified. It's not the fact that other girls didn't suffer as much, it's the realization of a crime so vividly presented.
Had they not made that video of what they did too her they would have most likely got any of the time they did.
@@pamelamorris3148 no
@@pamelamorris3148 audio tapes
Where did you hear this?
The woman coming out of the courtroom was crying and the door hinges squealed. You didnt hear the girl being tortured.
Such a pity that those killers are not killed in the same way they tortured and killed their victims….that would be a deterrent I think. There is no doubt that these men committed horrendous murders….we need to clean up our society…I so agree with the prosecutor …why keep them safe in prison with three meals..shelter and medical and dental…. At our expense.
Agreed, but our 'justice' system is a joke.
My mom told me about this case. She was terrified of us girls ever getting into cars with people we didn’t know. Even those we knew somewhat, she didn’t want us to go with. Now I know why!
This man should have not been let out, these two should have just got the death penalty, their evil x
Never leave your house unarmed and off guard. Ever. Thats how you guarantee safety and survival.
Also, don’t get in a vehicle with creepy strangers!!!!
@@dphillips8199it's 2022. That should just be common sense.
Yeah i need to get my conceald carry permit.
Well it doesn't guarantee it but yes it's better them being naive the world 🌎 is scary af
👍It does definitely make it much more likely you'll be safe. Also women (or anybody)need to practice (as often as possible) how to successfully defend themselves with their weapon of choice. Preferably a firearm, in my opinion, but also it could be pepper spray, mace, or a taser, a knife even (although that's really not the best), anything is better than nothing.
This was done so incredibly respectful and good ! What a gut wrenching story. Some people are so sick and twisted it would send you off into a nervous breakdown just trying to fathom how they have no conscience AT ALL. Especially when closely confronted with such 'people' and what they do. The break down experienced by the detective clearly shows that.
Really disgusting they weren’t done the SAME WAY. What a joke to let them pass away years later!
💯
they deserved far more than to just receive the death penalty, they deserved the same torture they put their many victims through.
followed by an extremely painful death
Wow, as horrific as this was😬 this was a very WELL produced documentary👏 I lost a best friend in 1976, she was murdered & found off a highway off- ramp, not far from my house😥, sometime in about 2012 or 2013, she was part of a "" cold case"" re- examination into her murder,, but nothing came about from it!!! she was 16yrs old!! R.I.P. my Freind, I still think of you afters all these years,--"" On my mind constantly,, In my heart Aways""❤❤❤❤🕊🕊🕊🕊
That's so sad, so many sweet lives taken. I hope her family gets closure with an arrest or ID of the killer❤
Oh I'm sorry to hear that. I was born in 1976. I hope your friends murderer is brought to justice.
Odd your friend doesn't have a name.
@@j_rainsgoat3929 it's her right to say her name or not... Maybe the family want privacy and not being talked about on yt
@@j_rainsgoat3929 odd u have no brain 🤷♂️
There is a documentary on this case where a news camera caught someone coming out of the courtroom when the tape was playing, you can hear about two to three seconds of that poor girl screaming, and I've never heard anything like it in my life, it was absolutely the worst sound...
I'm still traumatized
@@pinkpugginz same
Killing of America is the doco.
No, it's not the girl crying.. it's the woman coming out of the courtroom crying and the door hinges squealing. Why is everyone saying this?!
@@ItsmeBish584 Stop.
Wow! I have never heard of the beautiful young girls taken by these hedious meaningless creatures! I think this will haunt me for sometime to come R.I.P. BEAUTIFUL ANGELS
Shame on judge Hatter and judge Fogel , why on earth would anyone in there right mind care if these men are in any pain after what they did to those woman, I’m sure that the injection s given are not near as painful as they should be and I too agree that only in such horrific cases should the death penalty be used… shame on the state of California, May God bless these beautiful young woman that lost there lives in such a brutal manner, bless there family’s and all who loved them,alsoMay Paul be at peace God bless him and all who loved him😇
Yet people still vote Democrat.
I do NOT understand the “logic” or argument FOR these criminal animals..ANYONE who is for any sympathy to them is just as sick.
