Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris

Lawrence Sigmund Bittaker
Lawrence Bittaker, pictured at his trial in 1981
Born	Lawrence Sigmund Bittaker (1940-09-27) September 27, 1940 (age 76) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Other names	The Toolbox Killer
Criminal penalty	Death
Conviction(s)	First-degree murder Kidnapping Rape Conspiracy Oral copulation Sodomy Firearm possession Burglary Attempted burglary Auto theft Hit and run Robbery Parole violation Assault with a deadly weapon Attempted murder
Killings
Victims	5
Span of killings	June 24, 1979–October 31, 1979
Country	United States
State(s)	California
Date apprehended	November 20, 1979
Imprisoned at	San Quentin State Prison

Roy Lewis Norris
Roy Norris, pictured in 1979 shortly before his arrest
Born	Roy Lewis Norris (1948-02-05) February 5, 1948 (age 69) Greeley, Colorado, United States
Other names	The Toolbox Killer
Criminal penalty	Life imprisonment with parole eligibility from 2010
Conviction(s)	First-degree murder Second-degree murder Rape Robbery Assault with intent to commit rape Assault with a deadly weapon
Killings
Victims	5
Span of killings	June 24, 1979–October 31, 1979
Country	United States
State(s)	California
Date apprehended	November 20, 1979
Imprisoned at	Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility

Lawrence Sigmund Bittaker (born September 27, 1940) and Roy Lewis Norris (born February 5, 1948) are American serial killers and rapists known as the Tool Box Killers, who together committed the kidnap, rape, torture, and murder of five teenage girls over a period of five months in southern California in 1979.

Described by FBI Special Agent John Douglas as the most disturbing individual upon whom he has ever performed a criminal profile, Bittaker was sentenced to death for five murders on March 24, 1981, and is currently incarcerated on death row at San Quentin State Prison. Norris accepted a plea bargain whereby he agreed to testify against Bittaker and was sentenced to life imprisonment on May 7, 1980, with possibility of parole after serving 30 years. He is currently incarcerated at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility.

Bittaker and Norris became known as the Tool Box Killers due to the fact the majority of instruments used to torture and murder their victims were items normally stored inside a household toolbox.

Lawrence Sigmund Bittaker was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on September 27, 1940, the unwanted child of a couple who had chosen not to have children. Upon his birth, Bittaker was placed in an orphanage by his natural mother, but was adopted by a Mr. and Mrs. George Bittaker as an infant. Bittaker's adoptive father worked in aircraft factories, which required the family to frequently move around the United States throughout his childhood.