Episode 77- The Freeway Killer Part 1

Episode 77-The Freeway Killer Part 1.

On the 22nd of March 1980, two teenage boys' bodies were found dumped together beside a freeway in California. These are not the only bodies that were discarded along the freeway. The bodies of naked young boys were being discovered around the summer of 1979. They were being discovered along freeways and other major roads across Southern California. A reporter at the time, Dave Lopez, said this started very slowly. They would discover one, two to three until they got to the 4th body where the MO was the same, they started to look closely for a pattern. Male victims were being targeted at an alarming rate. This was described as a killing spree. In September of 1975 David McVicker was a 14-year-old student. He wanted to enjoy his last days as summer was ending. He wanted to enjoy his time with friends and family. David said in the documentary it was common in those days for people to hitchhike. This was the norm during these times. It was not unusual to see people along the highways with their thumbs up hitching rides to the beaches of California. They were unaware that there was a monster lurking and looking for potential victims. At around 5:30pm on September 8th there was a sexual predator looking for a male victim. David says he was saying goodbye to his friends. He had left the house of a friend, and he was ready to hitchhike home. He said that after he had crossed a busy intersection a car pulled up next to him. He says the guy was asking for directions as to where Euclid Street was. He said he told him it was a mile away. The driver asked David where he was headed, and David responded and said I was going to Brookhurst and going towards the beach. The man said Well , jump in the car. I will give you a ride. David thought it was his lucky day and how perfectly everything lined up for him. David says he got in the car, and everything was going normally. He said the driver was nice and cool. You would have never thought that this man had sadistic intentions. David said 5 mins into the ride the man asked him an unusual question something to the effect like did he ever try to commit a gay act or something to that effect. David responded honestly and in shock to that question. He immediately said no, I would never do that. This put David in a fight or flight mode. He said he tried getting out of the car. He told the driver "Can you pull over" and let me out of the car. The driver started to drive faster. David was scared. He opened the car door and when he took his head out and looked back, he was staring at the barrel of a gun. The driver told him to get back inside the car or I will shoot you. The driver kept driving with the gun pointed straight at David until sunlight started to fade. The driver parked up in a field. David was terrified. He knew something horribly wrong was going to happen to him. David did not know if he was going to live or die. David was desperately trying to get out of the car. David was beaten by the assailant. He knew that if he did not comply with him, he was going to inevitably lose his life. His attacker took a tire iron and placed it inside his shirt around his neck, twisting it to strangle him while David was being sexually assaulted. David felt his dying last breath and uttered God Help.

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