Janecia Lavette Peters, 25, was found dead on January 1, 2007, in an alley in the 9500 block of South Western Avenue in Los Angeles. Her body was discovered covered with a garbage bag by a homeless man looking for recyclables. The coroner’s records show she had been shot and her death was classified as a homicide.

DNA evidence eventually linked Janecia’s murder to a series of other killings attributed to the serial offender known as the Grim Sleeper. That investigation identified Lonnie David Franklin Jr.; he was arrested on July 7, 2010, and later charged with multiple murders including Janecia Peters. In 2016 Franklin was found guilty and sentenced to death.

If anyone knew Janecia, saw her in that neighborhood around New Year’s 2007, or has information related to her death, please share what can help investigators or the families.