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California Serial Killer ‘Grim Sleeper’ Sentenced to Death

by Associated PressAugust 10, 2016January 25, 2022

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A serial killer known as the “Grim Sleeper” was sentenced to death Wednesday for the murders of nine women and a teenage girl that went unsolved for […]

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Jury Returns Death Sentence for ‘Grim Sleeper’ Serial Killer

by Associated PressJune 6, 2016January 25, 2022

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A serial killer known as the “Grim Sleeper” should be sentenced to death for murdering nine women and a teenage girl over more than two decades […]

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‘We Got Him,’ Victims’ Father Says of ‘Grim Sleeper’ Killer

by Associated PressMay 6, 2016January 25, 2022

LOS ANGELES (AP) — By the time police found Alicia Alexander’s naked body under a mattress in an alley in 1988, six other young, Black women had died similar deaths […]

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Women Who Died at the Hands of the L.A. ‘Grim Sleeper’

by Stephanie CornishMay 6, 2016January 25, 2022

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lonnie Franklin Jr. was convicted of 10 murders and one attempted murder in the serial killings that were dubbed the work of the “Grim Sleeper” because […]

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Los Angeles Man Guilty in 10 ‘Grim Sleeper’ Serial Killings

by Associated PressMay 5, 2016January 25, 2022

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Los Angeles trash collector was convicted Thursday of 10 counts of murder in the “Grim Sleeper” serial killings that targeted poor, young black women […]

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L.A.’s Alleged “Grim Sleeper” Serial Killer Arrested After 25 Years of Attacks

by AFRO StaffJuly 10, 2010January 25, 2022

A 57-year-old man was arrested and charged on July 6 after authorities identified him as a serial killer responsible for murders spanning over 25 years. According to The Associated Press, […]

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