Hello! Welcome back to Diagnosing a Killer. I'm Kenna. And I'm Koelle. And I'm super excited!
We finally got a case back in X to a previous case. A previous case!
We're going to be talking about Patrick Kearney. One of three named the Freeway Killer. Which
we found out when you did Randy Kraft. And Randy Kraft is not the Freeway Killer. Patrick
Kearney is not the Freeway Killer. William Bonin is the actual Freeway Killer. But we're
going to be talking about Patrick Kearney aka the Trashbag Murderer. The Trashbag Murderer!
Holy shit! I'm so excited because I was re-listening to Randy Kraft earlier. Well, I guess it's
the Trashbag Killer. But I was re-listening to Randy Kraft like a couple days ago. And
I remembered you mentioned Patrick Kearney and I was like, oh my god, that would be
such a good case because they kind of correlate. So if you haven't heard Randy Kraft, listen
to it before you listen to this episode. But we're just going to get right into it because
I'm really excited to talk about this guy. Alrighty. I got my coffee. I'm ready. She
says it like up to her face when she's ready to take a picture. Alright. Patrick Wayne
Kearney was born on September 24th, 1939 in East Los Angeles. It was the 30s. In East
Los Angeles to George and Eunice Kearney. So some reports actually list Patrick as being
born in Texas. But his birth actually, his records indicate that he was indeed born in
LA. But I'll explain why the Texas thing comes in in a minute. Always got to talk about
Texas and we get a chance, right? It's true. So Patrick was the oldest of three. On July
19th, 1944, when Patrick was four, his younger brother Michael Erwin Kearney was born. And
when Patrick turned five and began school, his other younger brother Chester Ross Kearney
was born on August 28th, 1945. Cute. By all accounts, this family was very stable as the
boys grew up with actually no reports of abuse or trauma mentioned anywhere. Where's the
poop? Right. So their father George was actually an LAPD officer. We love them. Love them.
And mother Eunice was a homemaker. It was noted that George was a disciplinarian. However,
the home was quote, decent, honest and uncomplicated as according to the neighbors around the neighborhood
or the community. It was also noted that the area Patrick and his family lived in was a
quote, tough area populated by Hispanic and black gangs who were always at loggerheads.
I had to look up that word because I didn't recognize it. But loggerhead pretty much just
means like dispute. So the two gangs were like always in some sort of disagreement. But that
was like mentioned for, I guess it was like a not so safe part of town because of that.
But other than that, inside the home seemed very, you know, very decent. So I mentioned
that when Patrick was five, his younger brother was born. And this is the same time that he
was starting elementary school. Patrick attended elementary school in Montabello and he was
noted as being a thin, shy, like kind of sickly looking child. So like already not looking
like that. I know, right? Because we just talking about that's it's always those right?
It's like, oh, there's seemingly no problems in the house, but the child was very sickly.
Yeah, no, and then it's like children are dicks and they're just gonna fucking like
make fun. And sometimes like, you know, they have dad complexes and stuff because their
dads like they want these strong strapping young lads. Yeah, there was a Robert Burdella
that we were talking about. Yeah, yeah, it was like low blood pressure when he was like
a child. I have high blood pressure, feel bad for me. Yeah. As I drink my coffee. Now,
unfortunately, like I said, Patrick's appearance kind of gave his classmates the perfect thing
to tease and bully him about. So although his home life was pretty decent, his childhood
was not without hardship, especially in school. It was as early as the age of eight that it's
reported that Patrick actually began having thoughts of killing. I assumed because he
was being bullied at school super often that he actually fantasized about killing these
bullies at school, which is like really sad. Did he end up abusing animals? Of course.
Serial killer. Damn it. Now at the age of 10, Patrick's family moved to Runny Mead Street
on the outskirts of Rosenda, which is near the San Fernando Valley still in California.
