Authentic Entertainment has promoted four key executives to Evp and VP roles. Jeffrey L. Weaver has been elevated to Evp Production and Content and Paul Halperin to Evp Business & Finance. In addition, Nneka Enurah has been named VP Multi-Platform & Partnerships and Deb Jackson as VP Production. Formerly Svp Current Programming, Weaver has overseen 16 original TV series, four digital series and six pilots since joining Authentic in 2011. Weaver received two Emmy…...
- 4/6/2017
- Deadline TV
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The victims were all young vulnerable black women who lived in south Los Angeles and struggled with drug addiction. Their naked or partially clothed bodies were all dumped in the filthy neighborhood alleyways, left to rot under garbage and debris. They were shot at close range with a .25-caliber pistol, or strangled, or both.
For years, their cases lacked justice — or even an arrest.
But in May, following three months of testimony in Los Angeles Superior Court, Lonnie Franklin Jr.
The victims were all young vulnerable black women who lived in south Los Angeles and struggled with drug addiction. Their naked or partially clothed bodies were all dumped in the filthy neighborhood alleyways, left to rot under garbage and debris. They were shot at close range with a .25-caliber pistol, or strangled, or both.
For years, their cases lacked justice — or even an arrest.
But in May, following three months of testimony in Los Angeles Superior Court, Lonnie Franklin Jr.
- 12/27/2016
- by cpelisektimeinc
- PEOPLE.com
On Wednesday, a Los Angeles judge sentenced Grim Sleeper serial killer Lonnie Franklin Jr. to death for the murders of 10 women during a 23-year killing spree. "It is obvious you have a deep-seeded hatred for women that started long ago," said Los Angeles superior court judge Kathleen Kennedy when she imposed the sentence of death. "Why? I don't know." A bespectacled Franklin, wearing orange jail scrubs, stared straight ahead and showed no emotion when the judge handed down the sentence. The audience, filled with victims' family members, cheered and clapped when Franklin was soon escorted out of the courtroom. In May,...
- 8/10/2016
- by Christine Pelisek, @chrispelisek
- PEOPLE.com
On Wednesday, a Los Angeles judge sentenced Grim Sleeper serial killer Lonnie Franklin Jr. to death for the murders of 10 women during a 23-year killing spree. "It is obvious you have a deep-seeded hatred for women that started long ago," said Los Angeles superior court judge Kathleen Kennedy when she imposed the sentence of death. "Why? I don't know." A bespectacled Franklin, wearing orange jail scrubs, stared straight ahead and showed no emotion when the judge handed down the sentence. The audience, filled with victims' family members, cheered and clapped when Franklin was soon escorted out of the courtroom. In May,...
- 8/10/2016
- by Christine Pelisek, @chrispelisek
- PEOPLE.com
The victims were all young vulnerable black women who lived in South Los Angeles and struggled with drug addiction. Their naked or partially clothed bodies were all dumped in the filthy neighborhood alleyways, left to rot under garbage and debris. They were shot at close range with a .25-caliber pistol, or strangled, or both. None were found with identification, but prosecutors say the alleged killer left his mark on the dead women in the form of saliva found on their breasts. After three months of testimony in Los Angeles Superior Court, prosecutors wrapped up their closing arguments Monday in the trial of Lonnie Franklin Jr.
- 5/3/2016
- by Christine Pelisek, @chrispelisek
- PEOPLE.com
The victims were all young vulnerable black women who lived in South Los Angeles and struggled with drug addiction. Their naked or partially clothed bodies were all dumped in the filthy neighborhood alleyways, left to rot under garbage and debris. They were shot at close range with a .25-caliber pistol, or strangled, or both. None were found with identification, but prosecutors say the alleged killer left his mark on the dead women in the form of saliva found on their breasts. After three months of testimony in Los Angeles Superior Court, prosecutors wrapped up their closing arguments Monday in the trial of Lonnie Franklin Jr.
- 5/3/2016
- by Christine Pelisek, @chrispelisek
- PEOPLE.com
For the next two months, Donnell Alexander plans to make the drive from South Los Angeles to the criminal courts building in Downtown Los Angeles. He is attending the trial of Grim Sleeper serial killer suspect Lonnie Franklin Jr., who is accused of the murder of 10 women and the attempted murder of another. Included among the dead are Alexander's sister, who was found dead at 18 on Sept. 11, 1988, in a South Los Angeles alley. "This is a process we have to go through," Alexander tells People. "We know my sister is not coming back. She is in a better place." Alexander and his family,...
- 2/25/2016
- by Christine Pelisek, @chrispelisek
- PEOPLE.com
The Grim Sleeper’s earliest known victim was found in 1985: Debra Jackson, a cocktail waitress, shot three times in the chest in South Los Angeles. The killer’s most recent victim was in 2007: Janecia Peters, discovered in a dumpster, strangled, shot and stuffed into a trash bag. In between, there are eight other known victims. DNA […]
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- 2/17/2016
- by Jenny C Lu
- Uinterview
The first body was found in an alley in South Los Angeles in August of 1985. Debra Jackson, a cocktail waitress, had been shot three times in the chest. The last known victim, 25-year-old Janecia Peters, was discovered in a dumpster on January 1, 2007. She was strangled and shot in the back and placed in a fetal position inside a trash bag. There were eight more victims in between. "The evidence in the case will tell you a story about a serial killer who stalked the streets of South Los Angeles," said Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Beth Silverman during opening...
- 2/17/2016
- by Christine Pelisek, @chrispelisek
- PEOPLE.com
The first body was found in an alley in South Los Angeles in August of 1985. Debra Jackson, a cocktail waitress, had been shot three times in the chest. The last known victim, 25-year-old Janecia Peters, was discovered in a dumpster on January 1, 2007. She was strangled and shot in the back and placed in a fetal position inside a trash bag. There were eight more victims in between. "The evidence in the case will tell you a story about a serial killer who stalked the streets of South Los Angeles," said Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Beth Silverman during opening...
- 2/17/2016
- by Christine Pelisek, @chrispelisek
- PEOPLE.com
As he sneered at the victims' families, the man alleged to be the longest-operating serial killer on the West Coast was indicted today for the deaths of 10 women.
Alleged Grim Sleeper serial killer Lonnie Franklin, Jr. was indicted today in the gruesome murders of 10 women and the attempted murder of another in a series of murders that spanned over two decades. The victims, who ranged in age from 14 to 35 years old, were found in alleyways and dumpsters along Western Avenue in South Los Angeles. The charges make Franklin eligible for the death penalty.
Related story on The Daily Beast: The Serial Killer Sisterhood
The indictment came down yesterday afternoon by a secret Los Angeles grand jury following more than six days of testimony from 40 witnesses. The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office said the indictment was necessitated by a desire to move the murder case forward to trial. "The families...
Alleged Grim Sleeper serial killer Lonnie Franklin, Jr. was indicted today in the gruesome murders of 10 women and the attempted murder of another in a series of murders that spanned over two decades. The victims, who ranged in age from 14 to 35 years old, were found in alleyways and dumpsters along Western Avenue in South Los Angeles. The charges make Franklin eligible for the death penalty.
Related story on The Daily Beast: The Serial Killer Sisterhood
The indictment came down yesterday afternoon by a secret Los Angeles grand jury following more than six days of testimony from 40 witnesses. The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office said the indictment was necessitated by a desire to move the murder case forward to trial. "The families...
- 3/24/2011
- by Christine Pelisek
- The Daily Beast
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