LAPD releases photo of Grim Sleeper
With all his appearances at award shows, trips with his reporter girlfriend and official appearances at big games, it's hard to know how Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa fit an appearance at LAPD HQ into his schedule today, but he did. Here's the latest AP story on the capture of a suspect in the Grim Sleeper serial killer case:
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa says the arrest of a suspect in the so-called "Grim Sleeper" serial killings ends 25 years of "terror" in the city. The mayor told a press conference Thursday that he wished to thank a special team of detectives that worked on the case full time.
Fifty-seven-year-old Lonnie Franklin Jr. was charged Wednesday with 10 counts of murder, one count of attempted murder and special circumstance allegations of multiple murders that could make him eligible for the death penalty if convicted.
The killings in South Los Angeles ranged from 1985 until 2007.
Police Chief Charlie Beck says the detective team made its investigation the largest current case in his department.
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