The Grim Sleeper: The Lost Women of South Central, tells the story of serial killer Lonnie Franklin, who haunted South Los Angeles for more than two decades, killing at least 15 women. Police believe the death count is much higher, around 30.
Franklin’s victims were young black women, many of whom had drug addictions, and perhaps relatedly, these crimes went unsolved from 1984 to 2010. In 2006, People Staff Writer Christine Pelisek broke the story of one of California’s most prolific serial killers who went unchecked for more than two decades. Two years later, in her cover story for the La Weekly,...
Franklin’s victims were young black women, many of whom had drug addictions, and perhaps relatedly, these crimes went unsolved from 1984 to 2010. In 2006, People Staff Writer Christine Pelisek broke the story of one of California’s most prolific serial killers who went unchecked for more than two decades. Two years later, in her cover story for the La Weekly,...
- 6/13/2017
- by People Staff
- PEOPLE.com
Jurors in the trial for Lonnie Franklin, the so-called "Grim Sleeper" who is accused of murdering ten women in Los Angeles, watched an intense 40-minute interrogation video taken hours after Franklin was arrested in 2010. In the video, a detectives tells Franklin, "You need to man up and start talking to us and tell us what in God's name caused you to do this." Franklin is a 63-year-old married father of two and former Lapd mechanic and city sanitation worker who authorities say murdered the alleged victims between 1984 and 2007. Most of Franklin's alleged victims were shot with a .25-caliber pistol while others were strangled.
- 3/16/2016
- by Christine Pelisek, @chrispelisek
- PEOPLE.com
Jurors in the trial for Lonnie Franklin, the so-called "Grim Sleeper" who is accused of murdering ten women in Los Angeles, watched an intense 40-minute interrogation video taken hours after Franklin was arrested in 2010. In the video, a detectives tells Franklin, "You need to man up and start talking to us and tell us what in God's name caused you to do this." Franklin is a 63-year-old married father of two and former Lapd mechanic and city sanitation worker who authorities say murdered the alleged victims between 1984 and 2007. Most of Franklin's alleged victims were shot with a .25-caliber pistol while others were strangled.
- 3/16/2016
- by Christine Pelisek, @chrispelisek
- PEOPLE.com
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