who does this guy boney turn out to be? as brainy as ted bundy and as brawny as mike tyson. he s a sociopath. reporter: charles boney a criminal with a history of violent crimes against women. it began in the 1980s when he was a student at indiana university. newspapers called him the shoe bandit, and followed his bizarre crimes. there d been four separate incidents his early m.o.? he d knock a woman to the ground and make off with one of her shoes. really creepy stuff like one crime, he wore one of those china doll masks. i mean, like creepy stuff you can t make up. reporter: the police were onto him. after one arrest, he admitted in effect, that he had a thing for ladies legs and feet. he pleaded guilty to those crimes, and in time, his attacks became more violent. he began threatening women at gunpoint. one incident involved three coeds. he had been watching them and one night, just walked into their apartment, held them at gunpoint to their head, took them out, k
bandit, and followed his bizarre crimes. there d been four separate incidents his early m.o.? he d knock a woman to the ground and make off with one of her shoes. really creepy stuff like one crime, he wore one of those china doll masks. i mean, like creepy stuff you can t make up. reporter: the police were onto him. after one arrest, he admitted in effect, that he had a thing for ladies legs and feet. he pleaded guilty to those crimes, and in time, his attacks became more violent. he began threatening women at gunpoint. one incident involved three coeds. he had been watching them and one night, just walked into their apartment, held them at gunpoint to their head, took them out, kidnapped them to the car. luckily, somebody saw him with the gun leading the women out, called bloomington police department. reporter: he pleaded guilty again and was sentenced to 20-years in prison for armed robbery, but was released after serving only seven- years.
newspapers called him the shoe bandit, and followed his bizarre crimes. there d been four separate incidents his early m.o.? he d knock a woman to the ground and make off with one of her shoes. really creepy stuff like one crime, he wore one of those china doll masks. i mean, like creepy stuff you can t make up. reporter: the police were onto him. after one arrest, he admitted in effect, that he had a thing for ladies legs and feet. he pleaded guilty to those crimes, and in time, his attacks became more violent. he began threatening women at gunpoint. one incident involved three coeds. he had been watching them and one night, just walked into their apartment, held them at gunpoint to their head, took them out, kidnapped them to the car. luckily, somebody saw him with the gun leading the women out, called bloomington police department. reporter: he pleaded guilty again and was sentenced to 20-years in prison for armed
was a student at indiana university. newspapers called him the shoe bandit, and followed his bizarre crimes. there d been four separate incidents his early m.o.? he d knock a woman to the ground and make off with one of her shoes. really creepy stuff like one crime, he wore one of those china doll masks. i mean, like creepy stuff you can t make up. reporter: the police were onto him. after one arrest, he admitted in effect, that he had a thing for ladies legs and feet. he pleaded guilty to those crimes, and in time, his attacks became more violent. he began threatening women at gunpoint. one incident involved three coeds. he had been watching them and one night, just walked into their apartment, held them at gunpoint to their head, took them out, kidnapped them to the car. luckily, somebody saw him with the gun leading the women out, called bloomington police department. reporter: he pleaded guilty again and was sentenced to 20-years in prison for armed
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