Janecia Peters, a 25-year-old Black woman, was found dead on January 1, 2007, in an alley in the 9500 block of South Western Avenue in Los Angeles. A homeless man searching for cans discovered her body; she had been shot and was covered with a garbage bag. She was initially listed as an unidentified female before her death was later linked to other murders.

Her killing was connected by DNA to Lonnie David Franklin Jr., the man publicly known as the Grim Sleeper. Franklin, a 57-year-old Black man at the time of his arrest on July 7, 2010, a former city trash collector and vehicle mechanic for the LAPD, was charged with ten counts of murder including Peters’ case. His crimes were described as targeting vulnerable individuals, primarily Black women. His spree was said to span from 1984 to 2007, with a 14-year hiatus between 1988 and 2002 that gave rise to the Grim Sleeper moniker.

If anyone knew Janecia Peters, where she spent her time, or has information about the alley near the 9500 block of South Western Avenue, please come forward.