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KTTV 70: The Grim Sleeper of Los Angeles
['Phil Shuman']
Latest News | Fox LA
You may not know the name Lonnie Franklin Junior, but you certainly are familiar with his sinister nickname, "The Grim Sleeper."
He's now sitting on death row in San Quentin, sentenced to death for a series of murders that investigators believe began in 1988 and ended in 2002.
The nickname, "The Grim Sleeper," was given to him by an enterprising crime reporter named Christine Pelisek and her team at the LA Weekly.
It was chosen because the former L.A. City Sanitation worker apparently took a long break during his killing spree.
In this edition of KTTV 70, Pelisek explains why these murders of African American women in South L.A. didn't get as much attention as perhaps they should've initially.
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