MURDER INC BOMBSHELL EXCLUSIVE: 1986 Child Murder in Kay Bosanko’s Whittier Apartment Complex!

SPIDERMAN The Lido Isle Cat Burglar



Between 1985 and 1986 a brazen, agile cat burglar hit over 50 homes in Newport Beach. He was known as “Spiderman”, because of his habit of climbing into occupied residences through second story windows or sliding-glass doors that could be reached from the ground. He struck over 20 times on Lido Isle in 1986 and stole over $500,000 worth of jewelry. None of the jewelry Spiderman stole ever turned up in the usual places and although the age description put him at 18-22, he was called sophisticated, “very neat, very quiet and very good” by Newport Beach Police. Spiderman never struck on any particular day or time and none of the many stakeouts police attempted were successful.



How did Spiderman hit so many occupied homes on Lido Isle and Newport Beach unobstructed? At least two nearby murders raise the possibility that the Golden State Killer’s activity in Newport Beach may go back a long time.





In 1973, Jane Bennington was bludgeoned to death in her bed in Corona del Mar and in 1980 Judy Nesbitt was found dead in her yacht at a marina on Newport Bay. She’d been shot in the head and lived just a mile away from Manuela Withuhn in Irvine. Did the Lido Isle Cat Burglar know Newport Beach so well because he’d been killing there for decades? Was Spiderman the Golden State Killer?



Cat Burglaries

July 12 1985 Mission Viejo Cat



August 1 1985 Lido Cat Burglar



September 8 1985 Murder of Anna Cruz



On Monday September 8 1985 at approximately 3:30 am Emilia Cruz woke up to see a dark shadowy figure fleeing her home in the apartment complex on Coteau Drive in Whittier. She found the body of her 5 yr old daughter, Anna Cruz, on the floor of the kitchen. She’d been murdered by the intruder. The child was strangled and possibly raped. Anna’s mother and her brother apparently recognized the man as someone they’d seen loitering around the building. Arturo Miranda was arrested after he returned to the apartment complex to visit an acquaintance. According to Sheriff’s Lt. Barrett Fitzgerald, “he didn’t think he could be identified”.

A pair of ordinary canvas shoes were left behind which were believed to belong to the killer. A knife was also found but it may have come from within the Cruz home. It appears that Joe DeAngelo’s mother lived in the same apartment complex that the murder took place!















October 1 1985 Karen Taylor Murder San Diego





On October 1, 1985, Karen Taylor’s body was found in her home on Elm Street in Imperial Beach. Her car, wallet and credit cards were missing.

Later that day, the man suspected of murdering Taylor (seen in a sketch attached to this bulletin) had her car towed in Bakersfield, California. He then tried to have the car repaired at a service station using Taylor’s stolen credit card. The suspect listed a Richgrove, California zip code on the repair order.

The suspect told service station employees he was from Fresno and had worked for big oil companies in Michigan, New York and Alaska. He also told them he worked for a company near Fresno Airport, possibly an oil refinery.

The suspect did not want to wait for the car to be repaired and was given a ride to a Greyhound bus station by a service station employee. The suspect was carrying two military style duffle bags.

December 5 1985 Los Angeles Burglar



December 25 1985 Christmas Burglar/Mugger



January 12 1986 Firehouse Burglaries





January 25 1986 Tustin Burglaries





February 9 1986 San Diego Jogger Shot



March 7 1986 Tustin Burglaries



April 4 1986 Airport Burglaries



April 10 1986 Tustin Cat Burglar



April 20 1986 Tustin Cat



April 23 1986 Tustin Stolen Coins



May 1 1986 Tustin Burglaries





May 4 1986 Tustin Prowler

On Sunday May 4 1986 at 4:15 am there was a prowler wearing a stocking mask and gloves spotted in a backyard in Tustin about 3.8 miles from the Cruz murder in Irvine.





May 5 1986 Janelle Cruz Murder

Janelle Cruz was murdered by the Original Night Stalker in Irvine on Monday May 5 1986.





May 11 1986 Tustin Stolen VCR/Coins



May 14 Tustin Prowler Peeping Tom



May 14 1986 Edward LeDuc Beaten to Death with Antique Shotgun





May 15 1986 Tustin Prowler



May 22 1986 Lido Beach Cat







May 27 1986 Hot Prowl Rapist



May 28 1986 Nicholas Spanos Bludgeoned by Ransacker



May 29 Tustin



June 4 1986 Lido Beach Cat





July 7 1986 Tustin Masked Burglars



July 12 1986 Tustin Prowler







August 10 1986 Tustin Prowler





August 14 1986 Tustin TV Stolen Same Corner as 1971 Lewd Phone Calls







August 17 1986 Tustin Prowler





September 18 1986 Lido Cat



October 1 1986



October 23 1986 Tustin



November 2 1986 Mission Viejo Ransacker



November 3 1986 Tustin Burglaries



November 11 1986 Tustin



November 18 1986 Edwardo Ruiz Lopez Murder



November 20 1986 Tustin Cat Burglar





December 11 1986 Tustin Burglar



December 28 1986 Dana Point Burglar





January 30 1987 Lido Beach Cat

