He was also known to attack by punching, pistol-whipping, and strangling many of his victims, both manually with his hands and in one instance a ligature, stomped to death at least one of his victims, Joyce Nelson, in her sleep, and in one case, even tortured an elderly woman, Mabel Bell, by shocking her with a live electrical cord after severely bludgeoning her with a hammer, injuries which Bell died of in the ICU.
Op 31 augustus 1985, een week na zijn laatste moord, werd hij gearresteerd.
Większość zbrodni dokonał w miasteczkach położonych w aglomeracji Los Angeles.