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Lonnie David Franklin Jr. (August 30, 1952 – March 28, 2020), [1] better known by the nickname Grim Sleeper, was an American serial killer who was responsible for at least ten murders and one attempted murder in Los Angeles, California from 1984 to 2007. [2] He was also convicted for rape and sexual violence.
Oct 16, 2024 · Lonnie Franklin Jr., the serial killer known as the Grim Sleeper, murdered women and evaded capture again and again in 1980s Los Angeles. But when one of his victims survived, he was startled into a 14-year hiatus from killing.
Mar 29, 2020 · Lonnie David Franklin Jr., the so-called Grim Sleeper serial killer who preyed on Los Angeles women for more than two decades, died Saturday while on death row at San Quentin prison,...
- joseph.serna@latimes.com
- Deputy Editor, Fast Break Desk
Mar 30, 2020 · Lonnie Franklin, known as the “Grim Sleeper,” was found unresponsive in his cell Saturday night, according to a statement from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. An...
- He Was Married — and a Former Army Corporal. Franklin was a former corporal in the United States Army who also worked as a Los Angeles city trash collector and as a garage attendant at a Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) station.
- He Was a Sexual Predator "About Power and Control" At his murder trial, prosecutors painted him as a sexual predator who killed women who "weren't submissive enough."
- He Was Convicted of Murdering 10 People and Attempting to Murder Another. According to The Washington Post, Franklin was convicted in 2016 of the murder of 10 women — Debra Jackson, Henrietta Wright, Mary Lowe, Bernita Sparks, Barbara Ware, Lachrica Jefferson, Monique Alexander, Princess Berthomieux, Valerie McCorvey, Janecia Peters and 15-year-old teen, Princess Berthomieux.
- Police Believe He Murdered at Least Six More Women. After Franklin's arrest, detectives found more than 1,000 photos and videotapes of women and teenage girls in the former sanitation worker's garage and backyard camper.
Aug 18, 2016 · Franklin is better known as his serial-murdering alias, the Grim Sleeper – a name coined by L.A. Weekly in 2008 after a victim was linked to a string of murders that occurred in the 1980s.
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Jul 12, 2010 · But a discarded piece of pizza and a relatively new method of DNA testing has finally cracked the case, police announced last week. On 7 July, L.A. police arrested Lonnie Franklin Jr., 57, a former garage attendant and sanitation worker they suspect is the serial killer nicknamed the "Grim Sleeper."
