LOS ANGELES (AP) – Los Angeles prosecutors plan to present evidence of five more killings against the man convicted in the “Grim Sleeper” murders.
Prosecutors will begin laying out their case Thursday for the death penalty for Lonnie Franklin Jr. after his convictions in the serial killings that spanned more than two decades.
Deputy District Attorney Beth Silverman says she will present testimony from dozens of family members of victims who were affected by the killings. She will also present evidence in slayings of five women that Franklin has not been charged with killing.
Defense lawyers failed to persuade a judge that the evidence should be barred from the penalty phase of trial that could last a month.
Silverman says evidence of five additional killings came to light after Franklin was indicted.