William Freeman

On August 27, 1969, 12-year-old William Freeman, a white male, was abducted and murdered in Antioch, California. Charles Ray Hatcher, a known serial offender, later confessed to luring the boy to a creek and strangling him. This confession marked the beginning of a series of admissions by Hatcher, who claimed responsibility for multiple child murders spanning over a decade.

Just two days after Freeman's murder, on August 29, 1969, Hatcher attempted to abduct and assault six-year-old Gil ...