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.