Grim Sleeper trial

After a day and a half of deliberations, jurors found Lonnie Franklin Jr. guilty of 10 counts of murder in the killings of nine women and a 15-year-old girl.

With the verdict, Lonnie Franklin Jr., dubbed the Grim Sleeper by authorities, officially becomes one of California’s most prolific and enduring serial killers.

Deputy Dist. Atty. Beth Silverman looks at victims’ families as guilty verdicts are read.

Samara Herard tearfully speaks to the media about the guilty verdict for Lonnie Franklin Jr. Herard’s sister, Princess Berthomieux, a 15-year-old girl, was found strangled and beaten March 19, 2002, in an Inglewood alley.

Porter Alexander, far right, speaks to the media about his daughter Alicia Alexander after the guilty verdict for Lonnie Franklin Jr. With him are his wife, Mary, and Rev. Oliver Buie of Holman United Methodist Church.

Deputy Dist. Atty. Beth Silverman, right, makes opening statements in the Grim Sleeper trial last month. Lonnie Franklin Jr. is accused of killing 10 people and attempting to kill Enietra Washington.

Defense attorney Seymour Amster delivers closing arguments.

Lonnie Franklin Jr. was convicted of 10 counts of murder in the deaths of nine women and a 15-year-old girl.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Prosecutor Beth Silverman makes her final remarks during closing arguments in the murder trial of Lonnie Franklin Jr., 63, who is accused of killing nine women and a 15-year-old girl beginning in the mid-1980s.

Judge Kathleen A. Kennedy picks a number from a Dodger hat for an alternate juror in the People vs. Lonnie Franklin Jr.

Lonnie Franklin Jr. is accused of killing nine women and a teen girl.

A prosecution slide shows images of women who jurors found were attacked by the “Grim Sleeper” serial killer. Many of the victims were found along a South L.A. corridor.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Lonnie Franklin Jr. is led out from the L.A. County Superior Courtroom after a dramatic hearing Friday.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Enietra Washington, the only known survivor of suspected Grim Sleeper, Lonnie Franklin Jr., addressed Franklin in court Friday.”I thought I forgave you, but I was wrong,” she said. “You stole so many people’s lives.”  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Grim Sleeper suspect Lonnie David Franklin Jr. appears in Los Angeles County Superior Court in 2010.   (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Enietra Washington, left, is comforted by her aunt, Della Robinson, before the start of a 2010 news conference in downtown L.A. announcing the arrest of Lonnie David Franklin Jr. Washington is the only known survivor of an attack by the Grim Sleeper serial killer.

The relatives of 1988 victim Alicia Alexander, from left, Donnell Alexander; his mother, Mary Alexander; father, Porter Alexander; and sister-in-law Bridgette Limbrick embrace before a 2010 news conference discussing the arrest of Lonnie David Franklin Jr. in the Grim Sleeper killings.   (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Mary Alexander, left, the mother of slaying victim Alicia Alexander, embraces Laverne Peters, mother of victim Janecia Peters outside the Police Administration Building in downtown Los Angeles at a 2010 news conference detailing the arrest of Grim Sleeper suspect Lonnie David Franklin Jr.

LAPD Chief Charlie Beck speaks at a 2010 news conference about the arrest of Lonnie David Franklin Jr. outside the Police Administration Building.   (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

The Los Angeles Police Department’s Dennis Kilcoyne, lead detective in the Grim Sleeper serial killer case, stands behind an age progression of mug shots of suspect Lonnie David Franklin Jr. in 2010.  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

Investigators remove items from the home of Lonnie David Franklin Jr. in 2010.   (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

Neighbor Donna Harris stands across the street from the home of Lonnie David Franklin Jr. in 2010.

Diana Ware, the stepmother of Grim Sleeper victim Barbara Ware, stands near the home of Lonnie David Franklin Jr. in 2010.   (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)