This being the case, Patrick had to change schools. Unfortunately, being the new kid
at school and again with his appearance subjected him to immediately become bullied again. The
bullying actually got so bad that Patrick would later compare his school and his life
to that of Carey's from the 1976 film, Carey. He recalled that he was a slight effeminate
wimpy boy. He wore thick lens glasses. I thought Carey didn't come out until the 70s though.
That's why I said 1976. He would later recall that he was like when he was older, he would
say that that was old. Okay. It was like how? Time traveler. Yeah. I'm not going to censor
these words because they are quotes, but I will say trigger warning these words can
be a little triggering. But he would also recall that his fellow students would call him names
such as quote girly boy, quote queer boy and quote little faggot despite the fact that
he was interested in girls. I don't like that word, but I'm trying to prove the point that
he was like dealing with this for much of his childhood. Right. Okay. I won't say it
again, but that's that's the word that comes up frequently. I hate that word. I know I
do too. So of course, this bullying would stick with him for the long run. This is also the
time that he recalls really being obsessed over thoughts of killing the bullies, but
it became like compulsive. Like he would like frequently, frequently think about it. Now
fast forward to when Patrick turned 13. His father took him out for a quote bonding experience
and he bought him a 22 caliber rifle for hunting, right, which is not unusual, especially for
avid hunters. It's really typical to teach children at a young age about gun safety and
you know, hunting for their food. However, it wasn't necessarily animals that Patrick
was planning on hunting and being honest to his dad. And so he was like taking this lesson
and turning it into something really horrible. Yeah. And also during this lesson, his father
was not without blame because he actually brought him to out to hunt for pigs. And he
had explained to Patrick that the best way and most humane place was to shoot the pig
behind the left ear is what calls the least amount of bleeding. Okay, normal. Content
warning animals. Now the lesson again, not bad in itself, but apparently Patrick decided
to take it to the extreme and he began hunting and slaughtering animals inhumanely and just
for fun, which I hate that. Now while again, content warning, content warning, while killing
these animals, Patrick would actually later admit that he would roll around in their blood
and their guts and would fantasize about them being humans rather than animals. So it's
kind of escalating a little bit. It's kind of serious. Again, content warning, content
warning. Again, it's like those moments because at this point he hasn't, I mean, well, fuck
anybody who harms animals. I'm sorry. I mean, to me, yeah, no, but it's like, but at this
point he hasn't killed anybody, but you're just thinking like, oh my God, there are all
the signs, all of the things are right there. And I mean, this is the kind of shit you hear
about before a school shooting, you know, I mean, that's, it's, yeah, and especially
the bullying, but at the same time, it seems at this point that no one, he's not admitting
this to anybody, the bullying, especially the animal cruelty, especially like he's not,
no one has seen him do that and he's not telling that to anybody. So it's like, who would have
known like, you know, again, content warning, content warning. It was around this time that
Patrick later claimed to have actually had his first sexual experience with the family
dog. I won't go into detail because it's a tenacross.
Already getting heavy, sorry for all of the content. And that's where we end. Yeah, I
hadn't seen. So in 1953, when Patrick reached middle school, he attended the Diane St. Leikman
Special Education Center in Rosenda, California, where of course the bullying continued. The
children at this new school, his middle school also referred to him as quote, F word boy,
I'm not going to say it again, but same similarly to his last school and would tease him constantly
about his feminine appearance. It was at this time that Patrick actually began admitting
to himself that he may not be as heterosexual as he was putting on up until this point.
But of course he would never let the school children know about that. So before he had
any real time to make friends at this school, his father George resigned from the LAPD and
actually became a salesman for a travel agency. Because of this new job, the family moved
to Wilcox, Arizona when Patrick was in seventh grade, and he moved schools yet again to Wilcox
Middle School where, you guessed it, the bullying continued.
Despite the hard times he found himself in middle school, Patrick was actually really
passionate about learning new languages. And while attending this school, he became proficient
in Spanish, Japanese and Mandarin Chinese. Yeah, because he probably hated America.
