Lonnie David Franklin Jr., a serial killer who preyed on Los Angeles’s forgotten women for years before being brought to justice, died Saturday on death row in San Quentin prison.
Known by the nickname “The Grim Sleeper,” Franklin came to public attention thanks to the dogged investigative efforts of La Weekly reporter Christine Pelisek, who broke the wall of silence erected around the case by authorities.
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Prison officials confirmed the death in a statement. “Franklin was found unresponsive in his single cell on March 28 at about 7:20 p.m. Medical assistance was rendered and an ambulance was summoned. Franklin was pronounced deceased at 7:43 p.m. His cause of death is pending...
Known by the nickname “The Grim Sleeper,” Franklin came to public attention thanks to the dogged investigative efforts of La Weekly reporter Christine Pelisek, who broke the wall of silence erected around the case by authorities.
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Prison officials confirmed the death in a statement. “Franklin was found unresponsive in his single cell on March 28 at about 7:20 p.m. Medical assistance was rendered and an ambulance was summoned. Franklin was pronounced deceased at 7:43 p.m. His cause of death is pending...
- 3/29/2020
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Dates
Netflix will launch a new documentary series in partnership with BuzzFeed titled “Follow This,” to premiere on July 9. In each 15-minute episode, BuzzFeed reporters invite viewers into their working lives as they explore stories on a variety of global and domestic topics. Participating BuzzFeed staffers include reporter Scaachi Koul, senior culture writer Bim Adewunmi, senior national correspondent John Stanton, reporter and podcast host Ahmed Ali Akbar, science reporter Azeen Ghorayshi, BuzzFeed India editor-in-chief Rega Jha, and senior tech writer Charlie Warzel.
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