Glenn Norman Barker, a 14-year-old male, tragically lost his life on March 21, 1980. Born on May 2, 1965, in Los Angeles County, California, Glenn was abducted by William Bonin, a notorious serial killer known as 'The Freeway Killer.' Bonin, who was convicted of the rape, torture, and murder of 14 boys and young men between 1968 and 1980, was executed by lethal injection at San Quentin State Prison in 1996. Prosecutors described him as 'the most arch-evil person who ever existed.'
Although Bonin was found guilty of 14 murders, he confessed to 21 and is suspected of even more.
On the day of his abduction, Glenn Barker was hitchhiking when he was picked up by Bonin. The 14-year-old male was beaten, raped with objects, and strangled with a ligature. He was also burned with a cigarette and had his rectum distended. His body was discarded alongside Russell Rugh in the Cleveland National Forest, close to the Ortega Highway, and both were found on March 23, 1980. The case of Glenn Barker is one of the many tragic stories that highlight the heinous crimes committed by William Bonin, who operated unassisted in this particular instance.
