Lonnie Franklin Jr., also known as The “Grim Sleeper,” is a convicted serial killer and is responsible for ten murders and one attempted murder between 1985 and 2007. The killer was given the name “Grim Sleeper,” for his 14-year break from his killings from 1988 to 2002. The killings took place in south Los Angeles, California, where Franklin was born on August 30, 1952. His earliest crime was in 1974, when Franklin was in the U.S. Army stationed in Germany. Franklin and two other Army soldiers raped and kidnapped an 18-year-old girl. The young woman was photographed during her attack, then dropped off home and sweet-talked Franklin into giving her his number. The girl then went to the hospital and told police about her horrific attack and