That's true. Also, I want to just point out that Mandarin Chinese and Japanese are like
very difficult languages to learn.
Shortly after this school year, the family found themselves moving back to California
again for dad's job, this time in Redondo Beach, which I've been to and it's beautiful.
This is where I'm going to pepper that up there. I was there for like a total of four
hours because we were in a layover in California.
This is where Patrick would attend high school and eventually graduate in 1957. Now it was
noted that the family moved to Texas after this for a short period of time, but they
ended up coming back to California once again where Patrick attended El Camino Community
College for a short period of time. Not wanting to continue with college in 1958, at the age
of 19, Patrick decided to join the Air Force. You kind of see that, right? I feel like in
cases that we've talked about, especially when kids are having a hard time growing up,
they don't really see a clear path for them. They don't really have something that they're
kind of learning towards as they go through high school. They kind of join the military,
especially because they are, they're wanting that structure.
Yeah, they're craving structure. Normally that, but they're craving to use guns legally.
That's also true. In my opinion.
Hoping to be able to travel the world with the military, Patrick was slightly disappointed
when he became stationed in Texas for his basic training. I just wanted to leave.
Now while in Texas, Patrick met a man by the name of David Hill. And although David was
married to a woman at the time, the two quickly became friends and secret lovers. And it was
at this point that Patrick decided to act on his sexual tendencies. So up until this
point, he had been in denial that he may have been homosexual. So David Hill had been dishonorably
discharged from the army. So I made the assumption that they just met from mutual friends, you
know, in the military community. Now Hill was born in Lubbock, Texas in 1942. And he was
noted as being a high school dropout and quote, one of life's natural born slackers.
Kind of like a terrible umbrella to put over someone's head.
I love that.
It was also noted that the two, David and Patrick, made an odd looking couple with Patrick
being a very wimpy looking 5'7 and David being six foot two and particularly muscular.
Oh, I know.
I'm like, oh, it's all dark and handsome.
It's also married to a woman and having a secret affair with a man.
The couple would maintain an on again, off again relationship for the next 15 years.
Good for them.
On again, off again. Good for them.
For 15 years.
Okay, we'll just wait.
It's a long relationship.
Story quickly goes downhill.
All right.
And then he beads in blood.
Well, I mean, pretty fucking much.
Now at the age of 21, while still in Texas, Patrick received an honorable discharge from
the Air Force.
It didn't say exactly why, but with his stent in the military ending, he made the choice
to move back to California this time in Long Beach and David went with him.
So they both moved back to California together.
Is David divorced now?
He's not like he's separated from his wife.
I think that he kind of is like, yeah, I'm going to be with Patrick now.
Oh, I'm just going to take a trip with the boys.
All right.
What is it?
Indefinitely.
I'm going to take a trip with the boys indefinitely.
Now it was noted that while in California, Patrick began working as an engineer for Hughes
aircraft.
Obviously he did a stent in the Air Force, where his coworkers and bosses alike described
him as a quote model worker.
Always seems that way.
Always.
Because they're very organized.
Of course.
It was also at this time that it's noted that Patrick began taking college courses again,
this time at Cal State University in Long Beach.
After moving to Long Beach together, the couple.
The couple.
The couple suffered from frequent explosive fights.
And eventually in 1962, David actually left Patrick and went back to Texas to be with
his ex-wife Linda.
Wow.
He left him again.
He's going back and forth between these two.
Okay, never mind.
I take back what I said.
Newly single and very angry, Patrick began frequenting gay bars around Southern California
and even some in Mexico where he used his knowledge of Spanish to speak to the locals.
This would be his motive in order to pick up potential victims in the future.
And in the spring of the same year, 1962, Patrick would murder his first known victim.
His fueling anger from David leaving him seemingly is what was the tipping point.
For Sally or whatever her name is.
Linda.
Oh, Linda.
