He Didn’t Cry
Bianchi’s adoptive parents didn’t have an easy time raising him but did their best. After his father unexpectedly passed away from pneumonia in 1964, Bianchi didn’t cry or show any signs of sadness. His mom wrote it off as his way of coping, but it did worry her.
Kenneth Bianchi. Photo by Bettmann/Getty Images
His adoptive mom had to work longer hours after Nicholas’s death, and she kept Bianchi home from school for long periods. When Bianchi eventually graduated high school in New York, he married his high school sweetheart. The union lasted a mere eight months before she left Bianchi without an explanation.