‘He Was a Monster’: California Serial Killer Dies in Prison

Sources say the ‘Sacramento Slayer’ was likely murdered and point to risks of integrating death row inmates into the general population.
‘He Was a Monster’: California Serial Killer Dies in Prison
A prison guard escorts an inmate at San Quentin State Prison on Aug. 15, 2016. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Beige Luciano-Adams
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A serial killer known as the “Sacramento Slayer” who hunted and sexually brutalized women for two decades died in prison over the weekend, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Morris Solomon Jr. was condemned to death in 1992 for murdering six women, including two teenagers, and sexually assaulting several others. Decades prior, he had been convicted of sexually assaulting multiple young women and was implicated in several other unsolved cases.

Beige Luciano-Adams
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