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- A convicted serial killer, who murdered and preyed on women in California over a span of three decades, died over the weekend at San Quentin State Prison. 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.
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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.
- 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.
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,...
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Sep 26, 2019 · 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. Or so authorities initially believed.
May 2, 2016 · The “Grim Sleeper” serial killer trial is coming to a close in Los Angeles after months of testimony. Closing arguments were scheduled to begin Monday morning in the trial of Lonnie David Franklin Jr. He’s charged with killing nine women and a 15-year-old girl between 1985 and 2007.
Mar 30, 2020 · A Los Angeles serial killer known as “the Grim Sleeper,” on death row since his conviction for 10 murders in 2016, was pronounced dead on Saturday after being found unresponsive in his prison...
