He was nicknamed the “Grim Sleeper” serial killer because of an apparent gap in the killings from 1988 until 2002, but for years his identity remained unknown as police made little progress in ...

(CNN)-- Los Angeles police are searching for a serial killer dubbed the "Grim Sleeper," who is thought to have killed 11 people. The killer, who police say murdered from 1985 to 2007, was ...

Los Angeles, California (CNN)-- Lonnie Franklin Jr., the suspect in the "Grim Sleeper" serial killings, pleaded not guilty Monday to 10 counts of murder, a Los Angeles Superior Court official told ...

New & Exclusive. In this immersive film, award-winning documentary maker Nick Broomfield probes the case of the notorious Los Angeles serial killer known as the Grim Sleeper.

The Grim Sleeper follows LA Weekly reporter Christine Pelisek (Walker) as she doggedly investigates the unsolved murders of dozens of women in Los Angeles and soon realizes one person is ...

She joined the PEOPLE crime team in 2014. She is the author of the Grim Sleeper: The Lost Women of South Central. Christine Pelisek has worked as a reporter covering crime and courts for 20 years.

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Lonnie Franklin Jr. was arrested in 2010 after a 25 year killing spree. His arrest was not the product of detective work but completely accidental, the result of a computer DNA match that linked him ...

In 2008 she won three Los Angeles Press Club awards, one for her investigative story on the Grim Sleeper. ADVERTISEMENT ...