Listen, Linda.
Content warning.
Patrick was driving around on his motorcycle, frequenting the bars that he usually did.
When he picked up a hitchhiker that is actually still unknown to this day, his name, a 19-year-old
man in Orange, California.
Although the identity of this man is unknown, it is noted that he was either from Oklahoma
or Louisiana, so he wasn't a local.
The man got on the back of Patrick's motorcycle and after driving him to a secluded spot,
Patrick shot the man behind his left ear, similarly to the way that he had been told
to kill pigs.
Wow.
Content warning.
After Patrick was sure that the man was dead, he sexually assaulted his body, dismembered
and mutilated the corpse, stuffed it into garbage bags, and disposed of him off of Highway
86, the trash bag killer.
This is another reason that he was dubbed the freeway killer, of course, because it's
disposal off of the highway, along with Randy Craft and William Bonin.
Well, I mean, you know, I feel like they're all highway killers.
Yeah.
I mean, even Eileen Warnos.
Yeah.
I mean, it was all down in Interstate 75 and I actually looked up a map, which I didn't
say in the episode, I regret now, but I looked at a map and you can see where she dumped.
Do you see the dots in different counties?
And that's why it was kind of hard for her to get caught for a while too, is because
although the MO is similar, it's all different counties.
Yeah, that's true.
All different police departments.
Jurisdictions, yeah.
Well, also, not for nothing, but what's the slowest you can go on a highway is 55, 60?
We're going pretty fast past these things.
Like, who's going to just stop on this, you know?
Exactly.
Now, it was noted that Patrick's second victim was actually this unnamed 19-year-old little
cousin who was 16 years old.
What?
This boy was never identified by name either, but it was noted that the 16-year-old had
actually seen his older cousin get on the back of Patrick's motorcycle, so he saw Patrick's
face.
And he realized that this boy was a potential witness, so he pursued him and convinced him
to get on his motorcycle as well, most likely telling him that he was going to take him
to his cousin.
The method was the same.
Patrick took the boy to a remote area and shot him in the head, content warning, sexually
assaulting his corpse the same way and disposing of him.
It was actually not stated when this second murder took place, however, it seemed as if
it was the same night due to the fact that he knew where the 16-year-old was, which is
wild to me that it was his first murder, but it was pretty much within the same couple
of hours, it seems like.
And he clearly knew what he was doing because he already has an elbow.
He had it planned out.
It was methodical for sure.
Now, Patrick confessed to killing one more young man this same year, an 18-year-old
named Mike, although there is not much known about this murder either.
What month was this?
This is within six months of the first six months of 1962 that these three happened,
which is really quick.
It was around July of 1962 that David left his wife Linda yet again and moved back to
California to be with Patrick.
And what do you think Patrick did?
He accepted him with open arms.
After David moved back to California, Patrick and him seemingly had a great life together.
Living in Long Beach, Patrick still working at Hughes Aircraft and even becoming a senior
research assistant by 1963, putting his salary at $20,000 a year, which roughly translates
today to $193,000.
He was making a good living at this place.
I wonder David was like, whatcha doing?
Whatcha doing over there?
Well, since he was doing really well with money, David was not working because he didn't
need to apparently.
Because David was not working, this was actually causing a lot of strain on their relationship.
And they began arguing frequently again.
No.
I said on again off again for 15 years.
I didn't realize it was that on and off again.
I'm so annoying.
So due to Patrick's new position at work, it took the men to Culver City, where their
relationship cooled down for a little while.
Now there is not much known about Patrick's next victim, but he did confess to killing
an unnamed man sometime in 1965 in Orange County, California.
Perhaps all there is that's known about that crime.
Okay.
Now fast forward to 1966, Patrick is now 26 years old, still living with David, who had
actually filed for divorce from Linda the same year.
In June of 1967, Patrick invited David to take a road trip with him down to Mexico, where
they had met up with an old friend by the name of George.
