These days, thanks to science and technology, your family tree isn't just something you can trace by a paper trail, DNA provides significant links among us. Now, a new bill proposed by Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), would allow feds to conduct familial searches in DNA databases to solve cold cases. more ›

Once investigators found out the so-called Grim Sleeper serial murderer was Lonnie Franklin Jr., they expected to find evidence that he had killed even more women than the initially suspected, according to the Los Angeles Times. They were right — investigators said they have linked Franklin to six more murders. more ›

In an effort to identify additional victims of the Grim Sleeper serial killer, Los Angeles Police Department detectives "have significantly widened the number of cases they are reviewing", and are currently examining 230 unsolved killings and missing persons cases dating back to the 1970s, says the LA Times. more ›

Serial killer suspect Lonnie Franklin, Jr., known as the "Grim Sleeper" might be waiting for his day in court for another year, according to CBS2. Thanks to the high volume of information from the District Attorney's office handed over to the defense team, there is extensive investigation work still to be done before the case can go to trial. more ›

During a planned press conference held late yesterday afternoon, the Los Angeles Police Department shared photographs of women they believe could be additional victims of serial killer Lonnie Franklin, Jr, known as the Grim Sleeper. more ›

The Los Angeles Police Department are prepping a news conference for later this afternoon during which they intend to provide details and images of eight more women would could be linked to the Grim Sleeper killer, Lonnie Franklin, Jr. According to a news advisory sent out by the LAPD, at 4 p.m. today LAPD "[d]etectives will be giving an update to the ongoing investigation and will provide information related to the focus of the investigation against Franklin..." more ›

"Grim Sleeper" suspect Lonnie Franklin, Jr., may have two more victims linked to him, following Los Angeles Police Department investigations stemming from the release of nearly 200 photographs found in his home, according to LA Now. Both cases, involving the murders of two women, are from the 1990s, however detectives are not offering additional information, saying the cases remain under investigation. more ›

After releasing an edited set of images found among "Grim Sleeper" suspect Lonnie Franklin, Jr.'s belongings, the Los Angeles Police Department have fielded hundreds of calls about the women in the photos, and now say they are working on four missing persons cases, and have had 53 women identified, according to LA Now more ›

Using information provided by the public, the Los Angeles Police Department say "they have tentatively identified at least 15 of the roughly 160 women," whose pictures were part of a massive collection of images gathered as evidence from the home of "Grim Sleeper" serial killer suspect Lonnie Franklin, Jr, according to LA Now. more ›

Following the release of nearly 200 images collected as evidence from the home of "Grim Sleeper" serial killer suspect Lonnie Franklin, Jr. the Los Angeles Police Department say they are receiving several calls from the public that may help them work on their investigation, according to LA Now. more ›

The Los Angeles Police Department has announced they will make public several photographs collected as evidence from the home of Lonnie Franklin, Jr, aka the "Grim Sleeper," the man suspected of killing nine women and one man over a period of over 20 years. more ›

The man accused of killing a married Hawthorne couple in a home-invasion robbery has been connected to two more murders, sheriff's deputies said today. John Wesley Ewell is now suspected to be behind the murder of an 80-year-old Hawthorne man and a 53-year-old Los Angeles woman who was his neighbor, according to KPCC. All victims were found in their homes bound and strangled. more ›

Accused serial killer Lonnie Franklin, Jr., today pleaded not guilty to murdering 10 women and attempting to kill another in a spree that last over 20 years. The backyard mechanic ,who once worked for the LAPD's garage and as a city sanitation worker, was arrested in July after years of police work. more ›

Who knew that the suspected Grim Sleeper serial killer and the city of Bell scandal could be somewhat related? They are, but not directly, just anecdotally. City and state worker pensions have been an increasingly controversial topic as government budgets diminish and now Lonnie Franklin's pension from the city of Los Angeles is out there. more ›

Yesterday marked the 25th anniversary since the alleged "Grim Sleeper" serial killer took his first victim, and in order to observe the sober occasion, a public memorial was held to honor all 10 of his victims, according to abc7. more ›

