William Arnold Newton (July 26, 1965 – October 29, 1990) was an American actor, director, producer, beautician, and set-decorator. He acted in gay pornographic films under the name Billy London and Billy Porter and produced gay pornographic films under the name Bill E. London. Newton's gruesome murder is regularly featured in articles listing the most notorious, unsolved Hollywood homicides. In 2023, the case was solved and Newton's killer was identified as Daralyn Madden Early life Newton was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. He attended grade school and junior high school in Eau Claire before moving to Ladysmith, WI in 1979. Newton and his mother moved to Oklahoma City after Newton's freshman year of high school in 1980. At the time of his murder, Newton's family told the Leader-Telegram newspaper Newton moved to California in 1984 and was doing makeup and choreography for a company that made music videos. Newton's father Richard Harriman told the Leader-Telegram, "[Newton] was a very intelligent young man...He had a lot of things going his way the last year or two. He was just starting to make a life for himself. He was starting to get into something where he was making a good living." But Harriman went on to describe his son as a "restless kid" who was "trying to find himself. He wanted to get out of California for a while". He left home at age 16 and traveled around the United States for three years before settling in Los Angeles in 1985. He received his GED from the L.A. Unified School District in 1989. Newton's friends describe him as somebody who saw himself much more of a poet and an illustrative artist and only did adult material for economic reasons. Adult film career While working at the Hollywood Spa, a gay bathhouse in Los Angeles, Newton met adult film producer David Rey, who helped him land roles in several gay erotic videos. Newton and Rey eventually became lovers and established London-Rey Productions in 1987. Newton began working at London-Rey as a movie producer, make-up artist and set designer under the name Bill E. London. Before going to L.A. he lived in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with his partner Terry Elliott, where he earned his beautician license. Elliot still resides there. By October 1990, Newton had plans to leave Los Angeles and move to Las Vegas. Death Newton was murdered shortly after completing what would