@@analisathirwell7071 I agree
@@j_rainsgoat3929 ah! Ok??? I vote Democrat and I voted for the death penalty. My mom did also, my extended family also agrees with the death penalty, don't lump us all the same just because of 1 judge. I've never lumped all Republicans the same because I know there is a range, a scale that goes from moderate to extreme in EACH party. SMH, we are never gonna get anywhere 😪 in this country with that attitude.
I so agree with you.
I cant get it out of my head how the guy said he wanted the one girl to be the victim because she was so young @ cute..man these are some rotten fruit here.. these innocent little girls,the terror they felt..these guys will burn forever at least we truly have to tell our children to always always be on alert..so sad kids cant be kids anymore...
I was a teenager in Southern California at the time this was going on. It was scary. As it turns out Bittaker worked at the same aerospace company as my dad, named Menasco. How creepy is that. This case is so heartbreaking.
wow that is really creepy! did you ever see him in person? did ur dad say anything about him?
Stephen Kay: "These were children." The worst of the serial killers. Even after arrest, Bittaker hurt everybody he came into contact with.
This documentary was well done I’m sorry that these young ladies last moments on this earth were filled with absolute horrific horror
This is one of the most disturbing and brutal cases I've ever heard. If you don't give the death penalty to these monsters! We are a lost world and a messed up humanity.
Europe doesn’t have a death penalty it’s a much safer place.
The death penalty is inhumane..
America needs to focus on why so many of these monsters are being created, the death penalty isn’t a deterrent.
Obviously there is something going on with not tackling children’s welfare., to produce so many predators & serial killers.
Norway has an extremely kind prison service based in socialising criminals.
The death provides psychopaths with a hobby, causing mischief with the Law.
In the U.K. the dangerous personality disorders are sent to Broadmoad Hospital
They should be locked up for life + denied these appeals and civil cases .
America locks up more of its citizens than any other country - ironically it’s the world leader for murder & crime.
It’s a very dangerous country, with harsh justice & rubbish provision to protect children from violent abusive childhoods, which produce another yet another generation of psychopaths.
Hitting a child is illegal in most of Europe, there are health visitors who monitor pre-school babies and six monthly GP checks.. consequently less psychopathy.
No system is perfect, the effective system would be Norway, Holland, Sweden, Denmark etc. The liberal countries are safe to grow up in, crime is low. The governments who invest in child welfare’s reep the reward of a more humane society.
Hopefully this disgusting man will die very soon, but another one will replace him..
If the role mode is a murderous one , population will murderous people. It’s a double standard.
Not only do Americans love the death penalty they are pro-life ...so unwanted babies will be born to parents who don’t want them, many of those babies might end up in the care system a breeding ground personality disorders., who’s going nurture these children if the ones you’ve got aren’t thriving or loved
Only if death penalty sends them to hell or else I believe he should b put through his own personal hell on earth until he dies....how is death that painful unless they absolutely know he'll be tortured where he goes? I always wonder that!
An IQ of 138 & stabbed a guy to get out of shop lifting+ that record among other obvious reasons, I'm calling BS on that test.
I thought the same thing.
@@haileygrey5047 Not necessarily, you can have high intellectual functioning but poor impulse control and emotional intelligence. His treatment of the victims is indicative of that.
Thankfully, Bittaker died in prison in Dec. 2019 and Norris died a few months later in Feb. 2020. Good riddance.
Wow, never seen law enforcement show such compassion. Quite moving. RIP to the detective who couldn't take it. Shame that decent men bear the burden of what our evil brothers do to our sisters.
I never cease to be amazed at the depth of evil that can exist in the human animal.
Rest in absolute hell, Bittaker. I was so surprised when he died, I had no idea he'd still been alive
I was one county over in 1979. Orange County. I was the same age as all these girls. 16. There were a lot of bad things going on in that time period. Even Gacey was thought to have been in Orange County in late 1979 and 1980. The Golden State killer was also running around. I feel extremely lucky and blessed after watching this video that I or my friends never had anything bad happen. To all the victims please RIP you were taken so young God bless your families. ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🌷🌷🌷🌹🌹🌹🌹❤️❤️❤️❤️
Sadly, there have alway been and always be, human monsters among us.
