LOS ANGELES, May 5 (UPI) -- Nearly 30 years after the first victim turned up in Southern California, the man prosecutors called the "Grim Sleeper" serial killer was convicted by a Los Angeles jury Thursday.
Lonnie D. Franklin, Jr., was convicted of committing 10 murders after three months of gruesome testimony from authorities and relatives of the victims. He was also convicted on one count of attempted murder for a victim who escaped.