Summary of Christine Pelisek's The Grim Sleeper

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 Beatrice, a former U. S. Army nurse, was tired of her girlfriend Debra Jackson’s lies and denials about her fondness for drugs. She decided to end things.
#2 Debra was a strict parent who took her children to the beach and local theme parks, but she did not hesitate to punish them if they stepped out of line. She lost custody of her children when they were placed in foster care.
#3 The murder of Debra Jackson, a 29-year-old black woman, was eclipsed by the case of the Night Stalker, a serial killer who was searching for victims in middle-to-upper class L. A. neighborhoods.
#4 The investigation into Debra Jackson’s death led detectives to her sister, Michelle Jackson. She gave them a description of Debra that matched the coroner’s office body.

Sujets

• True Crime
• Serial killer
• Murder
• Serial Killers

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 20 août 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798350015867
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Christine Pelisek's The Grim Sleeper
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Beatrice, a former U. S. Army nurse, was tired of her girlfriend Debra Jackson’s lies and denials about her fondness for drugs. She decided to end things.

#2

Debra was a strict parent who took her children to the beach and local theme parks, but she did not hesitate to punish them if they stepped out of line. She lost custody of her children when they were placed in foster care.

#3

The murder of Debra Jackson, a 29-year-old black woman, was eclipsed by the case of the Night Stalker, a serial killer who was searching for victims in middle-to-upper class L. A. neighborhoods.

#4

The investigation into Debra Jackson’s death led detectives to her sister, Michelle Jackson. She gave them a description of Debra that matched the coroner’s office body.

#5

The detectives interviewed Debra’s coworkers at the Elegant Chateau Nightclub. Manager Mark Roland said she had come to the nightclub the previous Wednesday, August 7, around 2 p. m. to pick up her paycheck. The checks were late, so she and two waitresses waited around at the bar.

#6

On August 13, detectives went to Beatrice’s house to ask her about Debra’s disappearance. They asked her if she had killed her, and she denied it. They then showed her a picture of Debra’s dead body in the alley, and she began to cry.

#7

The police took Beatrice’s fingerprints and samples from the bottoms of her shoes, and searched her car. But with scant evidence to prove Beatrice was involved, the case went stagnant.

#8

In September of 1985, John St. John was investigating the Southside Slayer cases, which involved the stabbing and strangulation murders of at least ten prostitutes, mostly African American. The string of horrors dated back to September of 1983.

#9

The LAPD announced that they believed the serial killer who attacked the three prostitutes was likely responsible for the stabbing and strangulation murders of ten other prostitutes since September 1983.

#10

In early March 1986, the city of Los Angeles offered a $25,000 reward for information on the Southside Slayer, more than doubling the previous reward.

#11

The coalition was getting a lot of pressure from the community and the police to stop protesting, but they refused. Their efforts drew the attention of the media, and the number of unsolved murders of black prostitutes in South Central and nearby communities grew to eighteen by July 1986.

#12

The police were also getting attacked by politicians and coalition members for not doing enough to find the killer. They arrested 28-year-old Charles Edward Mosley for the July 25 murder of Canosha Griffin, considered a possible nineteenth victim of the Southside Slayer.

#13

The task force spent $1. 4 million on the investigation and tracked down more than 2,000 clues. They did not, however, know how many killers they were looking for.

#14

Henrietta’s fingerprints were quickly found in a police database. She had been staying at two nearby motels, the Towns Motel and the Sand Piper Motel, but she had last been seen outside her bedroom window around 2 a. m.

#15

Henrietta Wright was born in 1951 in Mississippi. She and her family moved to Los Angeles in search of a better lifestyle and job opportunities. When she was two, her family moved into Nickerson Gardens, a public housing complex in Watts. Henrietta died of cervical cancer in 1966, at 36.

#16

Crack cocaine was a huge problem in New York City in the 1980s. It was often sold by women, who would steal to support their habits.

#17

By the early 1980s, crack cocaine had flooded South Central and other largely black neighborhoods across the nation. It became a scourge, and quickly became embedded into the community. The police spent millions of dollars trying to combat the gangs, but many African Americans thought the police used the gang wars as an excuse to crack down on them.

#18

By the early 1960s, black gangs were springing up in South Central, and the area’s low-income housing projects were becoming battlegrounds. The crime rate soared at the same time that South Central was experiencing devastating unemployment.

#19

Henrietta’s death was a result of violence. She was killed in an alley, and her niece and nephew had to identify her body at the coroner’s office. Her other son, Willie Jr. , was living in Fresno with his father when he heard the news.

#20

On August 29, the case of Henrietta Wright took an unexpected turn. LAPD’s Scientific Investigation Division notified Hrycyk that the bullets taken from Henrietta’s chest were fired from the same. 25-caliber gun used in the murder of cocktail waitress Debra Jackson.

#21

The anonymous tipster told police that the killer had thrown a gas tank on top of the victim, and that the van was registered to the Cosmopolitan Church. When police arrived at the church, they found the building’s lights on, the front security gate open, and people inside.

#22

The police questioned the members of the church who were sleeping over at the church that night. The detectives quickly established that Poole had been the primary driver of the van, and that Lawson and Dwayne had access to the keys.

#23

The fingerprints of Jane Doe positively identified Barbara Bethune Ware. She had turned 23 two days earlier. Her father, Billy Ware, was known as the Mayor of Florence Avenue. He was a former naval officer from Wichita, Kansas, and a popular fixture in the neighborhood.

#24

Barbara’s life was a never-ending quest for drugs by her early 20s. She supported her habit by scrounging money off her father and friends. She was overwhelmed by the responsibility of raising her daughter.

#25

Barbara was beginning to turn her life around. She was taking classes to become a nurse’s aide, and she had a job as a waitress at a barbecue joint. She had been staying with a male friend on 74th Street. She seemed confident that she was going to get her life back on track.

#26

By mid-January 1987, the Southside Slayer investigation had stalled, and there was talk in the LAPD about cutting back the manpower on the task force.

#27

Rich Haro was a veteran LAPD detective who had spent years working undercover narcotics. He was assigned to the Robbery-Homicide Division, and his first case involved investigating one of his own.