Today in True Crime History: January 12

Photo by Matthew Henry from Burst

1979 — Kenneth Bianchi is apprehended. As one of the Hillside Stranglers, Bianchi and cousin Angelo Buono Jr. were convicted of kidnapping, raping, torturing, and murdering at least 10 girls and women.

1981 — The Harris County Does were discovered in Houston, Texas near Wallisville Road. The victims were a male and a female, and both had been murdered.