Lonnie Franklin, Jr., considered to be the "Grim Sleeper" serial killer, was arrested in the vicinity of a billboard erected to aid in his capture. Now the electronic billboards--updated to laud local law enforcement for their work on making the arrest--are caught in a crossfire of opinions about their role in the community. more ›

Antonio Rodriguez said he felt "he had to" attack Lonnie D. Franklin Jr., as the pair were in custody together Friday at Men's Central Jail, reports the Daily News. Rodriguez, 29, had just been "convicted of sexually assaulting and killing a 5-year-old girl." Franklin, 57, is the man believed to be the "Grim Sleeper" serial killer, who "is suspected of raping and killing at least 10 people over the last 30 years." more ›

Suspected serial killer Lonnie Franklin was supposed to be swabbed for DNA while he was on probation for a felony, but it never happened. If it did, the alleged "Grim Sleeper" may have been caught, sparing at least one woman her life, finds the LA Times. more ›

The alleged "Grim Sleeper" serial killer Lonnie Franklin, Jr., arrested last week and charged with 10 murders, had been arrested at least 15 times, but stayed off the LAPD's radar because DNA was never swabbed. He was eventually caught via familial DNA -- his son was arrested and swabbed, leading authorities to Franklin. It's a first for this approach in the U.S., one that has LAPD Chief Charlie Beck saying it "will change the way policing is done." more ›

Lonnie Franklin, Jr., the alleged "Grim Sleeper" serial killer arrested this week and charged with 10 murders, managed to avoid being sent to state prison despite being arrested at least 15 times in the past four decades, according to the Daily News. more ›

As the arraignment of accused serial killer Lonnie David Franklin, Jr. was postponed to August, police were working to see if other unsolved cases are connected to him. more ›

The Los Angeles Police Department today released various booking photos of suspected "Grim Sleeper" serial killer Lonnie Franklin, Jr. In addition to his booking photo taken yesterday after his arrest, there were three others, all from previous arrests. more ›

Police and victims of families of the Grim Sleeper serial killer had a feeling he lived in the neighborhood. Today the suspect, 57-year-old Lonnie David Franklin Jr., was arrested at his home on 81st Street in Manchester Square, a South L.A. neighborhood. more ›

Following a lengthy police investigation and killings that spanned more than 20 years, Lonnie David Franklin Jr. was charged today with 10 murders by the District Attorney's office. The 57-year-old so-called Grim Sleeper serial killer was arrested this morning at his home in Manchester Square, a neighborhood in South L.A. more ›

An arrest has been made in the Grim Sleeper serial killer case, according to an anonymous source to the Associated Press. Since 1985, one man tied through DNA is suspected of slaying 11 people -- 10 black women and one man -- through 2007. more ›

Close to 25 years after the first of eleven confirmed murders by the elusive Grim Sleeper, a major public awareness campaign was launched today in South L.A. Seven billboards now feature three composite sketches of the serial killer. Based on the description from the only known survivor, the images reflect what he looked like then and the LAPD's best guess at what he could look like today. more ›

Between 1985 and 2007, he's been linked to 11 murders--10 women, one man. The elusive Grim Sleeper came to detectives' attention in recent years when DNA connected a spat of murders in the 80s with a few in more recent years. more ›

Vehicle Description: 1970’s Pinto, hatchback, 2-door, orange with white stripe, tinted windows, green interior and tan seat covers.The LAPD ask anyone with information to contact 800 Task Force Detectives, Robbery-Homicide Division; to call the 24-hour, toll-free number at 877 LAPD 247; send anonymous a text tip by texting LAPD & message to CRIMES (274637); or submit a tip online. more ›

When the LA Weekly broke the news about the still-out-there "Grim Sleeper" serial killer, who would rape and murder victims in South LA, one detective had an idea. What if the matching DNA from the crime scenes was of a registered sex offender who had not yet been swabbed? Of the 1,500 local sex offenders that matched the Grim Sleeper's description, 92 of them did not have DNA on file. So police began collecting DNA samples and one of those samples matched a number of crimes, but not the Grim Sleepers, another one, possibly the Westside Rapist: more ›