1. Grim Sleeper was given a dishonorable discharge from the United States Army in July 1975, after being released from prison for his conviction of gang-raping a 17-year-old girl in Stuttgart, West Germany, in April 1974.
10 Facts About Grim Sleeper
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Grim Sleeper was able to feign interest in Franklin and asked for his phone number, by which police identified him.
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Grim Sleeper only served time for one of the theft charges.
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Grim Sleeper was released after independent forensic analysis found it unlikely that Ross' gun was the murder weapon.
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On February 25,2009, Bratton addressed the press for the first time regarding the case, at which time the police formally gave the killer the "Grim Sleeper" nickname chosen by LA Weekly.
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Grim Sleeper wore a black polo shirt tucked into khaki trousers.
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Grim Sleeper was never charged in the death of a suspected eleventh victim, a black man, a crime for which DNA evidence was not found.
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Grim Sleeper's sentencing hearing began a week later, on May 12,2016.
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Grim Sleeper's first confirmed victim was Debra Jackson, whose murder occurred in August 1985.
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Grim Sleeper's body was discovered within an hour of being thrown from the vehicle.