However, the suit's springlock mechanisms failed and its suppressed endoskeleton fatally crushed him, transforming him into the undead human-animatronic hybrid, Springtrap. Sometime after 1993, after making the fatal mistake of destroying the classic animatronics and accidentally freeing the ghosts of his victims, Afton attempted to protect himself with the old, withered Spring Bonnie suit, the same used for his murders.
At one point in his life, he founded Afton Robotics, LLC and created the Funtime Animatronics, which were made to capture and kill children. Despite being a successful businessman, Afton led a double life as a serial killer who murdered many children across several Freddy Fazbear's Pizza locations in the 1980s, including Henry's own daughter, Charlotte. He helped Henry establish Fredbear's Family Diner and Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, as well as managing the establishments while Henry built the animatronic mascots of the pizzerias. He was the co-founder of Fazbear Entertainment, the business partner of Henry Emily, and the father of Michael Afton, Elizabeth Afton, the Crying Child, and the Big Brother (the lattermost of whom is also implied to be a younger Michael). William Afton, better known as the Purple Guy among many other names, is the main antagonist of the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise.
