Lonnie Franklin, the serial killer known as the "Grim Sleeper," died in his prison cell on March 28, 2020 Christine Pelisek is Senior Writer on the Crime team for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2014.

The Grim Sleeper serial killings of young Black women began in the 1980s in South Los Angeles when the crack epidemic was raging. The victims' naked or partially clothed bodies were left to rot under ...

Regina Hall works in the world of fiction, but true crime is a passion that she has been able to incorporate into her professional life. The actress serves as narrator on a new A&E documentary, “Cold ...

Man accused of serial killings of prostitutes and other women in L.A. Franklin LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors said Monday they will seek the death penalty against a man accused of the “Grim Sleeper” serial ...

Hey, Tubi does true crime too, most recently in the form of Evil Among Us: The Grim Sleeper, a feature-length documentary that zeroes in on serial killer Lonnie David Franklin Jr., who raped and ...

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SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) — Lonnie Franklin, the convicted serial killer known as the "Grim Sleeper" who preyed on the women of South Los Angeles for decades, has died in a California prison. He was 67 ...

A&E has set a November 8 premiere for a new two-hour special from its long-running Cold Case Files brand, detailing the hunt for the infamous L.A. serial killer known as “The Grim Sleeper.” Narrated ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- New casualties of convicted serial killer Lonnie Franklin are now coming to light. In her first TV interview, Laura Moore details the attack which she had kept secret for decades ...

LOS ANGELES (CN) — Ballistics and DNA evidence linking a man to the murders of nine women and a teenage girl is "overwhelming," a prosecutor told jurors during closing arguments Monday in the "Grim ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'Cold Case Files: The Grim Sleeper' premieres Friday, Nov. 8, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on A&E Ted Soqui/Corbis via Getty Lonnie Franklin Jr ...