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unusual facts about Angelo Buono, Jr.



Angelo Buono, Jr.

The presiding judge, Ronald M. George (future Chief Justice of California), denied the motion to dismiss.

He refused to release Buono, and he reassigned the case to California Attorney General George Deukmejian's office.

Buono was born in Rochester, New York to first generation Italian-American emigrants from San Buono, Italy.

Deciding that Bianchi was an unreliable and uncooperative witness, the case's original prosecutors from Los Angeles County District Attorney John Van de Kamp's office moved to dismiss all charges against Buono and set him free.

In the 2004 film The Hillside Strangler, Buono was portrayed by actor Nicholas Turturro and in Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders (2006), he was played by Tomas Arana.


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