A Troubling Past
Born in May 1951, Kenneth Bianchi was just two weeks old when his unstable, alcoholic mother gave him up for adoption. Nicholas and Frances Bianchi took the infant in as their oldest child. Bianchi showed troubling signs from a young age, with his adoptive mother describing him as a “compulsive liar.”
Kenneth Bianchi. Photo by Bettmann/Getty Images
He rarely told the truth from the time he could talk and was diagnosed with petit mal seizures by age five. Bianchi had behavioral issues, which his parents tried to correct through a psychiatrist. Bianchi was a bright child but an underachiever in school. He refused to do work and moved schools twice.