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Suspect in multiple slayings had newspaper article about ‘Grim Sleeper’ in his car. By Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times . Nov. 6, 2010 12 AM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options.
The "Grim Sleeper" case has been an open case for police even with the killer's DNA, a description from a sole survivor and a reward of $500,000. ... They talked in his car, ...
“The Grim Sleeper,” Christine Pelisek’s painfully relevant new book about the notorious South Central serial killer of perhaps 25 or more women, comes at a time when true crime has been made ...
Friends of convicted "Grim Sleeper" serial killer Lonnie Franklin Jr. recall him sometimes acting pushy and showing off suspicious photos of women, ... Cole thought it was maybe for car theft.
LOS ANGELES — The “Grim Sleeper” trial was nearly over Monday after months of testimony about a serial killer targeting black women during the 1980s crack cocaine epidemic on the south side ...
A Los Angeles prosecutor says the evidence pointing to Lonnie Franklin Jr. as the serial killer known as the "Grim Sleeper" speaks for the 10 victims he silenced. Deputy District Attorney Beth ...
After a decades-long lull and an intensive police investigation, a serial killer known as the "Grim Sleeper" has finally been convicted of murder this week. Originally active in the '80s, Lonnie ...
Lonnie Franklin, the serial killer known as the "Grim Sleeper," died in his prison cell on March 28, 2020 Christine Pelisek is a senior crime writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...
Nicknamed “the Grim Sleeper” by local media outlets due to an apparent 14-year hiatus between killing sprees, Lonnie Franklin Jr. is currently awaiting trial for a dozen murders, a list that ...