country states alias birth_place birth_date victims beginyear birthname article_title endyear name apprehended
united states california strawberry murders los angeles , california 30 august 1952 10 victims , 1 survivor 1985 lonnie david franklin , jr. . grim sleeper
 2007 grim sleeper july 2010
grim sleeper

grim sleeper is the nickname for a suspected and accused serial killer in los angeles , california , believed to be responsible for at least ten murders , one suspected and one attempted murder in los angeles since 1985 .
the attacker was dubbed the `` grim sleeper '' because he appears to have taken a 14-year slumber from his crimes , from 1988 to 2002 .
chief suspect lonnie david franklin jr. , 57 , worked as a garbageman during this period , suggesting he may have taken advantage of his employment and hidden his victims in a landfill .
on july 7 , 2010 , franklin was arrested .
the los angeles county district attorney 's office charged him with ten counts of murder , one count of attempted murder , and special circumstance allegations of multiple murders in the case .
a grand jury indictment was issued on march 23 , 2011 .
franklin has been in jail since his arrest awaiting trial ; the large volume of evidence in this case , some dating back thirty years , had caused a lengthy pretrial discovery .
the trial was originally scheduled to begin on june 30 , 2015 .
in may 2015 , superior court judge kathleen kennedy delayed the trial until september 9 after franklin 's defense attorney requested more time to test several pieces of evidence .
