Southern California prosecutors announced Monday that they will seek the death penalty against Lonnie David Franklin, the suspect in the so-called "Grim Sleeper" serial killings, a district attorney's office spokesman said.
Los Angeles police don't expect any additional immediate charges in the Grim Sleeper case as prosecutors are now preparing to try Lonnie David Franklin Jr., accused of murdering 10 women over a 20-year span, Det. Dennis Kilcoyne said Tuesday.
A grand jury returned an 11-count indictment against Lonnie David Franklin Jr., the alleged "Grim Sleeper" serial killer accused of murdering 10 victims over a 20-year span, authorities announced Thursday.
Los Angeles police are looking for the public's help to identify the "Grim Sleeper's" murder victims.
Visitors to the Los Angeles Police Department website have identified five women depicted in photographs found in a suspected serial killer's home this summer, but police need to independently confirm those claims, spokeswoman Norma Eisenman said Friday.
Los Angeles authorities expanded their investigation into the Grim Sleeper serial killer case Thursday by asking for the public's help in identifying women in 180 photographs whose images were found in the suspect's home this summer.
Lonnie Franklin Jr., the suspect in the "Grim Sleeper" serial killings, pleaded not guilty Monday to 10 counts of murder, a Los Angeles Superior Court official told CNN.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says the man police suspect as the "Grim Sleeper" serial killer was attacked in jail.
Authorities have arrested a suspect in the Grim Sleeper serial killer case and will charge him with 10 counts of murder.
CNN's Thelma Gutierrez has an exclusive look inside the lab where new technology helped catch a suspected serial killer.
Los Angeles police are saying they've arrested a serial killer known as the Grim Sleeper using familial DNA, or the comparison of one's unique genetic code with a relative's unique code.
New DNA technology helps lead to an arrest in the L.A. 'Grim Sleeper' case by matching DNA with the suspect's son.
In television dramas like CBS' "Criminal Minds," serial killers are apprehended swiftly and surely.
The arrest of a suspect in the Grim Sleeper serial killings ends a quarter-century of "terror" for Los Angeles, the city's mayor said Thursday.
For more than 20 years an elusive killer dubbed the Grim Sleeper walked the streets of south Los Angeles, California.
A judge ordered Thursday that accused "Grim Sleeper" serial killer Lonnie David Franklin Jr. held without bail pending an August arraignment date.
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