They had their visit and they headed back home.
Patrick later confessed to killing George that same year in December, months after they
took this trip.
So Patrick somehow had made his way back down to Mexico and went over to George's house
without David.
He actually snuck in while George was sleeping, content warning.
Patrick snuck into George's room and shot him fatally between the eyes while he was
asleep.
After he was deceased, Patrick put his corpse in the bathtub and sodomized his body.
Content warning again.
He then began skinning George's body with an X-Acto knife and completely dismembered
the corpse.
Why?
That was awful.
An X-Acto knife?
That's like tedious.
I'm just taking ages.
I'm not trying to be coarse with saying that.
I'm just saying that's an X-Acto knife.
It makes my stuff occur.
Now after he was finished with this portion of his crime, he actually buried George's
body in his own backyard behind the garage.
Not before removing the bullet from his head in case the body was ever discovered so that
he wouldn't get caught.
Well he took him apart.
I would just think.
Yeah.
I mean, oh gosh, that's awful.
George's remains would not be found until nearly 10 years later.
Now after this crime, Patrick was absolutely terrified that he would be caught because
he was in this man's home.
This man is, he probably has neighbors, you know, like two noses.
How bold.
Yeah.
So at the age of 27 in 1967, Patrick actually decided to take a break from killing.
I'm not gonna take, I'm gonna lay low for a little while.
And he actually put an offer on a house in Redondo Beach, California where he lived before.
An offer of about $20,000, which is, that's a lot.
Yeah, but like, I want to pay that much for a house today.
The offer was accepted and him and David both moved in together in December of 1967.
Okay.
This would become the house in which many of his future murders occurred.
But David lives there.
Does he?
Oh God.
No.
David.
So so far we've spoken about the victims that Patrick later confessed to killing, but
it was not until 1968 that there was a victim he was later confirmed to have killed and
was convicted of.
So these ones we've talked about, he was never confirmed.
He was just saying, I did those, I did those.
And then 1968 was his first confirmed.
Now David and Patrick both lived together in this home that Patrick had purchased until
June of 1971 when David decided to leave Patrick yet again, this time leaving only a note.
What?
Yeah.
What is, what, what is, he's probably like a fucking weirdo and David's like, I don't
know if I can be with you.
They were fighting a lot.
Yeah.
Patrick's just too weird to be with.
At this point though, seemingly David has no idea what's been going on.
Due to this breakup this time, Patrick yet again became enraged and he wanted revenge.
Not gonna get revenge on David though.
He's gonna take it out on some innocent fucking people.
That's awful.
I wonder what David would have done had he known that every time he left him he was murdering
people.
So Patrick began his old ways, driving around for hours and looking for anyone to pick up
and harm.
This is where I'm gonna list all of his known victims in order and they happen really fast
so it's a lot but it is important for the story.
On June 26th, 1971, very shortly after David left Patrick once again, Patrick came upon
13 year old John E. Demchick who was standing on a corner in Inglewood.
Patrick offered to drive him home but he of course had other plans.
Content warning.
When the boy entered the truck, Patrick shot him in the head.
He then drove to a secluded area about 15 miles southeast of Kalexico where he dragged
the boy who was unconscious and bleeding badly to a nearby gully.
He undressed the boy and sexually abused him and then he left him completely naked in the
gully to die.
Unfortunately the boy did not survive this attack and his body would not be found for
nearly 20 months.
Wow.
By the way, this is a content warning for like the rest of this part.
Yeah.
I'm gonna describe murder after murder.
After this, Patrick abducted and killed a 17 year old boy by the name of James Barwick
on an unknown date.
He shot the boy in the back of the head, assaulted his body and disposed of him similarly to
others in the past.
Although they did not know exactly the date he was killed, the body was found on September
11th, 1973.
You said similarly, does that mean trash bags?
Yes.
Okay.
Because he didn't do that to the gully kid.
Yes.
