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Police: 'Hillside Strangler' grandson shoots grandma, kills self
contracostatimes.com ^ | Fri, Jan. 19, 2007

Posted on 01/19/2007 8:39:33 PM PST by lunarbicep

The grandson of "Hillside Strangler" Angelo Buono Jr. shot and wounded his grandmother before killing himself, police said Friday.

Christopher Buono, 20, was found dead Thursday inside an Orange County furniture store where his grandmother, Mary Castillo, worked, said Brea police Sgt. Darrin Devereux. Buono sustained gunshot wounds to his upper body, Devereux said.

Castillo, 67, had gunshot wounds to her head and chest and was taken to a hospital, where she was in stable condition Friday, Devereux said.

The motive was under investigation and an autopsy was pending.

Grandmother and grandson lived together in Fullerton. Castillo's telephone number was unlisted.

Castillo was once married to Angelo Buono, one of two men whose gruesome killings of girls and women in the 1970s terrorized Los Angeles. The couple had a son, Christopher's father.

Angelo Buono and his adoptive cousin, Kenneth Bianchi, were accused of kidnapping, raping, torturing and killing girls and women ranging in age from 12 to 28 during a four-month period in 1977 and 1978.

The two would pose as police officers while driving in their car at night, pull over an unsuspecting woman driver, then abduct her and take her back to Buono's suburban home.

The killings were known as the "Hillside Strangler" slayings because the victims' bodies were dumped on hillsides around the city.

Bianchi pleaded guilty to five of the murders and testified against Buono, who was found guilty of nine of 10 slayings and sentenced in November 1983 to life in prison.

Buono died in September 2002 after suffering a heart attack while sleeping in his prison cell. He was married four times. Bianchi remains in prison.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: hillsidestrangler

1 posted on 01/19/2007 8:39:35 PM PST by lunarbicep
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To: lunarbicep

There's such a thing as bad genes, I guess. But there's also a force for real evil in the world.


2 posted on 01/19/2007 8:43:24 PM PST by Fairview
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To: lunarbicep

Apple....tree


3 posted on 01/19/2007 8:44:14 PM PST by Gay State Conservative ("The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism."-Karl Marx)
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To: lunarbicep

The sins of the fathers.


4 posted on 01/19/2007 8:46:49 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: lunarbicep

I can imagine knowing what your father did like that could really mess you up.


5 posted on 01/19/2007 8:53:46 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Fairview
"There's such a thing as bad genes, I guess."

Ignorance and destructive parenting are also passed down, unfortunately. Unless I missed it the article doesn't say why this boy was living with his grandmother, or where his birth father and mother are.
6 posted on 01/19/2007 8:53:58 PM PST by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: lunarbicep
Given the family history, here's hoping the he did not reproduce.
7 posted on 01/19/2007 9:10:53 PM PST by MAexile (Bats left, votes right)
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To: lunarbicep

More delightful news from this family..it's the gift that keeps on giving.


8 posted on 01/19/2007 9:14:23 PM PST by Jorge
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To: Fairview
"But there's also a force for real evil in the world."

But, thankfully, one less such.

Now if only it can be proven he's left no spawn behind...

9 posted on 01/19/2007 9:16:42 PM PST by Redbob
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To: lunarbicep
From an LA Times story of the same incident,...at

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-buono20jan20,1,687512.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

... Castillo, also of Fullerton, was once married to Angelo Buono, who with his adoptive cousin, Kenneth Bianchi, was convicted in a brutal string of kidnappings, rapes and torture killings during a four-month period of 1977 and 1978. The crimes became known as the "Hillside Strangler" slayings because the victims' bodies were dumped on hillsides throughout Los Angeles.

Bianchi pleaded guilty to five of the murders and testified against Buono, who was convicted of nine slayings and sentenced to life in prison. He died of a heart attack in 2002. Bianchi remains in prison.

Buono and Castillo had a son, who is Christopher's father.

It took me several reads of the story to figure out who was who in this sordid tale. Makes you wonder what the wife knew about the situation between her husband and their adopted nephew as the convicted criminals and if that presented motive for the grandson's behavior.

Was the wife behind the crime spree all along? Did she attempt to entice her grandson into the same line of thinking?

10 posted on 01/20/2007 7:54:52 AM PST by Cvengr
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To: lunarbicep
A bit of trivia.

Peter Lorre's daughter, Catharine, was almost abducted by The Hillside Stranglers. She was stopped by the Stranglers, Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono, imitating policemen. When they found out she was Lorre's daughter, they let her go. She didn't realize that they were killers until after they were caught.

11 posted on 01/20/2007 10:23:08 AM PST by csvset
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To: Cvengr

You so have your facts messed up.. read the article again. FYI she divorced Anthony before he was ever arrested. She lays in a hospital bed and you make ignorant comments... nice


12 posted on 01/24/2007 11:52:45 PM PST by klutzykym
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To: csvset

wow


13 posted on 01/25/2007 12:01:27 AM PST by advertising guy (If computer skills named us, I'd be back-space delete.)
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To: klutzykym

No comments were made ignoring anything. The adoptive cousin had also been convicted. Thanks for the info on the divorce, if accurate. I don't have reference similar to the link I provided youself for that additional info. Thanks.


14 posted on 01/26/2007 7:18:00 PM PST by Cvengr
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