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L.A. police search for serial killer called the 'Grim Sleeper'

L.A. police search for serial killer called the 'Grim Sleeper.'

This killer was dubbed the “Grim Sleeper” because police think he took a 14-year hiatus from his killings.

But they believe he has killed at least 11 times between 1985 and 2007: 10 women, 1 man. All the murders were connected using DNA or ballistic evidence.

Details for the composite, first drawn in 1988, came from a woman who survived an assault by a man she said was in his 30s.

Police hope to use age-enhancement technology to update the composite.

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Richard Battin was a police reporter at the San Jose Mercury-News when several serial killers were wandering the nearby Santa Cruz mountains He's...

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  • mike 2 years ago
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    this is NOT the aged enhanced composite. It shows the killer as he was in 1988 as a man in his 20's.

    Please don't just delete this comment. You are reporting inaccurate information and misleading the public. CHANGE the banner headline and remove the 'aged enhanced' element because it's not.

  • Richard Battin 2 years ago
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    Mike is right. My mistake. I've corrected the story.

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