So like, you know, in a remote like secluded kind of like off the road location.
I see what you mean.
Yeah.
So on August 24th, 1974, a five year old boy by the name of Ronald Dean Smith disappeared
in Lenox, California.
I know.
Patrick actually changed his MO slightly this time and actually held the boy captive
for two days, sexually assaulting him multiple times.
He then killed the boy by suffocation before dumping his simi nude body in Riverside County
where it was found 49 days later.
On April 13th, 1975, Patrick picked up a male prostitute by the name of Albert Rivera, where
he drove him to a secluded location and shot him in the head.
He then took Albert's body back to his house where he sodomized him and then proceeded
to cut his body into pieces, disposing him in garbage bags.
On November 10th, 1975, Patrick picked up 20 year old Larry Jean Walters and brought
him to his home and shot him in the head.
He then sodomized his body and dismembered him, disposing him in garbage bags as well.
It's just like boom, boom, boom.
In the fall of 1976, a 17 year old boy by the name of Robert Billy Benifold was riding
his bike down a road in Redondo Beach, California when his bike actually malfunctioned.
Patrick just so happened to be driving by when he spotted the boy and he offered him
a ride.
The boy accepted and got into Patrick's truck.
Patrick proceeded to act out his usual MO, shooting the boy in the back of the head and
taking him back to his house.
He sexually assaulted the boy and dismembered him and dumped his body in multiple different
locations.
Due to his body being in several different locations, he was actually never found.
Everyone take a deep breath, we're gonna keep going.
I know, oh man.
On March 1st, 1976, Patrick picked up another 17 year old boy that was walking down the
street by the name of Kenneth E- uh, I think his last name is Buchanan.
The boy accepted and when he got in the truck, Patrick shot him in the back of the head and
took him to his house.
He sodomized the boy and at some point during this attack, Kenneth actually woke up and
came to.
And Patrick responded to this by shooting him three more times.
On March 21st, 1976, so this is just 20 days later, a 13 year old by the name of Oliver
Peter Molloyder was hitchhiking in Redondo Beach when Patrick came upon him and offered
him a ride.
During their time together, Patrick stated that they played quote, doctor, which led
to sex.
There's a 13 year old can consent, right?
It just led to that.
Patrick said that later on about this murder.
Like there's not a lot of things that enrage me more than an adult saying that like, oh
well, she wanted it.
She's fucking 16, okay?
You know, she doesn't have a choice in that matter.
Unfortunately Patrick ultimately killed the boy, dismembering his body and putting it
into multiple garbage bags.
He had also scattered these bags and many different places at the Palos Verdes landfill,
making it difficult to find his entire body.
On April 19th, 1976, Patrick picked up a 15 year old boy by the name of Larry Armandares,
who was hitchhiking as well.
He was shot in the back of the head upon entering the truck and taken back to Patrick's house,
where he sexually assaulted his corpse and dismembered and disposed of him.
We're still going.
Just to show how much of a monster this fucking guy is.
I mean, I guess he's not one of the most famous serial killers in the world because
he had a short list, you know?
Yeah, that's ridiculous.
On June 16th, 1976, 13 year old Michael Greg McKee was hitchhiking from Englewood Avenue
to Torrance when Patrick picked him up.
According to police, Patrick had befriended the boy and actually invited him to attend
a camping trip over the course of the weekend.
After spending time with the boy, Michael apparently had opened up about his criminal
history the boy had and inquired about the location of burglar alarms in Patrick's house.
I guess, you know, this is the 70s, so these kids are hitchhiking.
They're probably hitchhiking for a reason.
Hearing this boy kind of hype himself up about his past crimes made Patrick upset and he
shot and killed him.
Later, while being interviewed by detectives about this murder, Patrick implied that he
had destroyed the remains stating, quote, I dispose of the body.
You aren't going to find him.
And unfortunately, the boy was never found.
Okay, we're done with that section.