@@Roberto-nm8sw Hello Roberto I know. It is a very sad thing. All I can say is keep vigilant, look around and try to help someone if you see them or suspect distress. Hopefully they will not become another statistic!👍👍🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️
These freaks, Rodney Acala, Hillside stranglers, the I 5 Killer all were active at this time......as a kid, I never heard of these people and it was never a thought in my mind at 13 years old running around Long Beach, Torrance and Lakewood where i grew up. But WOW!, these Tool box sick MFrs were really , really monsters. the worst Ive ever read about less The Bundy dude. Acala was bad too.
Think the Hillside stranglers were arrested around this time too. And the night stalker was waiting in the wings ready to pounce. California was a dangerous place in the 70s and 80s
When I was in High School in 1997 there was always talk about a serial killer that use to live in a motel down the road. It wasn't until a decade later that I learned it was Lawrence Bittiker and it freaked me TF out. I went to Burbank High School and Lawrence lived at the Scott Motel which is still there and I'm very familiar with the location that they dumped the body of Lanette.
45 we don’t take enough time to thank the honest and good hearted people who serve the public like this judge and that lady who types up the court notes and the jury members who hear this awful stuff and help get the families justice.. thanks for your help getting these evil degenerates off the street
I watch a lot of crime videos but this is by far the craziest!
1:03:25 the respect I have for this man and his life’s work.. he is fair and smart and he’s tough on the ones who need it
God forbid these monsters suffer while being executed!it's insane that the victims suffering is not taken into consideration!
So difficult to understand.... the cruelty and savagery
Great video and work x
That transcript is the worst thing I have ever read or heard in my life. Period. I’m so glad the actual audio is not available.
This. This right here is why I openly and unapologetically advocate the death penalty.
Even if it's only used as a last resort where no other punishment would suffice, I'd say this case more than meets that requirement. These two were monsters, and dying in prison was letting them off lightly.
This liberal judge's one ruling is putting so many people in danger. California is lost.
Amazing job on the story
This is so well done
Any criminal gets the death penalty should be put to death. Those men never gave those young girls a choice and they shouldn't have that choice right either. RIP young ladies. It's not right that you beautiful ladies never got to live a beautiful life but these horrible people does, I just don't get the system.❤️❤️🙏🙏
I was 13 at the time living in So Cal. And although all us girls knew monsters like this exist a lot of us still took a massive risk hitchhiking!!!!
My heart always bled for these girls and the poor families.
I have heard a good portion of the Ledford tape and it is forever haunting.
I pray there is a special place in hell for the monsters of the world 🌍
Excellent documentary
I remember being a little boy in the 1970s and my mother picking up hitchhikers regularly.... also, I would be over my cousins and cousin Sally would take me with her hitchhiking to the Springfield Mall.... no one thought anything of it.
Excellent content. Fabulous work!
Could you even imagine being a member of one of these girls families?
Knowing this mutant was allowed to relive these murders over and over and over and over for 38 years?
Thats another good reason the death penalty exists. Eliminate any memory of the crimes by the perpetrators.
i'm 54 and well remember this case. L.A. in the 70's was serial killer central and these two were only two of many. as it happens i lived and do live right near where they abducted some of their victims and i've actually been in the courtroom where bittiker went to trial although i was only there for petty traffic offenses.
furthermore as it happens we were visiting some friends of the family at a trailer park in carson (a section of L.A.) and i seen these two working on the van they used for the murders. obviously i thought nothing of it at the time but then i remember seeing bittiker on tv in court and being like "holy shit"!!!!!
I agree with you. I'm 57 and spent my teenage years in ventura, la and orange county. Soooooo many serial killers hunting those areas at the time. At first I was pretty naive about it all. News and newspapers were only something our parents read and watched. One summer in orange county i wanted to go to the beach every day and thankfully my grandparents warned me against it and wouldn't let me unless I was with a group of people. Never hitchhiked and never took the bus. Could only go places in someone I knew who had a car. My heart bleeds for all of these forever young girls and the lives they should have had.
Wow that's crazy. Kinda gives you the creeps.
I am a survivor of them 4 encounters. I was in High School Burbank High School. They were staying at the Scotts Motel. I as well as my friend had to walk by the hotel everyday on the way to school. I felt the monster Norris was when he went hunting on his own.
