

During the gang rape, photographs were taken by the rapists – as Franklin did later with women that he raped and murdered. She was able to feign interest in Franklin and asked for his phone number, by which police identified him. When she accepted, they put a knife to her throat, drove to a field, and repeatedly raped her. Franklin and two other servicemen stationed in Stuttgart stopped to ask directions from the teen and offered her a ride home. He was given a dishonorable discharge from the United States Army in July 1975, after being released from prison for his conviction of gang-raping a 17-year-old girl in Stuttgart, West Germany, in April 1974. He grew up in South Central Los Angeles, California. On March 28, 2020, Franklin was found dead in his cell at San Quentin State Prison. On June 6, 2016, the jury recommended the death penalty, and on August 10, 2016, the Los Angeles Superior Court sentenced him to death for each of the ten victims named in the verdict. On May 5, 2016, the jury convicted him of killing nine women and one teenage girl.

In July 2010, Franklin was arrested as a suspect, and, after many delays, his trial began in February 2016.

Franklin earned his nickname when he appeared to have taken a 14-year break from his crimes, from 1988 to 2002. He was also convicted for rape and sexual violence. (Aug– March 28, 2020), better known by the nickname Grim Sleeper, was an American serial killer who was responsible for at least ten murders and one attempted murder in Los Angeles, California from 1984 to 2007.
