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December 18, 2010, Saturday
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POLICE in the United States found a stash of sexually explicit photographs and home videos of scores of women when they searched the home of a car mechanic accused of the "Grim Sleeper" serial killings.
Now, they want to know who the women are and what might have happened to them.
Detectives sought the public's help on Thursday when they released images of about 160 women and asked anyone who recognized them to come forward.
"We certainly do not believe that we are so lucky, or so good, as to know all of his victims," Police Chief Charlie Beck said. "We need the public's help."
Lonnie Franklin Jr has pleaded not guilty to the murders of 10 women from 1985 to 1988 and from 2002 to 2007. The apparent 14-year pause in the alleged crimes led to the nickname "Grim Sleeper," though detectives suspect Franklin could be involved in other deaths.
The photos and videos were found at Franklin's home during a three-day search after his July arrest.
"Now that we know who he is and what type of activity he is involved in with women, we are very concerned for everyone in these photographs," detective Dennis Kilcoyne said.
Police displayed the photographs for media and have made the images available online. By Thursday afternoon, the LAPD's website had slowed to a crawl after its Texas-based server was strained by a massive surge in people trying to click through to the pictures.
In almost every photo, the subject is smiling at the camera. Some women could have been naked but it is difficult to tell in the tightly cropped images. Others were photographed outside as part of a group photograph.
The women appear to be willing participants in what police said were sexually explicit images.
"It baffles me how he is so successful at getting women to do what he asks them to do," Kilcoyne said. "It's not like we have pictures of him holding a knife to someone's neck."
Detectives said the photos span decades and were taken on 35mm film, Polaroids and digital cameras.
One picture, tagged No. 166, shows a woman in a nurse's outfit. Her name badge reads: Ms D. Johnson. A Polaroid, No. 141, has the hand-scrawled name Deborah B. Cleveland beneath it along with the date September 18, 2001, and the notation "B.K.A. Chocolate."
The women range from young teens to 60-somethings. Except for two or three white women and a Latina, all the women are black.
Franklin was taken into custody last summer after his son was arrested and swabbed for DNA. The sample came back as similar to evidence in the serial killings, leading police to Franklin.
Now, they want to know who the women are and what might have happened to them.
Detectives sought the public's help on Thursday when they released images of about 160 women and asked anyone who recognized them to come forward.
"We certainly do not believe that we are so lucky, or so good, as to know all of his victims," Police Chief Charlie Beck said. "We need the public's help."
Lonnie Franklin Jr has pleaded not guilty to the murders of 10 women from 1985 to 1988 and from 2002 to 2007. The apparent 14-year pause in the alleged crimes led to the nickname "Grim Sleeper," though detectives suspect Franklin could be involved in other deaths.
The photos and videos were found at Franklin's home during a three-day search after his July arrest.
"Now that we know who he is and what type of activity he is involved in with women, we are very concerned for everyone in these photographs," detective Dennis Kilcoyne said.
Police displayed the photographs for media and have made the images available online. By Thursday afternoon, the LAPD's website had slowed to a crawl after its Texas-based server was strained by a massive surge in people trying to click through to the pictures.
In almost every photo, the subject is smiling at the camera. Some women could have been naked but it is difficult to tell in the tightly cropped images. Others were photographed outside as part of a group photograph.
The women appear to be willing participants in what police said were sexually explicit images.
"It baffles me how he is so successful at getting women to do what he asks them to do," Kilcoyne said. "It's not like we have pictures of him holding a knife to someone's neck."
Detectives said the photos span decades and were taken on 35mm film, Polaroids and digital cameras.
One picture, tagged No. 166, shows a woman in a nurse's outfit. Her name badge reads: Ms D. Johnson. A Polaroid, No. 141, has the hand-scrawled name Deborah B. Cleveland beneath it along with the date September 18, 2001, and the notation "B.K.A. Chocolate."
The women range from young teens to 60-somethings. Except for two or three white women and a Latina, all the women are black.
Franklin was taken into custody last summer after his son was arrested and swabbed for DNA. The sample came back as similar to evidence in the serial killings, leading police to Franklin.
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