The serial killer known as the “Grim Sleeper,” believed to be responsible for at least 10 murders in Los Angeles since 1985, was convicted.
Lonnie David Franklin Jr., a former police garage attendant and garbage collector, was found guilty for the murders, becoming one of California’s worst serial killers. The deaths spanned between 1985 and 2007. A gap of more than 13 years earned him the “Sleeper” nickname.
Lonnie Franklin Jr. appears in Los Angeles Superior Court during closing arguments of his trail on May 2, 2016, in Los Angeles. The Grim Sleeper serial killer trial is coming to a close in Los Angeles after months of testimony. Franklin is charged with killing nine women and a 15-year-old girl between 1985 and 2007. They were shot or strangled and their bodies dumped in alleys and trash bins in South Los Angeles and nearby areas. Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool
