New DNA Evidence Points To Serial Killer Active In LA For Two Decades

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A police car and a pedestrian pass a wall where rival gang members have crossed out the tags of one another in an ally near that runs along Western Avenue, an area where an elusive serial killer has been dumping bodies since 1985, on September in the South Los Angeles neighborhoods of Los Angeles, California. Police have linked a lone killer to at least 11 murder victims whose bodies were dumped near Western Avenue, mostly in allies, over the past 23 years with DNA and ballistics analysis. Detectives are also investigating nearly three dozen addition cases with similarities to these slayings. With the exception of one male victim, the Grim Sleeper, as some reporters are calling the suspect, targets young black women whom he shoots and rapes. One woman, known as Victim Number 9, survived after the suspect shot then raped her before relenting to her plea to let her fall out of his car. Bullets removed from her chest matched a gun used on eight prior victims. A half-million dollar is being offered for information leading to his arrest and conviction.

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An ally runs along Western Avenue, an area where an elusive serial killer has been dumping bodies since 1985, on September in the South Los Angeles neighborhoods of Los Angeles, California. Police have linked a lone killer to at least 11 murder victims whose bodies were dumped near Western Avenue, mostly in allies, over the past 23 years with DNA and ballistics analysis. Detectives are also investigating nearly three dozen addition cases with similarities to these slayings. With the exception of one male victim, the Grim Sleeper, as some reporters are calling the suspect, targets young black women whom he shoots and rapes. One woman, known as Victim Number 9, survived after the suspect shot then raped her before relenting to her plea to let her fall out of his car. Bullets removed from her chest matched a gun used on eight prior victims. A half-million dollar is being offered for information leading to his arrest and conviction.

An ally near a church runs along Western Avenue, an area where an elusive serial killer has been dumping bodies since 1985, on September in the South Los Angeles neighborhoods of Los Angeles, California. Police have linked a lone killer to at least 11 murder victims whose bodies were dumped near Western Avenue, mostly in allies, over the past 23 years with DNA and ballistics analysis. Detectives are also investigating nearly three dozen addition cases with similarities to these slayings. With the exception of one male victim, the Grim Sleeper, as some reporters are calling the suspect, targets young black women whom he shoots and rapes. One woman, known as Victim Number 9, survived after the suspect shot then raped her before relenting to her plea to let her fall out of his car. Bullets removed from her chest matched a gun used on eight prior victims. A half-million dollar is being offered for information leading to his arrest and conviction.

A stuffed toy bear is left in an ally that runs along Western Avenue, an area where an elusive serial killer has been dumping bodies since 1985, on September in the South Los Angeles neighborhoods of Los Angeles, California. Police have linked a lone killer to at least 11 murder victims whose bodies were dumped near Western Avenue, mostly in allies, over the past 23 years with DNA and ballistics analysis. Detectives are also investigating nearly three dozen addition cases with similarities to these slayings. With the exception of one male victim, the Grim Sleeper, as some reporters are calling the suspect, targets young black women whom he shoots and rapes. One woman, known as Victim Number 9, survived after the suspect shot then raped her before relenting to her plea to let her fall out of his car. Bullets removed from her chest matched a gun used on eight prior victims. A half-million dollar is being offered for information leading to his arrest and conviction.

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