Mayor: Arrest in ‘Grim Sleeper’ Case Ends Terror

Published July 9, 2010

Mayor: Arrest in ‘Grim Sleeper’ case ends terror
The arrest of a suspect in the “Grim Sleeper” serial killings ended a quarter century of terror in the city dating back to the first murder in 1985, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Thursday. | See photo gallery .
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Details Emerge About ‘Grim Sleeper’ Suspect
To many of his neighbors and customers, Lonnie Franklin Jr. was just a friendly mechanic who often stopped to chat as he tinkered on cars in the front driveway of his mint-green house on 81st Street. But after police identified him as a serial killer Wednesday, other neighbors recalled traits that suddenly seemed chilling.
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