That was a lot, boom, boom, boom, like I said, and it was a lot of people back to back, but
it's just so telling about how much of a fucking piece of shit this is.
Right.
Now, if it's not already clear, at this point, Patrick recalls being obsessed with other
active and past serial killers.
He recalled keeping everything documented on one Dean Coral.
Do you know who that is?
No, I don't.
I didn't either.
It's a serial killer from December, 1939 to August, 1973.
Wow.
It's almost 40 years.
It's a long time.
We need to do an episode on him for sure.
Well, being in California in the 70s, we know this and the listeners probably do as well.
There were multiple serial killers that were active around this time.
Patrick later recalled being intrigued by the lot such as the Hillside Stranglers, the
Zodiac Killer, and Randy Kraft.
Ooh, he's got a fan.
Right.
One.
Just one.
The Zodiac Killer and Patrick, however, was that his MO was much different than theirs.
He would typically, you know, shoot his victims in the head, carefully dismember them.
He would actually, I didn't mention this in the past ones, but he would drain their
blood and even wash their bodies before disposing of them so that there was no evidence on the
bodies.
Right.
Which coincides with learning about hunting and stuff.
Yeah, absolutely.
On June 20th, 1976, Patrick met one John Woody Woods and did his usual MO, shooting and
killing him, sexually assaulting him, and dismembering and disposing of his body.
Sometime in this year as well, 17-year-old male Larry S.B. was hitchhiking in Redondo
Beach when Patrick came across him and offered him a ride.
Larry accepted and when he got in the truck, he was shot in the back of the head as well.
Patrick then took him home and proceeded to do what he does.
His body was found on August 23rd, 1976.
On August 28th, 1976, police found the body of Wilfred Lawrence Faraday as he had been
shot in the head and dumped as well, and this murder had also been linked to Patrick
in the future.
In the same month of 1976, a 16-year-old hitchhiker named Randall Randy Lawrence Moore was shot
in the head by Patrick and dumped as well.
On October 6th, 1976, Patrick came across 20-year-old hitchhiker Mark Andrew Oric where
he shot and killed him.
It's just like, boom, boom, boom.
Right.
This one was a little different, however, because the body was found the same day he
was killed, showing that Patrick may have been interrupted and was actually unable to
take him home and complete his MO.
Wow.
It almost seems like he had to dump him quickly and leave.
On November 15th, 1976, a 19-year-old male named Timothy B. Ingham was hitchhiking in
California when he was picked up by Patrick.
He traveled south and at some point, Patrick shot the boy in the head while he was asleep
and actually threw his body down a ravine.
He did not go back to the house because he was actually on his way to Mexico.
While there, he actually gave some of his friends items from the boy that he had picked
up and killed.
He was like, oh, I bought these gifts, like these personal items.
That is awful.
Yeah.
Imagine getting something like that as a gift.
You're like, wow, what a beautiful ring.
And then knowing that it's like a murder of eggdoms.
Yeah.
And it's like the trophy.
On an unknown date in the fall of 1976, Patrick came across 27-year-old David Allen in Fallbrook,
San Diego.
He picked the man up and proceeded to shoot and kill him as well, leaving him on the side
of the road.
In the beginning of 1977, the body of a 28-year-old male prostitute by the name of Nicholas Nicky
Hernandez-Himenez was found.
The boy was shot in the head, dismembered, and disposed of in trash bags.
On February 19th of 1977, Patrick changes up his MO yet again and decides that this
time he wanted to target an acquaintance of his, not some stranger, someone that he knew.
Well, technically this is the second one then, right?
Because he knew George too.
Oh, you're right.
This man's name was Arturo Romoz Marquez.
He later confessed to shooting and killing the friend, dismembering and disposing of
his body.
On March 13th, 1977, a 17-year-old boy named John Otis LeMay came to Patrick's house.
At around 5.30pm on the same day, John had told a neighbor that he was going to Redondo
Beach to meet a man named Dave, whom he had met at a local gym.
