Kenneth Alessio Bianchi was born in Rochester, New York on 22nd May 1951, to an alcoholic prostitute mother, who gave him up for adoption at birth. He was adopted by Frances Bianchi when he was three months old.
Bianchi showed early signs of the problems that dominated his later life: he was an inveterate liar, subject to violent temper tantrums and a poor scholar, despite above-average intelligence. Showing manipulative skills early on, he was always the instigator of bad behaviour, and his...
