What is Grim Sleeper?
'''Lonnie David Franklin Jr.''' (August 30, 1952 &ndash; March 28, 2020), better known by the nickname '''Grim Sleeper''', was a convicted American [[serial killer]]. He was responsible for at least ten murders and one attempted murder in [[Los Angeles]], California.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://people.com/crime/grim-sleeper-serial-killer-lonnie-franklin-dead/ | title='Grim Sleeper' Serial Killer Lonnie Franklin Dies in California Prison Cell }}</ref> He was also convicted for [[rape]] and [[sexual violence]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/grim-sleeper-guilty-killings_us_572bb5e3e4b016f37895382f|title=Man Found Guilty For All 10 'Grim Sleeper' Killings Of Women|date=2016-05-05|website=The Huffington Post|access-date=2016-05-05}}</ref><ref name=LAWeekly0>Christine Pelisek, [http://www.laweekly.com/2008-08-28/news/grim-sleeper/. Grim Sleeper Returns: He's Murdering Angelenos, as Cops Hunt his DNA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223085642/http://www.laweekly.com/2008-08-28/news/grim-sleeper/. |date=2014-12-23 }}, ''LA Weekly'', August 28, 2008</ref><ref name=sky>[http://news.sky.com/story/631629/grim-sleeper-serial-killer-hunted Grim Sleeper Serial Killer Hunted ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610190831/http://news.sky.com/story/631629/grim-sleeper-serial-killer-hunted |date=2016-06-10 }}, SkyNews Report</ref> Franklin earned his nickname when he appeared to have taken a 14-year break from his crimes, from 1988 to 2002.<ref name=msn>{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/38133825 |title=Arrest in 'Grim Sleeper' killings of ten women, man |publisher=NBC News |access-date=2010-07-08}}</ref> In July 2010, Franklin was arrested as a suspect, and, after many delays, his trial began in February 2016. On May 5, 2016, the jury convicted him of killing nine women and one teenage girl.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/05/us/grim-sleeper-trial-verdict/index.html|title=Jury convicts 'Grim Sleeper' of 10 murders|author=Scott Glover and Paul Vercam