Last victim of 'Grim Sleeper' was found in trash bag inside dumpster, jurors are told
It was New Year's Day 2007, and in a loading dock a team of investigators carefully tipped over the dumpster.
One of them, Sarah DeQuintana, a criminalist with the coroner's office, testified Thursday that she knelt down to remove a large black bag amid the trash and debris. A ziptie was removed and the red fingernails of a woman could be seen.
Inside the bag, discarded among the waste, was the dead body of 25-year-old Janecia Peters.
Peters is believed to be the final victim of the serial killer known as the
Grim Sleeper.
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As DeQuintana spoke, photographs of the investigators at work at the coroner's headquarters were projected on a large screen in the downtown Los Angeles courtroom where Franklin is on trial. In the first photo, the criminalist could be seen removing the black bag from the rubbish. Other photographs showed Peters' fingernails inside from the bag, then her naked body folded in the fetal position and finally her body laid on a gurney.
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It was Peters' slaying that prompted the search for a serial killer after investigators determined that DNA found on the bag matched genetic evidence left at the scenes of two previous killings. Prosecutors have said all of the victims are connected to Franklin through either DNA or ballistics evidence.
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