This man was, in fact, David Hill, who had reconnected with Patrick and gave the boy
Patrick's address with the promise of hanging out.
That's right, folks.
That's right.
Oh my god, why?
The truth comes out and David Hill had been in contact with Patrick the whole time.
However, it was later determined that he had, quote, no involvement in the crimes and was
released.
That's bullshit.
We'll see if we believe that.
Yeah, that's bullshit.
That's fun.
That dance.
I was like, I can't.
It was like the Grinch.
Okay, so back to March 13th, John LeMay went to Patrick's address with the idea that David
would be there to hang out because he had met David at the gym previously.
They had reconnected, they had connected as friends and David gave him his address, which
is Patrick's address.
They lived together.
And he said, here, go to my address.
I'll meet you there.
When the boy arrived, however, David was not there yet.
He was, that was, David's plan was to meet the boy.
He just wasn't there yet.
But Patrick invited him to come on in and watch some TV and hang out anyway and wait
for David.
While waiting and watching TV, John's on the couch.
Patrick left the room and grabbed his 22 derringer and shot the boy in the back of the head,
killing him instantly.
He took the time to carefully cut the boy's body up, drained the parts of blood and washed
them before neatly packaging them into five different trash bags.
How far away was David?
You're so sus.
But so sus.
Yeah, David's not looking good in this one.
Yeah, no, not looking good for you, David.
All of these bags were sealed with nylon filament tape.
He then disposed of the bags.
Two bags were discarded on the ground and three others were stuffed into a nearby 80 gallon
oil drum.
Now, since John had told a neighbor the name of the man he was going to meet, and when
he did not return home that evening or the next day, his mother began to worry, she called
the El Segundo police department with a terrible feeling that something horrible had happened
to her son.
She was adamant that he never left for more than a day without letting her know where
he was or checking in.
However, the police were convinced he was just a runaway.
Have you heard that before?
Of course.
This is an LA, right?
If I had a dollar.
Yes.
What's in California?
Oh, that's dull.
Five days later, actually it's in Redondo Beach, which is right next to LA.
Five days later, John's mother's worst fears were realized when they found the garbage
bags.
With all five bags being found, there was actually never a head recovered at all.
The body was identified by a unique birthmark.
If this doesn't piss you off, the police chalked up this killing.
They found many people in garbage bags.
Two, quote, just another F word in the bag killing.
Are you serious?
That's what they fucking said.
That made my stomach hurt.
Like the rhyming?
Yeah.
Shorthand?
Yeah.
Although the police didn't really seem to care that a number of homosexual men were
being murdered, they did have interest in solving the case and getting someone pinned
for it.
And with a lead from John knowing David's first name, they had quickly narrowed down
to Patrick and David.
Even though the police were searching for leads and honing in on them, Patrick could
not resist his need to kill.
And on April 6, 1977, Patrick alerted eight-year-old Merle Hondo Chance to his home after seeing
him riding around the neighborhood on his bike.
He smothered the young boy to death.
Very weird because usually his M.O. is a gunshot.
Is a gun, yeah.
He's probably just trying something else out.
Unfortunately, he sexually assaulted the boy's body and dismembered and dumped him.
A month later in May of 1977, Warrens were issued charging David Douglas Hill, 34, and
Patrick Wayne Kearney, 37, with having murdered John Millay, sawing off his hands, feet and
head and burying what remained of his body.
The mother's quick action was the only real break in the case since the body of Albert
Rivera, the first one that became known to be one of the trash bag murderers.
According to investigators, John LeMay was probably the last of a series of young men
murdered by Patrick and David for over a decade.
And David!
That's where we're gonna stop for part one.
It's a two-parter!
And David!
Yeah.
Well, we don't know.
Oh my.
All right.
We're gonna go right into part two.
You're gonna get it in a couple days and we're just gonna go ahead and go.
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