Kenneth Bianchi
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Kenneth Alessio Bianchi born May 22, 1951 in Rochester, New York is, along with cousin Angelo Buono, Jr., one of the Hillside Stranglers. He is serving a prison term in Washington State. His biological mother was an alcoholic prostitute and she gave him up for adoption at birth. He was adopted at age three by Frances Bianchi and her husband.
During his process he pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, claiming that another personality, Steve, had committed the crimes. The prosecution pointed out that this personality did not appear until Bianchi was hypnotized, and only after Bianchi was told by the examiner that the procedure would reveal another part of him. The court refused to accept this claim of multiple personality disorder.