Lonnie Franklin, the serial killer known as the "Grim Sleeper," died in his prison cell on March 28, 2020 Christine Pelisek is Senior Writer on the Crime team for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2014.

Shannan Gilbert's death was ruled accidental, but the lawyer who represents her estate maintains she was murdered, and wants the case reopened.

Houston, Texas, has been plunged into fresh fear and speculation after authorities recovered three more bodies from city waterways this week, pushing the number of deaths linked to local bayous to at ...