Sign may help in catching a killer
City Councilman Bernard C. Parks and the LAPD unveiled a billboard Monday aimed at helping police in their search for a serial killer in South Los Angeles.
The killer first surfaced in the late 1980s and then, after a long period of apparent inactivity, resurfaced again in 2002. Except for one male victim, the killer has targeted young black women, killing 11 in all and badly wounding another woman, investigators said.
He sexually abused the women and left almost all of their bodies in a corridor along Western Avenue, often in alleys. Detectives suspect most of the women were working as prostitutes at the time they were killed.
The billboard, at 98th Street and Western Avenue, advertises a $500,000 award offered by the City Council for information leading to the capture of the killer. After several weeks of relatively few tips from residents, detectives hope the sign will generate a heavier flow of leads.
-- Joel Rubin
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