Sign Up for Free to View They Were 2 Of California's Most Depraved Serial Killers Ever. How Did The Toolbox Killers Get Caught? After bonding in prison, Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris executed a plan to abduct girls, bring them into the San Gabriel mountains, and rape and torture them. By Becca van Sambeck Visualize Southern California in the 1970s, and you likely conjure up images of palm trees and sun-dappled beaches. But the decade was also a dark time for the state: Some of the most notorious killers of all time stalked California during this time period, including the Zodiac Killer, the Golden State Killer, and The Freeway Killer.