Donald Ray Hyden Jr.

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Donald Ray Hyden Jr.

Birth
Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Death
27 Aug 1979 (aged 15)
Agoura Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA GPS-Latitude: 33.9925222, Longitude: -118.3887889
Plot
Section R, Tier 15, Lot 84
Memorial ID
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Donald Jr was born in Cincinnati Ohio in 1963, the first child of Donald and Mary Hyden. After his parents divorced, Donald, with his younger brother and sister, moved to California with their mother. Donald was a troubled youth and lived for a time with his grandparents, in Westchester. He excelled in baseball and idolized Pete Rose. But Donald yearned to be with his mother and moved back in with his family, in an apartment in Hollywood, in 1977.

Donald, then 15, was last seen in Hollywood, California, at 1:00 a.m. on August 27, 1979. He was abducted by serial killer William George Bonin, "The Freeway Killer", and one of his accomplices, Vernon Robert Butts. At 11:00 a.m., Donald's ravaged and broken body was found in a trash bin at the Liberty Canyon offramp of the Ventura Freeway (Hwy. 101).

William Bonin was executed in California, by lethal injection, on 2/23/96



Donald Jr was born in Cincinnati Ohio in 1963, the first child of Donald and Mary Hyden. After his parents divorced, Donald, with his younger brother and sister, moved to California with their mother. Donald was a troubled youth and lived for a time with his grandparents, in Westchester. He excelled in baseball and idolized Pete Rose. But Donald yearned to be with his mother and moved back in with his family, in an apartment in Hollywood, in 1977.

Donald, then 15, was last seen in Hollywood, California, at 1:00 a.m. on August 27, 1979. He was abducted by serial killer William George Bonin, "The Freeway Killer", and one of his accomplices, Vernon Robert Butts. At 11:00 a.m., Donald's ravaged and broken body was found in a trash bin at the Liberty Canyon offramp of the Ventura Freeway (Hwy. 101).

William Bonin was executed in California, by lethal injection, on 2/23/96



Bio by: Paul


Inscription

BELOVED SON & BROTHER



  • Created by: Paul
  • Added: Jan 27, 2006
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Paul
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13149290/donald_ray-hyden: accessed ), memorial page for Donald Ray Hyden Jr. (7 May 1964–27 Aug 1979), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13149290, citing Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Paul (contributor 46506199).