Yeah you survived that walk to school so hard
Absolutely tragic. It’s always so difficult to understand how we as a human race can do what we do to other human beings. I hope they are angels now and can forever exist in a blissful state. God rest their sweet souls.
Oh REALLY, you want us all to remain in the dark forever by believing in a brainless superstition that creates even more ignorance by completely ignoring the truth, which is Physiology as that and that ALONE has been proven beyond all doubt to explain EXACTLY WHY all Human Beings behave the way they do.
I often say the same, we as humans are the worst of animals
@@susiebilk9905 Not all human beings. "People are different. Nearly like two different kind of species." (Approximate quote on the first page of a book that happens to be a founding book for the Law & Literature movement.)
Look at factory farming, slaughterhouses, animal testing, fur farms etc. etc.. The way humans treat other animals and nature itself is the root cause of how they treat eachother.
@@markdeschim8253 it's MEN!
I doubt if anyone remember how on the News in the 60s thru the 80s they used to have on local news a little side note on the number of missing kids and it mattered then because they would show new pictures each day that the number changed, this needs to happen again so people will start realizing that kids are important for society ...
Looks like the court system is a joke, and no justice served for the victims. The legal system needs to be accountable and an inquiry into the case of those accountable.
The reason it's called the criminal justice system is because there's only justice for the criminals
I feel like this case is so horrific that it would make even other murderers squeamish
They should send him to the regular prison system and let the prison hierarchy do the rest.
These men are the epitome of evil! So heartbreaking what happened to these beautiful girls and what their families have had to go through too...so so so sad
By far the most sadistic serial killer I’ve ever read about. Bittaker was the mastermind behind it all, although Norris is just as evil as he tried to minimize his role as he thought he could be released on parole. Hell has a special place for these two sick demented individuals.
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I think about Lynette and Jackie most. Lynette if I could give my life right now at my age to spare yours I’d do it. Rest In Peace ❤️
This was really a travesty in my opinion!
And, to call a moratorium on the death penalty to evaluate whether the lethal injection caused pain, regarding this case, I'd say, Who cares!
While I no longer in the death penalty, as there has been so much corruption in the system and many innocent incarcerated, these killers should have been executed!
It's actually Scriptural for corporate punishment to be enacted swiftly, especially at the shedding of innocent blood because it defiles the land and brings a curse upon the nation (s)! Purge out the evil immediately!🩸🙏🏼
This case was absolutely horrific! 😔💔😥
DA Stephen Kay seems such a nice, ethical man. He was so distraught for those girls but he didn't let his emotions corrupt his duties. I applaud him, Paul Bynum and any others that worked this case.
How u gonna put Manson in the same category as Bittaker!? Wtf huge difference between those two imo..
They should only be entitled to as much mercy as they showed their victims. I dont understand how the justice seems its ok for the victims families taxes to pay for their existence.
I'm glad they played the beautiful music when telling where the girls are buried. Amazing the evil that exists.
The judge wants to make sure lethal injection isn't painful. He is obviously not thinking about those young ladies who were tortured and killed.
This the most well presented documentary on this subject that I have seen.
I find it highly stupid that some adults give kids too much free, rein, and leeway
Moreover, to allow them to hitchhike is beyond stupidity
I would’ve driven my girls to the beach and then I would stay at the beach until I brought them back. You don’t leave girls alone like that especially beautiful little blonde haired girls.
That opening music was giving me flash backs to my high school days in the early nineties, I swear they used that exact music for dang near every documentary made back then! You knew it was gonna be a good day when the teach rolled that big tv in strapped down on that weird cart and asked one of the students to turn off the lights, it’s documentary time 🤘🏻 I have been a fan of documentaries since!
This is so tragic! My heart goes out to those poor girls & their family.
Disturbing to hear that the victims were discribed as nice and without criminal records… would that have mattered?
The race of the victim and the race of the perpetrator are taken into consideration during sentencing? This cannot possibly be true
Nothing surprises me anymore
At 44:45 when the woman walks out of court, you can hear the actual tape being played when the court doors are open. You can hear the scream.
There is NO such thing as teenage women. They are teens. Women are women. What you may have meant is teen age females….please get that right. They were NOT women of adult age at all.