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Lonnie David FRANKLIN Jr.

 
 
 

 

Where the bodies were found.

 

 

Enietra Margette Washington, attacked on November 20, 1988, is the only known survivor.
In this photo Enietra Washington pauses to compose her thoughts during a February, 2015
preliminary hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court.
(Nick Ut/AP)

 

 

The victims

 

August 10, 1985: Debra Jackson
A 29-year-old cocktail waitress who went to take a bus home after visiting her friend.
Her body was found three days later with three gunshot wounds to the chest.

 

 

August 12, 1986: Henrietta Wright
The 35-year-old was found dead in an alley near West Vernon Avenue.
She was shot twice and wrapped in a blanket and covered in a mattress.

 

 

January 10, 1987: Barbara Ware
The 23-year-old had been shot once in the chest and her body
had been dumped under a pile of rubbish.

 

 

April 15, 1987: Bernita Sparks
26-year-old went out to the shops but never returned. Her body was found in a bin,
covered in rubbish. She had been shot, strangled and beaten.

 

 

October 31, 1987: Mary Lowe
26-year-old left home to go to a party, but never returned.
Her body was found in an alley of Western Avenue.

 

 

January 30, 1988: Lachrica Jefferson
Officers found the 22-year-old's body with a napkin over the face with the word 'AIDS' written on it.

 

 

September 11, 1988: Alicia Alexander
Another victim killed while going to the shops. The 18-year-old's body
was also found in an alley near Western Avenue.

 

 

December 21, 2001: Princess Berthomieux
The end of the 14-year hiatus. DNA on the 14-year-old's body matched those of previous killings.

 

 

July 11, 2003: Valerie McCorvey
The 35-year-old had been strangled and sexually assaulted.

 

 

January 1, 2007: Janecia Peters
25-year-old was shot in the back and her body was dumped in a rubbish bag.

 

 

Photographs found in the possession of Lonnie David Franklin, Jr. aka The Grim Sleeper,
were shown during a news conference in 2010. Police released 180 photos of women to
 the public, looking for other victims - 35 of those women remain unidentified - some of
the women, most of whom, but not all, are black, appeared unconscious or asleep in
the photos, some even appeared to be dead.

 

 

 
 
 
 
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