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Known for. Murder victim. Elizabeth Short (July 29, 1924 – c. January 14–15, 1947), known as the Black Dahlia, was an American woman found murdered in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on January 15, 1947. Her case became highly publicized owing to the gruesome nature of the crime, which included the mutilation of ...
The Los Angeles crime family, also known as the L.A. Mafia or the Southern California crime family, [7] and dubbed "the Mickey Mouse Mafia" by former Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates, [8] is an Italian-American organized crime syndicate based in Los Angeles as part of the larger Italian-American Mafia. Since its inception in the early 20th ...
The Wonderland murders, also known as the Four on the Floor Murders or the Laurel Canyon Murders, are four unsolved murders that occurred in Los Angeles on July 1, 1981. It is assumed that five people were targeted to be killed in the known drug house of the Wonderland Gang, three of whom—Ron Launius, William "Billy" Deverell, and Joy Miller—were present.
Los Angeles: 1996-02-25: Academy Award winning actor murdered in robbery outside his house: 43: Murder of Ennis Cosby: Los Angeles: 1997-01-16: Son of Bill Cosby shot in the head in robbery attempt at the Mulholland exit to the 405 freeway: 44: Murder of the Notorious B.I.G. Los Angeles: 1997-03-09: Murder of rapper in drive-by shooting: 45
The Tate–LaBianca murders were a series of murders perpetrated by members of the Manson Family during August 9–10, 1969, in Los Angeles, California, United States, under the direction of Tex Watson and Charles Manson. The perpetrators killed five people on the night of August 8–9: pregnant actress Sharon Tate and her companions Jay ...
Date apprehended. March 8, 1990 (Lyle) March 11, 1990 (Erik) Joseph Lyle Menéndez (born January 10, 1968) [2] and Erik Galen Menéndez (born November 27, 1970) [3] are American brothers who were convicted in 1996 of the murders of their parents, José and Mary Louise "Kitty" Menéndez. During their trial, the brothers stated that they ...
9+ murdered by proxy. Signature. Charles Milles Manson ( né Maddox; November 12, 1934 – November 19, 2017) was an American criminal, cult leader and musician who led the Manson Family, a cult based in California, in the late 1960s. Some of the members committed a series of at least nine murders at four locations in July and August 1969.
Date apprehended. August 31, 1985. Ricardo Leyva Muñoz Ramirez ( / rəˈmɪərɛz /; February 29, 1960 – June 7, 2013), known as Richard Ramirez, dubbed the Night Stalker, the Walk-In Killer and the Valley Intruder, was an American serial killer and sex offender whose crime spree took place in California from June 1984 until his capture in ...