Family members of victims in the Grim Sleeper serial killings shed tears and came together in prayer outside a Los Angeles courtroom after the man charged in the slayings was found guilty on 10 counts of murder, bringing some sense of closure. 63-year-old Lonnie David Franklin Jr., a former trash collector and mechanic for the LAPD, was convicted of killing nine women and a teen girl over a 22-year period, dumping their bodies in alleys and trash bins around South Los Angeles. Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Franklin. The penalty phase begins Monday May 12.
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