document: &#039; Westside Rapist &#039; admits strangling seven women to death , real number may be up to 30 Suspect admits killing seven women Cops think he murdered many more Suspected of being '' `` Westside Rapist '' '' THE man police have accused of being the '' `` Westside Rapist '' '' yesterday admitted to strangling seven women to death in sexually-motivated attacks . All of the killings took place in Southern California more than 25 years ago . Six of the slayings to which John Floyd Thomas Jr , 74 , pleaded guilty to took place in and around the west side of Los Angeles during the 1970s . The seventh killing was of a woman in Claremont , in San Bernardino County , who was found strangled in her home in 1986 . Thomas was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole . Though the former state insurance claims adjuster copped to seven murders , police believe he is responsible for many more , possibly as many as 30 . The first wave of murders ended in around 1978 when Thomas was sent to state prison on a rape charge . He was released in 1983 and moved to Chino , California around the time there were several rapes and killings of women in the area .
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